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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 18 (setup 1, season 30)
Middlesbrough
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Bill HAMID17Wojciech SZCZESNY
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Michael ESSIEN72Neven SUBOTIC
Elderson Uwa ECHIEJILE3Lars BENDER
Artur YUSUPOV47Miralem PJANIC
FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo58Joshua KIMMICH
Andy WILKINSON76Aymeric LAPORTE
Cristhian Ricardo STUANI Curbelo7Marco REUS
Stewart DOWNING8Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
Bradley FEWSTER97Nicola SANSONE
Leon OSMAN7107Juan BERNAT Velasco
David NUGENT116Romelu LUKAKU
ManagerNigel Beck
Kieran RICHARDSON126Ilkay GÜNDOGAN
Tomas MEJÍAS Osorio13Jeroen ZOET
Adam REACH14Erik DURM
Yanic WILDSCHUT15Luciano NARSINGH
Brad WALKER16Javier HERNÁNDEZ Balcázar

Middlesbrough 2 Portsmouth 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 43,057, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Darren DRYSDALE 7)
5 Downing, 79 DowningScorers86 Sansone
Substitutions77 Bernat <=> Gündogan
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners0
9Fouls7
1Offsides11
6Shots on3
9Shots off5
15Total shots8
3Shots saved2
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Joshua KIMMICH
1A header by OSMAN at the far post was easily collected by the Portsmouth 'keeper.
5GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from YUSUPOV rattled the crossbar and in the ensuing scramble the ball was headed into the net by DOWNING. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
8A shot from REUS was smothered by the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
9ECHIEJILE beat two Portsmouth players and slammed a shot over the bar.
9FEWSTER floated the ball to DOWNING who flicked it inches wide.
11A pin-point pass found SANSONE and his right foot effort raced narrowly wide.
15A penalty box scramble resulted in ESSIEN driving the ball wide.
21SZCZESNY saved a curling shot from DOWNING.
31YUSUPOV beat BENDER and drilled the ball to DOWNING who fired his shot wide.
35A useful ball from ESSIEN on the right bobbled toward FEWSTER who mishit his effort inches over.
41DI MARÍA rifled an easy chance past the far post.
45+2SZCZESNY dived to his right to save an accurate shot from Middlesbrough's DOWNING.
 
49A shot from REUS was hoofed off the line by WILKINSON.
52A cross from DI MARÍA left LUKAKU in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
56DOWNING whacked a deadly shot over the bar from long range.
59ECHIEJILE shot over.
60The hapless Middlesbrough 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from ESSIEN dropped just wide.
67SANSONE ran onto a great ball from BENDER but hit his shot wide.
69FELIPE dribbled past KIMMICH and flicked a tame shot over the bar.
73A shot from STUANI seemed a certain goal but SZCZESNY managed to fist the ball clear.
79GOAL!! After a good build-up DOWNING drove the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Middlesbrough)
86GOAL!! An inswinging corner headed out by YUSUPOV was nudged into the net by SANSONE. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
90+1DOWNING scuffed a simple chance.