Portsmouth FC vs Middlesbrough FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

Portsmouth FC

1 – 0

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Middlesbrough FC

Sat 4 Oct 2025 · 14:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Portsmouth FC vs Middlesbrough FC — Championship .

Portsmouth FC 46 games · 55 pts (2026/27)
Middlesbrough FC 46 games · 80 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Anthony Backhouse

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Millwall FC	46	83
4	Southampton FC	46	80
5	Middlesbrough FC	46	80
6	Hull City AFC	46	73
7	Wrexham AFC	46	71
8	Derby County FC	46	69
9	Norwich City FC	46	65
10	Birmingham City FC	46	64
11	Swansea City AFC	46	64
12	Bristol City FC	46	62
13	Sheffield United FC	46	60
14	Preston North End FC	46	60
15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	58
16	Watford FC	46	57
17	Stoke City FC	46	55
18	Portsmouth FC	46	55
19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	53
20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	52
21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	51
22	Oxford United FC	46	47
23	Leicester City FC	46	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Portsmouth FC 4 games · Avg 2.3 goals Middlesbrough FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-10-04 Portsmouth FC 1–0 Middlesbrough FC 2025-01-18 Portsmouth FC 2–1 Middlesbrough FC 2024-08-24 Middlesbrough FC 2–2 Portsmouth FC

Recent Form

Portsmouth FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Oct	Middlesbrough FC	H	1–0	W
01 Oct	Watford FC	H	2–2	D
27 Sep	Ipswich Town FC	A	1–2	L
20 Sep	Sheffield Wednesday FC	H	0–2	L
14 Sep	Southampton FC	A	0–0	D
30 Aug	Preston North End FC	H	1–0	W

Middlesbrough FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Oct	Portsmouth FC	A	0–1	L
30 Sep	Stoke City FC	H	0–0	D
27 Sep	Southampton FC	A	1–1	D
19 Sep	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	2–1	W
13 Sep	Preston North End FC	A	2–2	D
30 Aug	Sheffield United FC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Portsmouth FC		Middlesbrough FC
#18	Position	#5
55	Points	80
46	Played	46
14 / 13 / 19	W / D / L	22 / 14 / 10
49	Scored	72
64	Conceded	47
-15	GD	+25
1.20	PPG	1.74
30%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Portsmouth FC are 18th (55 pts). Middlesbrough FC are 5th (80 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
With this win, Portsmouth FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Portsmouth FC Lineups

Middlesbrough FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Christian Saydee	2
Matt Ritchie	2
Matt Clarke	1
Tommy Conway	1
Emmanuel Latte Lath	1
Conor Chaplin	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.18 Portsmouth FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.29 Middlesbrough FC xG

I would bet for: Portsmouth FC or Middlesbrough FC 72% + Under 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portsmouth FC39% Draw28% Middlesbrough FC33%

Actual: Portsmouth FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.47

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Portsmouth FC or Draw

67%

Draw or Middlesbrough FC

61%

Portsmouth FC or Middlesbrough FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portsmouth FC24% Draw49% Middlesbrough FC27%

Actual: Portsmouth FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.8%

0 – 0

10.5%

0 – 1

9.7%

1 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

2 – 1

7.3%

0 – 2

6.8%

2 – 0

5.7%

2 – 2

4.8%

1 – 3

3.5%

3 – 1

2.9%

0 – 3