Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 13 September 2008

Result

Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Saturday 13 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Portsmouth beat Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 September 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

Mido opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Jermain Defoe (59') and Jermain Defoe (86'). Middlesbrough scored through Mido (24').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 16th on 3 points from 3 and Middlesbrough 6th on 6 points from 3. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 32.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · MidoMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Jermain DefoePortsmouth
  • 59'Goal · Jermain DefoePortsmouth · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Glen JohnsonPortsmouth
  • 73'Yellow card · MidoMiddlesbrough
  • 86'Goal · Jermain DefoePortsmouth · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 4, draws 4, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Younès Kaboul, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Armand Traore, Lassana Diarra, Papa Diop, Sean Davis, Peter Crouch, David James, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Luke Young, David Wheater, Stewart Downing, George Boateng, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Sanli Tuncay, Afonso Alves