Championship

Championship | Gameweek 27

Jan 18, 2025 at 3.35pm UK

Fratton Park

Portsmouth
2 - 1
Middlesbrough

Ritchie (54', 82')
Ritchie (40')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Latte Lath (30')
Doak (24'), Edmundson (55')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Portsmouth and Middlesbrough, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Portsmouth

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Blackburn 3-0 Portsmouth
Wednesday, January 15 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Middlesbrough

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Middlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn
Saturday, January 11 at 12pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Middlesbrough win with a probability of 49.8%. A win for Portsmouth had a probability of 26.44% and a draw had a probability of 23.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Middlesbrough win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.59%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.33%) and 0-2 (8.04%). The likeliest Portsmouth win was 2-1 (6.64%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.13%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 6.6% likelihood.

Result
Portsmouth	Draw	Middlesbrough
26.44% ( 0.04)	23.75% ( -0.02)	49.8% ( -0.03)

Both teams to score 57.22% (

0.1)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.77% (

0.11)

44.23% (

-0.11)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

33.39% (

0.11)

66.6% (

-0.11)

Portsmouth Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.66% (

0.09)

30.34% (

-0.09)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.47% (

0.11)

66.52% (

-0.11)

Middlesbrough Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.15% (

0.03)

17.85% (

-0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.39% (

0.05)

48.61% (

-0.06)

Score Analysis

Portsmouth 26.44%

Middlesbrough 49.81%

Draw 23.75%

Portsmouth	Draw	Middlesbrough
2-1 @ 6.64% ( 0.01) 1-0 @ 6.46% ( -0.02) 2-0 @ 3.85% ( 0) 3-1 @ 2.64% ( 0.01) 3-2 @ 2.27% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 1.53% ( 0) Other @ 3.05% Total : 26.44%	1-1 @ 11.13% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 5.72% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 5.42% ( -0.03) 3-3 @ 1.31% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.18% Total : 23.75%	1-2 @ 9.59% ( -0) 0-1 @ 9.33% ( -0.04) 0-2 @ 8.04% ( -0.02) 1-3 @ 5.51% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 4.62% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 3.29% ( 0.01) 1-4 @ 2.37% ( 0) 0-4 @ 1.99% ( -0) 2-4 @ 1.42% ( 0.01) Other @ 3.65% Total : 49.81%

How you voted: Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

Portsmouth

16.7%

Draw

19.4%

Middlesbrough

63.9%

Head to Head

Aug 24, 2024 3pm

Gameweek 3

Middlesbrough

2-2

Portsmouth

Clarke (11'), Conway (90' pen.)

Saydee (2', 25')
Towler (42'), Saydee (43'), Blair (54'), Norris (57'), Williams (80')

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Mar 3, 2012 3pm

Portsmouth

1-3

Middlesbrough

Halford (66' pen.)
Ben Haim (45'), Halford (55'), Rocha (55'), Ward (61'), Norris (69')

Bates (63'), Robson (56' pen.)
Bates (31'), Williams (45'), Robson (66')
Williams (90')

Aug 6, 2011 3pm

Williams (54'), Emnes (24')
McDonald (56'), Williams (71')

Norris (47'), Varney (90')
Ben Haim (56'), Halford (56'), Ward (74'), Mokoena (76')

Mar 12, 2011 3pm

Portsmouth

0-0

Middlesbrough

Hogg (51'), Kitson (55')

McMahon (78')

Oct 2, 2010 3pm

Middlesbrough

2-2

Portsmouth

Bates (29'), Robson (42' pen.)
Bates (56'), McMahon (88')
Robson (86')

Lawrence (88' pen.), Nugent (60')

Form Guide

Blackburn 3-0 Portsmouth

Wycombe 2-0 Portsmouth

Sunderland 1-0 Portsmouth

Portsmouth 4-0 Swansea

Bristol City 3-0 Portsmouth

Watford 2-1 Portsmouth

Middlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn

Middlesbrough 1-1 Cardiff

Hull City 0-1 Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough 0-0 Burnley

Middlesbrough 3-3 Sheff Weds

Plymouth 3-3 Middlesbrough

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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