Late Portsmouth Winner Stuns Middlesbrough

In a dramatic turn of events, Portsmouth secured a crucial victory with a late goal, boosting their chances of avoiding relegation and dealing a significant blow to Middlesbrough's fading hopes of automatic promotion. The visitors, who had been winless in eight games, managed to end their drought with a stoppage-time winner, while Middlesbrough's winless streak now stands at six games. The Teessiders, who had 20 shots to Portsmouth's three, have scored only four goals in their last six games. Portsmouth's victory keeps them a point and a place above the relegation zone, while Middlesbrough now trails second-placed Ipswich by three points, with Ipswich having two games in hand. The home side dominated the ball in the first half but struggled to create meaningful openings, with their only effort on target being Alan Browne's early shot. Portsmouth's winner came in the seventh minute of stoppage time, with Conor Chaplin's strike deflecting in off a team-mate. Middlesbrough's manager, Kim Hellberg, expressed his disappointment with the performance, calling it 'poor' and 'boring,' while Portsmouth's John Mousinho hailed the result as 'amazing' and a 'brilliant three points.'