Middlesbrough have won just one of their last nine league games against Portsmouth (D5 L3), a 3-1 away win in March 2012.

Following their 1-0 win in October, Portsmouth are looking to complete the league double over Middlesbrough for the first time since 1993-94.

Middlesbrough are winless in their last five Championship games (D3 L2), their longest run of the season. Since the date of that first winless game, they’ve had 48 more shots than any other side (126) and 122 more touches in the opposition’s box than anyone else (272). Despite this, they’ve only scored four goals and have the worst shot conversion (3.2%), underperforming their xG by 8.9 (4 goals, 12.9 xG).

Portsmouth have gone eight Championship matches without winning (D3 L5), their worst winless run since failing to win their first nine games of 2024-25.

Middlesbrough’s Hayden Hackney has created the most chances both overall (83) and in open play (62) in the Championship this season. He’s also completed 848 passes in the final third, the fourth-most by a player in a Championship season (excl. play-offs) on record since 2013-14.