Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 January 2025

Result

Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 18 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Portsmouth · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Portsmouth won against Middlesbrough 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 18 January 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Emmanuel Latte Lath opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Matt Ritchie (54') and Matt Ritchie (82'). Middlesbrough scored through Emmanuel Latte Lath (30').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 23rd on 23 points from 25 and Middlesbrough 6th on 41 points from 26. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 54 points, and Middlesbrough 10th with 64.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Ritchie of Portsmouth (8.5), ahead of Connor Ogilvie (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 6 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Ben Gannon-DoakMiddlesbrough
  • 30'Goal · Emmanuel Latte LathMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Matt RitchiePortsmouth
  • 54'Goal · Matt RitchiePortsmouth · 1-1
  • 55'Yellow card · George EdmundsonMiddlesbrough
  • 82'Goal · Matt RitchiePortsmouth · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Luke AylingMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 6, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

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Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nicolas Schmid, Jordan Williams, Marlon Pack, Rob Atkinson, Connor Ogilvie, Isaac Hayden, Freddie Potts, Matt Ritchie, Callum Lang, Josh Murphy, Colby Bishop

Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tom Glover, Rav van den Berg, Dael Fry, George Edmundson, Neto Borges, Dan Barlaser, Hayden Hackney, Ben Gannon-Doak, Finn Azaz, Delano Burgzorg, Emmanuel Latte Lath