Portsmouth 0-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2007

Result

Portsmouth 0-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Portsmouth 0-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Portsmouth were beaten by Middlesbrough 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 December 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Sanli Tuncay of Middlesbrough in the 20th minute.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 7th on 31 points from 19 and Middlesbrough 16th on 17 points from 19. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Middlesbrough 13th with 42.

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 0 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Sanli TuncayMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilMiddlesbrough
  • 70'Yellow card · Jonathan WoodgateMiddlesbrough
  • 85'Yellow card · Luke YoungMiddlesbrough
  • 89'Yellow card · Matthew TaylorPortsmouth
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Julio ArcaMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Laurén, Sylvain Distin, Papa Diop, Niko Kranjčar, Richard Hughes, John Utaka, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Nwankwo Kanu, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell

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

Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, David Wheater, Emanuel Pogatetz, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Jérémie Aliadière, Sanli Tuncay, Jonathan Woodgate