Millwall vs Hull City: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

Flashy Hull City land at Millwall after their 0-3-result versus Ipswich Town. Check out our broad preview!

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

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Millwall and Hull City.

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Millwall form and stats

Millwall have played 5 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Millwall in their previous game, a fixture away at Plymouth Argyle (placed 15th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Millwall goalkeeper Białkowski did an outstanding job against Plymouth Argyle with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Attacking player Flemming bettered all teammates in that fixture and managed a match rating of 8.4 out of 10. Flemming scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against Swansea City that was lost 0-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Millwall have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 2 and lost 2.

It should be considered that a glance at the 10 latest league fixtures reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Millwall here at The Den in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 5 games). 7 goals have been conceded.

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Hull City form and stats

3-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hull City in their Championship matches away.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Hull City, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Ipswich Town (placed 1st). Until that loss this side had won at least one point from eight league fixtures in a row. Midfield player Philogene-Bidace was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.1/10. Philogene-Bidace hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Plymouth Argyle.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hull City playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Hull City wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hull City have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. 7 goals have been conceded by Hull in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Millwall, three draws and three wins for Hull City. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Hull CityA. Connolly
A. Connolly
5 goals
Hull CityO. Tufan
O. Tufan
4 goals
MillwallZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
2 goals

Millwall missing players

Hull City missing players

Millwall Hull City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 0 5 10
4 2 0 Won W 0 3 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 4
4 3 0 Lost L 0 2 2
8 4 0 Scored S 0 7 14
11 7 0 Conceded C 0 7 12
90% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
50% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 80%
40% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 50%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 70%
50% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
40% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
4.8 5.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.2 6.4
5.5 4.4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 5.4
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.9 16.4 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.2 13.7
3.7 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.6 4.8
22% 16% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 29%
 
14.9 11.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17.4 14.7
3.3 2.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.4 4.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hull City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hull City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 10 8 1 1 21 11 5 4 0 1 15 9 5 4 1 0 6 2 10 25
2 Leicester City 9 8 0 1 18 6 4 3 0 1 5 3 5 5 0 0 13 3 12 24
3 Preston North End 9 6 2 1 13 10 5 4 0 1 8 8 4 2 2 0 5 2 3 20
4 Sunderland 9 5 1 3 18 8 4 2 0 2 8 4 5 3 1 1 10 4 10 16
5 West Bromwich Albion 10 4 4 2 17 11 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 1 3 1 8 5 6 16
6 Norwich City 9 5 1 3 19 16 5 4 0 1 8 4 4 1 1 2 11 12 3 16
7 Cardiff City 10 5 1 4 16 14 5 4 0 1 10 5 5 1 1 3 6 9 2 16
8 Hull City 10 4 4 2 14 12 5 1 4 0 7 5 5 3 0 2 7 7 2 16
9 Southampton 10 5 1 4 16 20 5 2 1 2 10 11 5 3 0 2 6 9 -4 16
10 Birmingham City 10 4 3 3 11 9 5 3 2 0 7 2 5 1 1 3 4 7 2 15
11 Millwall 10 4 2 4 8 11 5 2 0 3 4 7 5 2 2 1 4 4 -3 14
12 Leeds United 9 3 4 2 14 10 4 1 3 0 6 3 5 2 1 2 8 7 4 13
13 Bristol City 9 3 3 3 11 10 5 1 2 2 7 7 4 2 1 1 4 3 1 12
14 Coventry City 9 2 5 2 15 12 4 1 3 0 7 4 5 1 2 2 8 8 3 11
15 Plymouth Argyle 10 3 2 5 17 15 5 3 0 2 13 6 5 0 2 3 4 9 2 11
16 Middlesbrough 10 3 2 5 12 17 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 1 1 3 7 12 -5 11
17 Stoke City 10 3 1 6 11 15 5 2 0 3 6 7 5 1 1 3 5 8 -4 10
18 Blackburn Rovers 9 3 1 5 13 20 5 2 0 3 7 11 4 1 1 2 6 9 -7 10
19 Huddersfield Town 10 2 4 4 10 17 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 1 2 2 5 9 -7 10
20 Swansea City 9 2 3 4 13 12 4 1 2 1 6 4 5 1 1 3 7 8 1 9
21 Watford 9 2 3 4 13 13 6 2 2 2 10 6 3 0 1 2 3 7 0 9
22 Queens Park Rangers 9 2 2 5 8 15 4 0 1 3 3 8 5 2 1 2 5 7 -7 8
23 Rotherham United 9 1 2 6 8 19 4 1 2 1 6 6 5 0 0 5 2 13 -11 5
24 Sheffield Wednesday 10 0 2 8 5 18 5 0 1 4 2 8 5 0 1 4 3 10 -13 2

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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.