Middlesbrough 1-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 October 2005

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 15 October 2005, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Middlesbrough 1-1 Portsmouth: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Portsmouth 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 October 2005. The half-time score was 0-0.

Gary O'Neil opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Yakubu Aiyegbeni (54'). Portsmouth scored through Gary O'Neil (46').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 10th on 11 points from 8 and Portsmouth 15th on 6 points from 8. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Portsmouth 17th with 38.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 46'Goal · Gary O'NeilPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 54'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Giannis SkopelitisPortsmouth
  • 70'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilPortsmouth
  • 88'Yellow card · Emanuel PogatetzMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Yellow card · George BoatengMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Yellow card · Gregory VignalPortsmouth

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Middlesbrough 0, draws 2, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Portsmouth expected line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Richard Hughes, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham