| 2¹ | A corner bobbled toward BOYATA who touched an effort wide. |
| 3¹ | A wonderful save prevented NEGREDO from scoring a great goal. |
| 7¹ | RAMÍREZ dribbled past MONTERO and stroked a tame shot over. |
| 10¹ | A pin-point pass found MONTERO and his deadly shot floated narrowly wide. |
| 11¹ | KALOU beat four Middlesbrough players and fired a great chance just wide. |
| 12¹ | NEGREDO rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left. |
| 16¹ | A shot from NSUE was smothered by ISAKSSON. |
| 19¹ | A cross from GAGO left KALOU in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. |
| 23¹ | A delightful strike from STUANI was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper. |
| 27¹ | RAMÍREZ stormed through the Portsmouth defence but shot straight at the Portsmouth 'keeper. |
| 28¹ | Uncertainty in the Middlesbrough defence enabled ROBERTS to hammer the ball inches over. |
| 33¹ | A free-kick from MORETTI floated wide. |
| 45¹ | MONTERO ran onto a wonderful ball from ROBERTS but blasted his shot wide. |
| 11² | MONTERO stepped inside KIKE but tapped the ball into the arms of the Middlesbrough 'keeper. |
| 12² | RAMÍREZ shot wide. |
| 15² | BENDTNER's shot was well held by VÍCTOR VALDÉS. |
| 20² | The Portsmouth 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from NEGREDO. |
| 21² | A twenty-five yard shot from GAGO caused the Middlesbrough 'keeper no problem. |
| 28² | MORETTI flicked an easy chance past the near post. |
| 34² | GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from GAGO shook the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was nodded into the net by BOYATA. (1-0 Portsmouth)| 36² | NEGREDO flicked a deadly shot just beyond the far post from long range. | | 46² | A drive from BODMER seemed a certain goal but the Middlesbrough 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear. | |