Portsmouth 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 October 2025

Result

Portsmouth 1-0 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 4 October 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Portsmouth · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Portsmouth 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report

Portsmouth won against Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 4 October 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Minhyeok Yang of Portsmouth in the 23rd minute.

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

Going into the game Portsmouth were 18th on 9 points from 8 and Middlesbrough 2nd on 18 points from 8. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Middlesbrough 5th with 82.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aidan Morris of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Connor Ogilvie (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 5 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Minhyeok YangPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Callum BrittainMiddlesbrough
  • 74'Yellow card · Marlon PackPortsmouth
  • 83'Yellow card · Josef BursikPortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 5, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

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

Josef Bursik, Jordan Williams, Josh Knight, Regan Poole, Connor Ogilvie, Marlon Pack, Andre Dozzell, Conor Mark Chaplin, John Swift, Min-hyeok Yang, Colby Bishop

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

Sol Brynn, Luke Ayling, Dael Fry, Alfie Jones, Callum Brittain, Aidan Morris, Hayden Hackney, Matt Targett, Sontje Hansen, Kaly Sène, Tommy Conway