Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough LIVE: Championship latest score, goals and updates from fixture

Follow live coverage as Portsmouth face Middlesbrough in the Championship today.

An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Relegation from the top flight last term means Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United are all back in the second tier this term and will be expected to push for play-off spots again at least, but so too will Norwich City, an improving Coventry and beaten play-off finalists Leeds United. At the other end of the table, Wayne Rooney is aiming to revive Plymouth’s fortunes after they narrowly avoided relegation last year, with Portsmouth and Derby the teams promoted from League One along with play-off final winners Oxford.

Follow live updates from today’s game in the live blog below.

Portsmouth FC 0 – 0 Middlesbrough FC

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:46

Foul by Ben Doak (Middlesbrough).

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:46

Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:45

Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:43

Attempt missed. Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box following a corner.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:43

Attempt blocked. Callum Lang (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:42

Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by George Edmundson.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:41

Attempt saved. Callum Lang (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:40

Attempt missed. Freddie Potts (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:38

Offside, Portsmouth. Colby Bishop is caught offside.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:37

Offside, Middlesbrough. Emmanuel Latte Lath is caught offside.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:37

Corner, Middlesbrough. Conceded by Nicolas Schmid.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:37

Attempt saved. Emmanuel Latte Lath (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

15:35

First Half begins.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

14:30

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Portsmouth vs Middlesbrough

13:00

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