Middlesbrough 0-4 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Monday 28 August 2006

Result

Middlesbrough 0-4 Portsmouth

Premier League · Monday 28 August 2006, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough 0-4 Portsmouth: match report

Middlesbrough were beaten by Portsmouth 0-4 in the Premier League on Monday 28 August 2006. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Nwankwo Kanu opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Middlesbrough did not score. Portsmouth scored through Nwankwo Kanu (6'), Benjamin Mwaruwari (50'), Nwankwo Kanu (57') and Svetoslav Todorov (90').

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

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 11th on 3 points from 2 and Portsmouth 5th on 4 points from 2. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Portsmouth 9th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Nwankwo KanuPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 50'Goal · Benjamin MwaruwariPortsmouth · 0-2
  • 57'Goal · Nwankwo KanuPortsmouth · 0-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Svetoslav TodorovPortsmouth
  • 90'Yellow card · Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Yellow card · Stuart ParnabyMiddlesbrough
  • 90'Goal · Svetoslav TodorovPortsmouth · 0-4

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Middlesbrough 0, draws 3, Portsmouth 3.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up

Mark Schwarzer, Stuart Parnaby, Chris Riggott, Emanuel Pogatetz, Andrew Taylor, Gaizka Mendieta, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Lee Cattermole, Mark Viduka, Yakubu Aiyegbeni

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