About Match
Portsmouth (14th, 6 pts) visit Middlesbrough (2nd, 10 pts) with 4 points between them. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Middlesbrough run at 1.6 scored and 1 conceded, Portsmouth at 1.4 and 1.6. If Middlesbrough win, their total rises to 13 and up to 1st, assuming the rest of the results stand.
The head-to-head ledger counts 12 games: 1 Middlesbrough win, 5 for Portsmouth, 6 draws, at 2.67 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 33% of the wins in this matchup. Both teams scored in 67% of the meetings.
Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, capacity 34,988, hosts the game.




