Our model scores this match once both teams have enough recent form to work from, predictions publish in the days before kickoff. Form, head-to-head and season stats are available in the tabs above now.
How this scoreline is calculated
Middlesbrough
Form comparisonPortsmouth
Where those opponents sat in the table: strong means they averaged roughly the top 40%, weak roughly the bottom 40%, mixed in between.
Opposition faced: Middlesbrough mixed, Portsmouth weakThe form score weights every result and every goal by where the opponent sat in the table, so five wins over the bottom of the table score below five over the top.
- 11 Apr 2026Middlesbrough0-1Portsmouth
- 04 Oct 2025Portsmouth1-0Middlesbrough
- 18 Jan 2025Portsmouth2-1Middlesbrough
- 24 Aug 2024Middlesbrough2-2Portsmouth
- 03 Mar 2012Portsmouth1-3Middlesbrough
- 17 Oct 2026vsCardiff2-2D
- 13 Oct 2026vsStoke City2-3W
- 10 Oct 2026vsWolves1-0W
- 19 Sept 2026vsBirmingham2-2D
- 15 Sept 2026vsMillwall2-2D
- 17 Oct 2026vsNorwich0-1W
- 14 Oct 2026vsSheffield Utd3-2W
- 11 Oct 2026vsSouthampton1-0L
- 19 Sept 2026vsBlackburn2-2D
- 12 Sept 2026vsCharlton0-0D
Middlesbrough vs Portsmouth: form and season numbers
Middlesbrough take a form score of 6.5 out of 10 into this Championship fixture, against 4.9 for Portsmouth. Middlesbrough have 2 wins and 3 draws in their last 5, while Portsmouth have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in theirs. Across the season Middlesbrough average 1.9 goals scored and 1.6 conceded per game, Portsmouth 1.3 and 1.3. Middlesbrough have kept a clean sheet in 20% of their matches this season, Portsmouth in 30%. In their last 6 meetings Middlesbrough have won 1, drawn 2 and lost 3. Middlesbrough sit 3rd on 22 points, Portsmouth 13th on 14.
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