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Middlesbrough v Portsmouth Live!
90 All over here, a point won for Boro - but will that be enough. Portsmouth should have won here.[LNB]90 Boro great chance to win it. Alves is sent clear but he can't beat James who is down well to it.[LNB]90 GOAL - KING - Boro are level. Goalmouth scramble. James saves from McMahon and King is there to fire home.[LNB]90 Corner for Boro - could be last piece of action here. Adam Johnson takes[LNB]90 Noe Pamarot replaces Kranjcar.[LNB]90 Wheater is down as James comes and gets ball and the man - tough challenge and just about legal.[LNB]90 Four minutes of added time here.[LNB]89 Great tackle from Tuncay denies Kranjcar on the edge of the box. Boro look to attack.[LNB]87 Boro corner, but it is taken long and that is of little danger for Pompey - a waste for the home side.[LNB]85 Good save from James as Downing hits one first time on the edge of the box but the Pompey keeper is equal to it.[LNB]83 Good chance for Crouch - ball comes to him on the edge of the box but he fires wide with nobody closing him down.[LNB]79 Boro struggling now. Downing looks for King, but James takes it - Pompey look comfortable.[LNB]76 Bates goes down on the edge of the box, he dived and gets his second yellow. Stupid from the Boro midfielder.[LNB]75 Long ball from McMahon is missed by Distin, Alves almost on to it but James out well to claim it.[LNB]72 Glen Johnson booked for late challenge on Tuncay - who has dropped deeper now.[LNB]71 Boro make a change too with Afonso Alves on for Arca.[LNB]70 Richard Hughes is on for Pompey with Nugent coming off.[LNB]67 King feeds Downing on the edge of the box, he goes for goal but James is down well to it.[LNB]66 Great chance for Crouch. Huth misjudges the ball, and it comes for the striker in the box but the German just gets back to head behidn - let off there for the Boro man. Corner comes in and Jones drops it, but then claims it at second time of asking.[LNB]64 Nugent is next into book for bringing down Huth.[LNB]63 Good work from Adam Johnson winning corner off namesake Glen. Corner comes in but again Boro can't get past Pompey.[LNB]61 Belhadj is booked for stopping Boro from taking a free-kick.[LNB]60 Great stop from James. Downing ball comes through the box, Johnson is there to chip it back into the box for Tuncay and his header is brilliantly parried by the England number one. Much better from Boro.[LNB]59 Good chance for Taylor as acrobatic efforts from King and Tuncay go wrong, and the ball comes to the edge of the box but the left-back's shot is straight at James.[LNB]58 Change here for Boro with Adam Johnson coming on for Aliadiere.[LNB]58 Tuncay's header is just over after nice ball into the box from Arca - at least some pressure from the home team here.[LNB]57 Long ball up to King - he tries a first time shot and he shoots just over the bar. Best chance of the half for Boro.[LNB]56 Pompey are holding onto the ball at the moment, Boro still showing nothing.[LNB]53 Boro try to break as Huth finds Arca in the box - he turns Campbell, but then slips.[LNB]50 Wheater fouls Crouch - about 30-yards out. Danger here. Kranjcar is over it and he flashes it just over the bar.[LNB]49 Bates slides in hard on Kranjcar and gets the booking.[LNB]47 Scrappy start to the half with neither side being able to do much with the ball.[LNB]45 Boro get us underway knowing a massive 45 minutes lies ahead of them.[LNB]45 There is a change at half-time for Boro with Pogatetz being forced off and he is replaced by Andrew Taylor.[LNB]45 Great ball in from Downing as he looks for King, Aliadiere or Tuncay - but he can't find them as again Distin is there. Unlucky for Boro but they don't really deserve to be level as the whistle goes.[LNB]44 Some Boro pressure. Aliadiere's shot is flicked behind by Distin. Corner comes in but is cleared, it comes for Arca and his effort is deflected behind. Another chance to put the ball in but Pompey again clear.[LNB]43 Another chance for Crouch as the ball is whipped into the box but the striker just cannot guide it past Jones. Only looking like one winner here.[LNB]41 Boro force a corner as Johnson heads behind. Downing takes and it fizzes across the box but nobody is there - what a waste.[LNB]37 Pennant goes off and Nadir Belhadj comes on.[LNB]36 Downing heads down for McMahon on the edge of the box - but that is well over the bar from the full-back.[LNB]35 Delay as Pennant is struggling and he looks as if he might be coming off. Corner is taken whilst he is off and Huth heads away, but only as far as Kranjcar - he puts it back into the box for Nugent but his header is straight at Jones.[LNB]34 Pompey corner as Niko Kranjcar's shot is charged down by Bates. Home crowd are booing now - this is not the performance they were wanting.[LNB]32 Boro free-kick but again poor from Downing as Pompey just clear and break with ease.[LNB]31 GOAL - CROUCH - Corner is taken short with Boro asleep - the ball is clipped to Crouch by Johnson and the England striker volleys it home - terrible defending from the home side.[LNB]31 Pogatetz puts the ball behind when it should have been a throw...[LNB]30 Unlucky from Arca as he loops the ball over Sean Davis and goes for goal from 25-yards.[LNB]28 Pompey again break well and Mullins crosses to Hreidarsson at the back post but his header is wide with McMahon doing his best to put off the big Icelander.[LNB]27 Poor clearance from Campbell and Tuncay picks it up, but Mullins brings him down. Free-kick about 35-yards out for Downing to take but it is easy for James.[LNB]23 Two corners in succession for Boro - McMahon takes and Tuncay meets it and he is unlucky as he finds the side netting.[LNB]22 Just wide from Downing as he gets the ball from Aliadiere and his ball deflects off Mullins taking it past the post.[LNB]21 Jeremie Aliadiere looks for Tuncay in the box and he goes for goal but Campbell is again there to charge it down.[LNB]19 Post denies Portsmouth. Crouch lays the ball back for Nugent and he volleys the ball against the post and away. Real let off for Boro.[LNB]15 Some Boro pressure now - but Campbell and Distin are standing firm and clearing everything being thrown at them at the moment.[LNB]13 Slight delay as McMahon gets some treatment after Peter Crouch's attempted acrobatics saw him get a foot in the head.[LNB]12 Herman Hreidarsson fouls King. Downing is there to curl it into the box but it is straight into James's arms and they look to counter. Davis to Pennant, he finds Mullins - but Arca is back to tackle him.[LNB]11 Pompey seeing more of the ball now with Nugent and Pennant seeing plenty of the ball.[LNB]10 Great block by Huth as he charges down David Nugent's shot as Johnson gets the better of Pogatetz down the right.[LNB]8 Boro corner as King's cross is cut out by Sylvain Distin. Downing takes but Hayden Mullins clears.[LNB]7 First effort from Boro is from captain Emanuel Pogatetz as he tries one from 35-yards but it is well over.[LNB]5 King wins a free-kick which is taken quickly to Stewart Downing and he looks for David Wheater - who was up for the set-piece, and it just gets away from the big man.[LNB]4 Boro trying to put some pressure on Pompey but Julia Arca's ball is easily cleared - sloppy from the home side so far.[LNB]2 Free-kick given away Robert Huth as he barges into the back of Peter Crouch. Jermaine Pennant takes looking for Glen Johnson at the back post but he puts it behind.[LNB]1 Early break from Marlon King but that is collected by David James.[LNB]1 Portsmouth gets us underway here kicking right to left.[LNB] Your views are flying in and it is all Boro so far with most of you confident of a 2-0 win - like Nick Arundale - following us live from an oil platform in Equatorial Guinea.[LNB] The teams are in - no changes for Portsmouth, but Boro have made a couple with Tony McMahon in for the injured Justin Hoyte and Marlon King replacing Gary O'Neil - who we presume is injured too.[LNB]Middlesbrough: Jones, McMahon, Wheater, Huth, Pogatetz, Aliadiere, Arca, Bates, Downing, Sanli, King. Subs: Turnbull, Taylor, Emnes, Alves, Shawky, Adam Johnson, Walker.[LNB]Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Pennant, Davis, Mullins, Kranjcar, Crouch, Nugent. Subs: Begovic, Kaboul, Pamarot, Utaka, Hughes, Kanu, Belhadj.[LNB]Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)[LNB] Whilst we wait for the team news - why not have a quick bet. Our friends at SkyBet - they are offering Boro to win at 6/5, the draw 12/5 and a Pompey win 9/4.[LNB] This really is an archetypal relegation six-pointer today with both sides in the bottom three. On what is sure to be a tense day on the banks of the Tees, I want you views - so please send me your thoughts, predictions and comments to me. You can use the feedback form in the scorecentre - or send me a mail directly at graeme.bailey@bskyb.com[LNB] Welcome to our live coverage of the crucial Premier League clash between Middlesbrough and Portsmouth from The Riverside.[LNB]
