GolVolt — Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Streak

Middlesbrough unbeaten in 7 matches

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 4 wins and 3 draws. Last defeat: 8 September, 0:3 against Crystal Palace.

Last time

Last meeting, 11 April 2026: Middlesbrough – Portsmouth 0:1

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Portsmouth have won the last 3 meetings.

Streak

Middlesbrough have scored in 7 matches in a row

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 19 goals in those matches.

Player in form

Will Lankshear: 5 goals in 5 league matches

Goals5 xG3.36

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 3.4).

Attack

Middlesbrough score 2.6 goals per match

Portsmouth1.4 Middlesbrough2.6

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Portsmouth score 1.4.

Players to watch

Championship, this season.

Adrian Segečić

Portsmouth · midfielder

2goals 2assists 6.99avg rating

Last match, Millwall: rating 6.3.

Will Lankshear

Middlesbrough · forward

11goals 0assists 7.30avg rating

Last match, Bolton Wanderers: 2 goals, rating 8.5.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Portsmouth at home and Middlesbrough away, as in this match.

Portsmouth

at home · 10

5W3D2L1.6scored per match1.3conceded per match

Middlesbrough

away · 10

4W2D4L1.7scored per match1.5conceded per match

Head to head

4 meetings since 2024.

Last time · 11 Apr 2026 · Championship Middlesbrough 0:1 Portsmouth Chaplin 90+7'. Portsmouth: 3 wins in a row in this fixture.

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1 draw2.2 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 4

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Portsmouth (4-2-3-1, last: Millwall) · Middlesbrough (4-2-3-1, last: Bolton Wanderers).

Official around 15:00, Sat 3 Apr

NSSchmid TDDevlin RPPoole MDDia ZSSwanson MPPack IMMohamed AKKamara ASSegečić RMKavuma-McQueen MMMilovanović RVVitek NBBorges AMMalanda APPhillips CBBrittain SBBerhalter AMMorris TCConway RMMcGree ADCozier-Duberry WLLankshear

PortsmouthMiddlesbrough

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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