Championship preview: Can Millwall edge out victory against Birmingham City?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 18.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

The Championship match summary, better known as a league table, tells the truth about these participants so far, with Millwall in front of Birmingham City by 15 points. Here's the Tipsway preview:

Insights:
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Millwall form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Millwall have managed 11 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 21 games.

Millwall's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Preston North End (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Sweet to taste a league win after four matches without. Defender Malone got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.41/10. Malone won 9 of 10 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Hull City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Millwall handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

A fact for those who like to place bets on "both teams to score yes/no: This team have finished 5 league rounds in a row with only one (or none) club scoring.

Millwall are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Wigan Athletic awaits in four days.

The Millwall fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 31 in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Millwall have conceded only 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Birmingham City form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses. That’s the product of Birmingham City playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Birmingham are travelling again after losing away to Sunderland in their previous match (1-2). That defeat was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points. Midfielder Chong was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Chong served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 9 times.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Stoke City.

We have checked recent matches where Birmingham City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 4 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Birmingham City are hosting Blackpool in the Championship only four days away.

Birmingham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 21 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Birmingham City have conceded 32 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Millwall have put together a streak of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (3-5-0) when playing Birmingham City.

The two combatants have battled previously this season: Birmingham City - Millwall 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
15 goals
MillwallZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
13 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
10 goals

Millwall missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 6 21 42
18 11 3 Won W 1 6 13
11 6 1 Drew D 2 5 11
13 4 3 Lost L 3 10 18
50 31 8 Scored S 3 22 45
41 17 6 Conceded C 7 32 53
88% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 90% 88%
67% 76% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 69%
36% 38% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 48% 43%
14% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 17%
10% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 10%
38% 43% 29% BTTS BTTS 33% 52% 48%
36% 43% 29% Clean Sheets C S 33% 24% 31%
38% 29% 43% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 33%
 
4.4 4.4 4.9 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 3.3 4.3
4.3 4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.7 5.3
1.7 1.3 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.1 14.3 15.9 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 10.5 10.5
4.1 4.8 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.3 3.2
29% 31% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 31% 33%
 
10.6 8.9 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.8 12
3.3 3.1 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Birmingham City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 41 26 13 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 20 11 7 2 33 17 48 91
2 Sheffield United 41 24 7 10 64 36 20 13 3 4 40 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 28 79
3 Luton Town 42 20 14 8 53 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 21 11 6 4 24 16 17 74
4 Middlesbrough 42 21 8 13 79 51 21 12 6 3 42 17 21 9 2 10 37 34 28 71
5 Millwall 42 18 11 13 50 41 21 11 6 4 31 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 9 65
6 Blackburn Rovers 41 19 6 16 45 47 20 13 2 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 63
7 Coventry City 42 16 14 12 52 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 21 7 7 7 26 20 9 62
8 Preston North End 42 17 11 14 41 47 21 7 6 8 19 24 21 10 5 6 22 23 -6 62
9 Sunderland 42 16 13 13 60 51 21 7 7 7 30 30 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 61
10 Norwich City 42 17 10 15 55 47 21 8 5 8 27 23 21 9 5 7 28 24 8 61
11 West Bromwich Albion 41 16 12 13 52 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 20 6 5 9 24 28 7 60
12 Watford 42 15 14 13 51 47 21 10 6 5 32 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 4 59
13 Swansea City 42 15 11 16 57 59 21 9 4 8 31 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -2 56
14 Bristol City 42 13 14 15 50 52 21 8 7 6 27 21 21 5 7 9 23 31 -2 53
15 Hull City 42 13 14 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 21 5 9 7 26 31 -9 53
16 Stoke City 42 14 10 18 54 49 21 6 5 10 25 25 21 8 5 8 29 24 5 52
17 Birmingham City 42 13 11 18 45 53 21 7 6 8 23 21 21 6 5 10 22 32 -8 50
18 Rotherham United 41 10 15 16 44 54 20 8 5 7 33 26 21 2 10 9 11 28 -10 45
19 Huddersfield Town 42 11 10 21 41 60 21 7 6 8 23 25 21 4 4 13 18 35 -19 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 42 11 10 21 40 67 21 6 4 11 20 32 21 5 6 10 20 35 -27 43
21 Cardiff City 41 11 9 21 34 50 21 6 6 9 18 21 20 5 3 12 16 29 -16 42
22 Reading 42 13 9 20 43 62 21 10 6 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 42
23 Blackpool 42 9 11 22 44 67 21 6 6 9 26 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -23 38
24 Wigan Athletic 42 8 13 21 34 63 21 4 6 11 15 34 21 4 7 10 19 29 -29 34

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 41 26 13 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 20 11 7 2 33 17 48 91
2 Sheffield United 41 24 7 10 64 36 20 13 3 4 40 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 28 79
3 Luton Town 42 20 14 8 53 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 21 11 6 4 24 16 17 74
4 Middlesbrough 42 21 8 13 79 51 21 12 6 3 42 17 21 9 2 10 37 34 28 71
5 Millwall 42 18 11 13 50 41 21 11 6 4 31 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 9 65
6 Blackburn Rovers 41 19 6 16 45 47 20 13 2 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 63
7 Coventry City 42 16 14 12 52 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 21 7 7 7 26 20 9 62
8 Preston North End 42 17 11 14 41 47 21 7 6 8 19 24 21 10 5 6 22 23 -6 62
9 Sunderland 42 16 13 13 60 51 21 7 7 7 30 30 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 61
10 Norwich City 42 17 10 15 55 47 21 8 5 8 27 23 21 9 5 7 28 24 8 61
11 West Bromwich Albion 41 16 12 13 52 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 20 6 5 9 24 28 7 60
12 Watford 42 15 14 13 51 47 21 10 6 5 32 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 4 59
13 Swansea City 42 15 11 16 57 59 21 9 4 8 31 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -2 56
14 Bristol City 42 13 14 15 50 52 21 8 7 6 27 21 21 5 7 9 23 31 -2 53
15 Hull City 42 13 14 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 21 5 9 7 26 31 -9 53
16 Stoke City 42 14 10 18 54 49 21 6 5 10 25 25 21 8 5 8 29 24 5 52
17 Birmingham City 42 13 11 18 45 53 21 7 6 8 23 21 21 6 5 10 22 32 -8 50
18 Rotherham United 41 10 15 16 44 54 20 8 5 7 33 26 21 2 10 9 11 28 -10 45
19 Huddersfield Town 42 11 10 21 41 60 21 7 6 8 23 25 21 4 4 13 18 35 -19 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 42 11 10 21 40 67 21 6 4 11 20 32 21 5 6 10 20 35 -27 43
21 Cardiff City 41 11 9 21 34 50 21 6 6 9 18 21 20 5 3 12 16 29 -16 42
22 Reading 42 13 9 20 43 62 21 10 6 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 42
23 Blackpool 42 9 11 22 44 67 21 6 6 9 26 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -23 38
24 Wigan Athletic 42 8 13 21 34 63 21 4 6 11 15 34 21 4 7 10 19 29 -29 34

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.