Middlesbrough 2-2 Portsmouth: result and report

Middlesbrough 2-2 Portsmouth

Championship · Saturday 2 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Middlesbrough · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough drew with Portsmouth 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 2 October 2010. The half-time score was 2-0.

Matthew Bates opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Matthew Bates (29') and B. Robson (42', penalty). Portsmouth scored through David Nugent (60') and Liam Lawrence (88', penalty).

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Portsmouth received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 19th on 10 points from 9 and Portsmouth 21st on 8 points from 9. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 4 draws and 4 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Portsmouth's W-W-L-L-D.