Middlesbrough and Portsmouth come into this one in very different moods. Middlesbrough have been hard to beat lately, with several draws and only one loss in their recent games, and most of those matches have been full of goals. Portsmouth have mixed things up more, with a couple of wins but also some defeats, so they haven't been as steady.

These two don't have a recent history of meetings to look back on, so there's little to go on there. The match looks fairly open, since games involving both sides have tended to produce goals rather than tight, cagey affairs. Middlesbrough's stronger run of results and the fact they're playing at home give them a slight edge, but it's close enough that a draw is just as believable.