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

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

Millwall have succeeded in 11 home triumphs so far this season, Hull City have won 7 away. Which team betters their standings after this one?

Insights:
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Championship

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

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

Millwall travelled for their previous game, a trip to Preston North End that ended 1-1. Defender Wallace got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.34/10. Wallace scored one goal and won 8 of 11 duels.

Before that, Millwall had a home game versus Barnsley which ended with a victory 4-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Millwall handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, three draws and four defeats.

Millwall has scored 27 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. Millwall have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hull City form and stats

The visitors are W7-D5-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Hull City, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Sayyadmanesh and Coyle scored in Hull's previous match, the home game against Cardiff City that ended 2-1. Coyle got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, top player of the team. Coyle scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).

Prior to that result Hull City won their away game at Middlesbrough. The scoreline was 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Hull City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, one draw and three defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hull as they have only managed to score 18 times from 21 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Hull City as they have only conceded 19 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head encounter ended Hull City - Millwall 2-1, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Millwall wins - draws - Hull City wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallB. Afobe
B. Afobe
10 goals
Hull CityK. Lewis-Potter
K. Lewis-Potter
9 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
8 goals

Millwall missing players

Hull City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall Hull City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
42 21 6 Played P 7 21 42
16 11 5 Won W 2 7 13
14 6 1 Drew D 2 5 8
12 4 0 Lost L 3 9 21
46 27 12 Scored S 7 18 36
41 15 4 Conceded C 6 19 46
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 86% 90%
67% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 57% 64%
33% 29% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 14% 19% 26%
12% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 10% 12%
5% 5% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 5% 2%
52% 48% 67% BTTS BTTS 29% 24% 29%
31% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 29% 43% 33%
26% 24% 0% Failed to Score F T 57% 48% 48%
 
4.9 6.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.5 4.8
5.2 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.1 5.3 4.9
1.8 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.9 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.3 12.8 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.9 10.2
3.9 4.5 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.2 3.1
28% 29% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 27% 28%
 
12.4 11.1 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.6 13.3 12.9
3.4 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4 4.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Championship
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at 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 Fulham 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 40 21 11 8 62 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 74
3 Huddersfield Town 42 19 13 10 56 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 70
4 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 60 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 13 68
5 Nottingham Forest 40 19 10 11 61 37 21 11 4 6 34 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 24 67
6 Sheffield United 42 18 11 13 54 43 21 11 5 5 33 15 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 18 9 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 21 6 7 8 23 24 10 63
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 44 21 12 5 4 36 22 21 5 7 9 17 22 9 63
9 Coventry City 42 17 11 14 58 53 21 10 5 6 31 21 21 7 6 8 27 32 5 62
10 Millwall 42 16 14 12 46 41 21 11 6 4 27 15 21 5 8 8 19 26 5 62
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 12 14 47 41 21 11 7 3 29 16 21 5 5 11 18 25 6 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 57 55 21 9 6 6 28 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 2 60
13 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
14 Swansea City 41 16 10 15 49 54 20 9 6 5 26 22 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 58
15 Stoke City 42 15 10 17 53 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 21 6 6 9 25 26 5 55
16 Blackpool 41 14 11 16 45 49 21 10 3 8 23 23 20 4 8 8 22 26 -4 53
17 Cardiff City 41 14 7 20 48 63 21 7 3 11 21 27 20 7 4 9 27 36 -15 49
18 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 53 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 48
19 Hull City 42 13 8 21 36 46 21 6 3 12 18 27 21 7 5 9 18 19 -10 47
20 Birmingham City 42 11 12 19 45 64 21 7 5 9 24 29 21 4 7 10 21 35 -19 45
21 Reading 42 13 7 22 50 78 21 7 4 10 29 39 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 40
22 Derby County 42 13 13 16 42 48 21 11 7 3 29 18 21 2 6 13 13 30 -6 31
23 Peterborough United 42 7 10 25 36 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 3 16 14 51 -47 31
24 Barnsley 41 6 12 23 31 60 20 5 7 8 17 22 21 1 5 15 14 38 -29 30

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 40 21 11 8 62 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 74
3 Huddersfield Town 42 19 13 10 56 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 70
4 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 60 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 13 68
5 Nottingham Forest 40 19 10 11 61 37 21 11 4 6 34 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 24 67
6 Sheffield United 42 18 11 13 54 43 21 11 5 5 33 15 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 18 9 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 21 6 7 8 23 24 10 63
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 44 21 12 5 4 36 22 21 5 7 9 17 22 9 63
9 Coventry City 42 17 11 14 58 53 21 10 5 6 31 21 21 7 6 8 27 32 5 62
10 Millwall 42 16 14 12 46 41 21 11 6 4 27 15 21 5 8 8 19 26 5 62
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 12 14 47 41 21 11 7 3 29 16 21 5 5 11 18 25 6 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 57 55 21 9 6 6 28 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 2 60
13 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
14 Swansea City 41 16 10 15 49 54 20 9 6 5 26 22 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 58
15 Stoke City 42 15 10 17 53 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 21 6 6 9 25 26 5 55
16 Blackpool 41 14 11 16 45 49 21 10 3 8 23 23 20 4 8 8 22 26 -4 53
17 Cardiff City 41 14 7 20 48 63 21 7 3 11 21 27 20 7 4 9 27 36 -15 49
18 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 53 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 48
19 Hull City 42 13 8 21 36 46 21 6 3 12 18 27 21 7 5 9 18 19 -10 47
20 Birmingham City 42 11 12 19 45 64 21 7 5 9 24 29 21 4 7 10 21 35 -19 45
21 Reading 42 13 7 22 50 78 21 7 4 10 29 39 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 40
22 Derby County 42 13 13 16 42 48 21 11 7 3 29 18 21 2 6 13 13 30 -6 31
23 Peterborough United 42 7 10 25 36 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 3 16 14 51 -47 31
24 Barnsley 41 6 12 23 31 60 20 5 7 8 17 22 21 1 5 15 14 38 -29 30

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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.