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Saturday September 13, 2008 Finished Fratton Park

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Portsmouth

  • Defoe 59’, 87’

Middlesbrough

  • Mido 24’
  1. Defoe sees off Middlesbrough

    Defoe sees off Middlesbrough

    Jermain Defoe scored twice as Portsmouth came from a goal down to beat Middlesbrough 2-1 at Fratton Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Portsmouth
    • Middlesbrough
    • 90'+3 Johnson for 'Boro shoots from long range in a last ditch effort to rescue a point but goes well over.
    • 89' Defoe misses a great chance to wrap up three points and end with a hat-trick. He mis-times his shot after being skillfully set-up by Belhadj.
    • 87' GOAL!!! It's Defoe again. 'Boro fail to deal with a long throw towards Crouch, Johnson plays it in over the top and Defoe shoots first time on the turn to beat Turnbull into the far corner. Great finish and Pompey take a desrved lead, 2-1.
    • 85' There's two changes to bring on fresh legs. For 'Boro Adam Johnson replaces goalscorer Mido and Hreidarsson is on for Traore.
    • 82' Alves has a free-kick chance. We've seen these go in from this range already this season. He can't get it up and over Crouch in the Pompey wall though.
    • 79' Again Defoe makes a dangerous run into the box and Turnbull saves his shot with his legs.
    • 77' Crouch wins a good header to knock down to Davis who has time to pick his spot but he curls a tame shot way over.
    • 75' Johnson is booked for an outrageous dive and Mido needlessly get's involved to have a chat and collects one himself.
    • 72' Great persistence shown by Defoe has battles past two defenders into the box. His cross/shot from a tight angle nearly produces an own-goal but they somehow escape.
    • 71' Southgate's men have livened up since conceding. A decent cross from the left by Aliadiere evades all his team-mates though including Downing at the back post.
    • 69' It's Boro's turn to have a penalty appeal turned down as Downing goes down under a naive challenge by Belhadj. It was right on the edge of the box but 'Boro unlucky not to get anything at all.
    • 67' Crouch is put clean through on goal but he doesn't quite have the pace to beat Turnbull to the ball.
    • 64' Good wing play down the left from Utaka. His cross is cleared before reaching Crouch and Davis's follow up shot goes narrowly wide.
    • 61' There's a slight delay to the re-start as Mido requires attention for what looks like contact lense trouble. He's soon back on though.
    • 59' GOAL!!!! At last! Defoe scores from what looks like an impossible angle to beat Turnbull at his near post following good play from Crouch. Nice goal but questions will be asked of the keeper. 1-1.
    • 56' Defoe runs at the heart of the Pompey defence. He blazes his left-foot shot wide though. Portsmouth are turning the screw again after a quiet first ten minutes of the second-half.
    • 54' Defoe has his second appeal for a penalty turned down. Made too much of a meal of it really.
    • 53' There's a few feisty challenges going in now. Defoe wins a free-kick in a dangerous position to give him a shooting chance. He fires it straight into the wall though.
    • 50' Another decent cross for Pompey by Traore but again it's too close to Turnbull to give Crouch any chance.
    • 48' Alves forces a corner for 'Boro.
    • 46' Redknapp makes two changes at the break. Utaka is on for Bouba Diop and Belhadj replaces Kaboul.
    • 46' The second-half gets underway at Fratton Park.
    • 45' There goes the half-time whistle. It's Mido's goal that seperates the two sides but Portsmouth who have looked the most dangerous.
    • 44' A good run from Traore down the left..He puts in a teasing cross but Bouba Diop can't make the most of it and Turnbull punches clear.
    • 37' Pompey go on another promising break but the cross is too deep and all Crouch can do is direct it back across goal and 'Boro see off the danger.
    • 34' Portsmouth are still on top here but they are still not getting much joy from the crosses out wide. Johnson crosses again but it's easy for Turnbull. Crouch really isn't getting much service at the moment.
    • 25' Crouch has a half-chance to strike straight back but he can't keep his shot down on target.
    • 24' The commentators curse strikes! GOAL FOR MIDDLESBROUGH!!!! Mido is put through on goal by Alves and he holds off Sol Campbell to shoot left-footed low into the bottom corner.
    • 20' A long searching ball is played over the top for Defoe but he can't quite reach out and get his toe on the end of it.
    • 18' You can sense that there must be a goal coming soon in this match and it looks like coming from only one team - Portsmouth!
    • 14' A great cross is put in towards Crouch from the left but the covering Boro defender gets the faintest of touches to deny the big forward.
    • 12' Defoe has the best chance of the match so far. He twists and turns on the edge of the box and shoots towards goal but Turnbull gets down well to save.
    • 9' Glen Johnson is being afforded plenty of room down the right flank. He floats in a cross but David James collects easily.
    • 5' Portsmouth are playing free flowing football here at a high tempo and are looking well in control.
    • 3' A slight mix-up in the Portsmouth defence nearly causes Glen Johnson to put into his own net but they narrowly escape.
    • 2' Jermain Defoe is put through on goal early on but his wrongly ruled off-side.
    • - Welcome to LIVE text commentary of Portsmouth v Middlesbrough. Kanu is due to make his first appearance of the season for Portsmouth after recovering from injury as loan signing Nadir Belhadj. Middlesbrough will be without Tuncay who suffered medial ligament damage on international duty playing for Turkey earlier this week.

  • Team Stats

    Portsmouth Stats Middlesbrough
    61% Possession 38%
    23 Shots 6
    6 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 4
    3 Corners 2
    7 Fouls 8
    8 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 32
    367 Accurate passes 176
    61 Bad passes 54

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Portsmouth
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 David James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0
      15 Sylvain Distin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 40 8 4
      5 Glen Johnson 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 32 0 3
      30 Armand Traore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 8 0
      23 Sol Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1 1
      3 Younes Kaboul 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 1 0
      28 Sean Davis 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 48 10 3
      8 Papa Bouba Diop 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 2
      6 Lassana Diarra 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 52 13 7
      9 Peter Crouch 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 33 4 1
      14 Jermain Defoe 2 11 5 1 1 5 0 16 4 0
      10 David Nugent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Jamie Ashdown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Hermann Hreidarsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Arnold Mvuemba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 John Utaka 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
      16 Noe Pamarot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Nadir Belhadj 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 8 3
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0
      6 Emanuel Pogatetz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 6 2
      2 Justin Hoyte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 2
      5 Chris Riggott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 3
      14 Robert Huth 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 2 3
      4 Gary O'Neil 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 30 7 2
      19 Stewart Downing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 13 1
      8 Didier Digard 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 3 8
      10 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16 5 5
      12 Afonso Alves 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 11 1 4
      9 Ahmed Hossam Mido 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 16 8 2
      22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      42 Tom Craddock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Andrew Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      41 Josh Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      31 David Wheater 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Adam Johnson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
      33 Nathan Porritt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' Defoe misses a great chance to wrap up three points and end with a hat-trick. He mis-times his shot after being skillfully set-up by Belhadj.
    • 87' GOAL!!! It's Defoe again. 'Boro fail to deal with a long throw towards Crouch, Johnson plays it in over the top and Defoe shoots first time on the turn to beat Turnbull into the far corner. Great finish and Pompey take a desrved lead, 2-1.
    • 79' Again Defoe makes a dangerous run into the box and Turnbull saves his shot with his legs.
    • 77' Crouch wins a good header to knock down to Davis who has time to pick his spot but he curls a tame shot way over.
    • 69' It's Boro's turn to have a penalty appeal turned down as Downing goes down under a naive challenge by Belhadj. It was right on the edge of the box but 'Boro unlucky not to get anything at all.
    • 64' Good wing play down the left from Utaka. His cross is cleared before reaching Crouch and Davis's follow up shot goes narrowly wide.
    • 59' GOAL!!!! At last! Defoe scores from what looks like an impossible angle to beat Turnbull at his near post following good play from Crouch. Nice goal but questions will be asked of the keeper. 1-1.
    • 44' A good run from Traore down the left..He puts in a teasing cross but Bouba Diop can't make the most of it and Turnbull punches clear.
    • 37' Pompey go on another promising break but the cross is too deep and all Crouch can do is direct it back across goal and 'Boro see off the danger.
    • 24' The commentators curse strikes! GOAL FOR MIDDLESBROUGH!!!! Mido is put through on goal by Alves and he holds off Sol Campbell to shoot left-footed low into the bottom corner.
    • 12' Defoe has the best chance of the match so far. He twists and turns on the edge of the box and shoots towards goal but Turnbull gets down well to save.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Stuart Attwell

  • Portsmouth

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    Captain: Sol Campbell

    Starting line-up

    • D. James
    • G. Johnson
    • S. Campbell
    • Y. Kaboul Substitution Out (46′)
    • S. Distin
    • P. Bouba Diop Substitution Out (46′)
    • L. Diarra
    • S. Davis
    • A. Traore
    • J. Defoe Goals×2 Yellow Card
    • P. Crouch

    Subs

    Injured

    • G. Little
    • N. Kranjcar
    • J. Thomas

    Suspended

    None

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: Emanuel Pogatetz

    Starting line-up

    • R. Turnbull
    • E. Pogatetz
    • C. Riggott
    • R. Huth
    • J. Hoyte
    • G. O'Neil
    • D. Digard Substitution Out (71′)
    • J. Aliadière
    • S. Downing
    • A. Alves
    • A. Mido Goal

    Subs

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None