Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Tuesday 1 February 2005, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Portsmouth won against Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 February 2005. The half-time score was 1-1.

Malcolm Christie opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Matthew Taylor (40') and Yakubu Aiyegbeni (58'). Middlesbrough scored through Malcolm Christie (35').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 14th on 27 points from 24 and Middlesbrough 6th on 37 points from 24. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 2 draws and 0 for Middlesbrough.

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