Portsmouth 5-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 May 2004

Result

Portsmouth 5-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Saturday 15 May 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Portsmouth 5-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Portsmouth won against Middlesbrough 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 May 2004. The half-time score was 3-1.

Yakubu Aiyegbeni opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Yakubu Aiyegbeni (4'), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (14', penalty), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (31'), Teddy Sheringham (80') and Yakubu Aiyegbeni (83'). Middlesbrough scored through Boudewijn Zenden (27').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 14th on 42 points from 37 and Middlesbrough 11th on 48 points from 37. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Middlesbrough 11th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 0 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 14'Penalty goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 27'Goal · Boudewijn ZendenMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 31'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniPortsmouth · 3-1
  • 80'Goal · Teddy SheringhamPortsmouth · 4-1
  • 83'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniPortsmouth · 5-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Portsmouth 0, draws 1, Middlesbrough 0.

Team news

Portsmouth expected line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Boris Zivkovic, Nigel Quashie, Alexei Smertin, Patrik Berger, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Steve Stone, Tim Sherwood