English Premier League

FT Saturday, May 3, 2008
Portsmouth WWDLL 0
–
Middlesbrough LDDLL 2
The Riverside Stadium · 24,828 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
3
46
Possession
54
13
SHOTS
11
8
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
2
Accurate Passes
0
2
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
3
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.4
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
7
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
8
11
Clearances
8

Head to Head

POR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MID

  1. 1Mark SchwarzerG
  2. 2Luke YoungD
  3. 31David WheaterD
  4. 5Chris RiggottD
  5. 6Emanuel PogatetzD
  6. 7George BoatengM
  7. 10Fabio RochembackM
  8. 3Julio ArcaM
  9. 19Stewart DowningM
  10. 17Tuncay SanliF
  11. 12Afonso AlvesF

Substitutes

  1. 21Ross TurnbullG
  2. 33Andrew TaylorD
  3. 27Lee CattermoleM
  4. 28Adam JohnsonM
  5. 11Jeremie AliadiereF

POR

  1. 21Jamie AshdownG
  2. 5Glen JohnsonD
  3. 15Sylvain DistinD
  4. 23Sol CampbellD
  5. 7Hermann HreidarssonD
  6. 18Arnold MvuembaM
  7. 8Papa Bouba DiopM
  8. 6Lassana DiarraM
  9. 19Niko KranjcarM
  10. 9Milan BarosF
  11. 14Jermain DefoeF

Substitutes

  1. 31Asmir BegovicG
  2. 4LaurenD
  3. 22Richard HughesM
  4. 28Sean DavisM
  5. 10David NugentF

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal!! Chris Riggott hits a very good header low through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Middlesbrough now leads 1 - 0
  2. 45'+1' Lassana Diarra is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 49' Julio Arca is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 53' Goal!! Tuncay Sanli hits a very good header to the upper left corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Middlesbrough now leads 2 - 0
  5. 61' Middlesbrough makes a sub: Jeremie Aliadiere enters for Afonso Alves. Reason: Injury
  6. 67' Portsmouth makes a sub: David Nugent enters for Milan Baros. Reason: Tactical
  7. 67' Portsmouth makes a sub: Sean Davis enters for Papa Bouba Diop. Reason: Tactical
  8. 88' Middlesbrough makes a sub: Lee Cattermole enters for George Boateng. Reason: Tactical
  9. 90' End of the game

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