Match preview: Millwall odds-on to defeat Peterborough United at The Den

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

We are looking at a noteworthy gulf in quality between these sides based on the matches played so far, with Millwall in front of Peterborough United by 32 points.

Insights:
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Peterborough United have the the worst goal difference (-46) in Championship

Peterborough United are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

This has all the signs of an exciting game with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Millwall form and stats

The overall Championship stats at home this season for Millwall are 12-6-4 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Millwall after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Millwall travelled for their previous game, a trip to Birmingham City that ended 2-2. The attacking player Burke was declared "man of the match" for Millwall with a rating of 7.42/10. Burke scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Before that, Millwall had a home game versus Hull City which ended with a victory 2-1.

Millwall are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 29 goals in 22 games. Millwall have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Peterborough United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Peterborough United so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-16 (win-draw-lose).

Peterborough United failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Nottingham Forest (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfield player Burrows was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. Burrows hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Barnsley.

The attacking power of Peterborough when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 22 league matches away. For Peterborough United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Millwall and Peterborough United have faced off already this season: Peterborough United - Millwall 2-1. Stats for the last ten meetings between these two sides are: five wins for Millwall, one draw and four wins for Peterborough United. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallB. Afobe
B. Afobe
11 goals
Peterborough UnitedJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
11 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
9 goals

Millwall missing players

Peterborough United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall Peterborough United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
17 12 6 Won W 0 3 8
15 6 1 Drew D 1 3 10
12 4 0 Lost L 6 16 26
50 29 14 Scored S 4 16 38
44 16 5 Conceded C 19 51 84
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
68% 68% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 80%
36% 32% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 64% 59%
14% 9% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 32% 30%
5% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 5% 9%
55% 50% 71% BTTS BTTS 43% 41% 45%
30% 36% 29% Clean Sheets C S 0% 5% 11%
25% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 57% 55% 50%
 
4.9 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.6 3.8
5.2 4.4 4.9 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.2 5.6
1.8 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 1.9 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.4 13 14.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 7.7 9.2
4.1 4.6 6.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 3.1
28% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 32% 28%
 
12.3 11.2 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 18.9 17 14.9
3.5 2.9 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.5 5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Peterborough United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Peterborough United have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Championship
  • Peterborough United have the most conceded goals (51) away in Championship
  • Peterborough United have the most conceded goals in the second half (55) in Championship
  • Peterborough United have the the worst goal difference (-35) away in Championship
  • Peterborough United have the the worst goal difference (-46) in Championship
  • Peterborough United haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 43 26 9 8 99 38 21 13 4 4 49 19 22 13 5 4 50 19 61 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 42 22 12 8 66 36 21 11 7 3 39 21 21 11 5 5 27 15 30 78
3 Huddersfield Town 44 21 13 10 60 46 22 12 6 4 33 23 22 9 7 6 27 23 14 76
4 Nottingham Forest 42 21 10 11 66 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 20 9 6 5 28 16 29 73
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 44 19 12 13 56 44 22 12 5 5 34 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 12 69
7 Millwall 44 17 15 12 50 44 22 12 6 4 29 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 6 66
8 Middlesbrough 43 18 10 15 53 45 21 12 2 7 29 20 22 6 8 8 24 25 8 64
9 Blackburn Rovers 43 17 12 14 53 45 22 12 5 5 36 23 21 5 7 9 17 22 8 63
10 Coventry City 44 17 12 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 22 7 7 8 27 32 2 63
11 Queens Park Rangers 44 18 9 17 58 56 22 10 6 6 29 22 22 8 3 11 29 34 2 63
12 Stoke City 44 17 10 17 55 48 22 10 4 8 29 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 7 61
13 West Bromwich Albion 44 16 13 15 47 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 61
14 Swansea City 43 16 12 15 54 59 21 9 7 5 27 23 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 60
15 Preston North End 43 14 16 13 44 50 21 8 10 3 28 23 22 6 6 10 16 27 -6 58
16 Blackpool 43 15 12 16 52 51 22 11 3 8 29 24 21 4 9 8 23 27 1 57
17 Bristol City 44 14 10 20 57 75 22 7 8 7 28 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -18 52
18 Hull City 44 14 8 22 40 48 22 7 3 12 21 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -8 50
19 Cardiff City 43 14 7 22 48 65 22 7 3 12 21 28 21 7 4 10 27 37 -17 49
20 Birmingham City 44 11 13 20 48 72 22 7 6 9 26 31 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 46
21 Reading 44 13 8 23 54 85 22 7 5 10 33 43 22 6 3 13 21 42 -31 41
22 Peterborough United 44 8 10 26 38 84 22 5 7 10 22 33 22 3 3 16 16 51 -46 34
23 Derby County 44 13 13 18 43 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 22 2 6 14 13 31 -9 31
24 Barnsley 43 6 12 25 32 64 21 5 7 9 17 24 22 1 5 16 15 40 -32 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 43 26 9 8 99 38 21 13 4 4 49 19 22 13 5 4 50 19 61 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 42 22 12 8 66 36 21 11 7 3 39 21 21 11 5 5 27 15 30 78
3 Huddersfield Town 44 21 13 10 60 46 22 12 6 4 33 23 22 9 7 6 27 23 14 76
4 Nottingham Forest 42 21 10 11 66 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 20 9 6 5 28 16 29 73
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 44 19 12 13 56 44 22 12 5 5 34 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 12 69
7 Millwall 44 17 15 12 50 44 22 12 6 4 29 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 6 66
8 Middlesbrough 43 18 10 15 53 45 21 12 2 7 29 20 22 6 8 8 24 25 8 64
9 Blackburn Rovers 43 17 12 14 53 45 22 12 5 5 36 23 21 5 7 9 17 22 8 63
10 Coventry City 44 17 12 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 22 7 7 8 27 32 2 63
11 Queens Park Rangers 44 18 9 17 58 56 22 10 6 6 29 22 22 8 3 11 29 34 2 63
12 Stoke City 44 17 10 17 55 48 22 10 4 8 29 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 7 61
13 West Bromwich Albion 44 16 13 15 47 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 61
14 Swansea City 43 16 12 15 54 59 21 9 7 5 27 23 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 60
15 Preston North End 43 14 16 13 44 50 21 8 10 3 28 23 22 6 6 10 16 27 -6 58
16 Blackpool 43 15 12 16 52 51 22 11 3 8 29 24 21 4 9 8 23 27 1 57
17 Bristol City 44 14 10 20 57 75 22 7 8 7 28 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -18 52
18 Hull City 44 14 8 22 40 48 22 7 3 12 21 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -8 50
19 Cardiff City 43 14 7 22 48 65 22 7 3 12 21 28 21 7 4 10 27 37 -17 49
20 Birmingham City 44 11 13 20 48 72 22 7 6 9 26 31 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 46
21 Reading 44 13 8 23 54 85 22 7 5 10 33 43 22 6 3 13 21 42 -31 41
22 Peterborough United 44 8 10 26 38 84 22 5 7 10 22 33 22 3 3 16 16 51 -46 34
23 Derby County 44 13 13 18 43 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 22 2 6 14 13 31 -9 31
24 Barnsley 43 6 12 25 32 64 21 5 7 9 17 24 22 1 5 16 15 40 -32 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.