West Bromwich Albion vs Millwall full preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Hawthorns (26445 seats)

A tale of loss and gain for these contenders so far this campaign, holding positions near the midpoint of the Championship table. Here's the West Bromwich Albion - Millwall latest:

Insights:
  • All of West Bromwich Albion's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Millwall have scored in all their away matches so far.

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 West Bromwich Albion and Millwall.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

West Bromwich Albion must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Championship games here at The Hawthorns.

West Bromwich Albion drew their last game, 2-2 away at Watford (placed 14th). Midfielder Furlong was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Furlong served one assist and hit one key pass.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Bristol City the opponent.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how WBA have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Goals are plentiful at The Hawthorns in the league this season as West Bromwich Albion has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games.

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Millwall form and stats

Things could have gone better for Millwall in their Championship away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

Millwall go into this game after a win, the home game against Rotherham United that ended 3-0. Longman got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, top player of the team. Longman scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A loss against Leeds United was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Millwall have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

As opposed to that, Millwall have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Millwall have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when facing WBA.

Top Goalscorers

West Bromwich AlbionJ. Swift
J. Swift
4 goals
West Bromwich AlbionB. Thomas-Asante
B. Thomas-Asante
2 goals
MillwallK. Nisbet
K. Nisbet
2 goals

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Millwall missing players

West Bromwich Albion Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 0 3 7
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 1 Lost L 0 1 3
12 8 1 Scored S 0 3 7
11 6 2 Conceded C 0 4 8
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 57%
71% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 43%
43% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 14%
29% 67% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
86% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 29%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 43%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 29%
 
4.1 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.7
5.6 6.3 9 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.3 5.9
2.4 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 9.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.3 12.9
3.3 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.3 3.9
52% 67% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 26%
 
13.7 14 14 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17.3 14.9
4.1 4.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.7 2.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of West Bromwich Albion's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Millwall have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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