AFC Bournemouth favourites for feisty fight facing Millwall

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Vitality Stadium (11700 seats)

A vital fixture in Championship as both squads are struggling for the top league positions. With AFC Bournemouth in 2nd place and Millwall at 8th, this promises to be an exciting fight. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (20) in Championship
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Bournemouth are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 2nd place whatever happens now. Millwall are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

Bournemouth have less rest than Millwall in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Nottingham Forest, was also a home game here at Vitality Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

12 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what AFC Bournemouth have to build on here at Vitality Stadium in the Championship.

Nothing to worry about in defence for AFC Bournemouth, as their goalkeeper Mark Travers has completely shut out the opponents for 212 minutes in the Championship.

A nice win for AFC Bournemouth last time playing, versus Nottingham Forest. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Moore scoring for the victors. The victory against Nottingham Forest came after Moore's winning goal. The Bournemouth manager Parker was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 59th minute. Midfield player Cook got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Cook hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that match, a win away at Blackburn Rovers.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does AFC Bournemouth handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and two defeats.

The Bournemouth fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 40 goals in 22 league 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. AFC Bournemouth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vitality Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 21 from 22 matches. 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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Millwall form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 5 wins, 9 draws and 8 defeats. It's three draws from Millwall's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Millwall are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the match against Peterborough United (placed 23rd). Midfield player Saville was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.25/10. Saville scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Birmingham City.

Millwall are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of seven matches.

The attacking power of Millwall when travelling is not overwhelming with 21 goals scored from 22 league matches away. Millwall have conceded 28 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other before in this season, with the final score Millwall - Bournemouth 1-1 registered in the official records. Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): AFC Bournemouth won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Millwall have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
29 goals
MillwallB. Afobe
B. Afobe
12 goals
AFC BournemouthP. Billing
P. Billing
10 goals

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Millwall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AFC Bournemouth Millwall
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
45 22 6 Played P 6 22 45
24 12 4 Won W 1 5 18
13 7 2 Drew D 3 9 15
8 3 0 Lost L 2 8 12
73 40 9 Scored S 6 21 53
39 21 3 Conceded C 9 28 44
91% 95% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
76% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 68% 69%
51% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 41% 38%
20% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 18% 13%
9% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 4%
47% 59% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 59% 53%
44% 32% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 31%
18% 14% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 24%
 
5.2 5.3 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.8 5
4.9 4.5 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 6.1 5.4
2.2 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.8
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 12.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.9 11.3
4.4 4.7 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.5 4.1
37% 38% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 27% 29%
 
9.5 8.2 7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 13.5 12.2
3.3 3.1 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (20) in Championship
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Millwall have won significantly less corners away then 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 Fulham 45 27 9 9 106 39 23 14 4 5 56 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 67 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 45 24 13 8 73 39 22 12 7 3 40 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 34 85
3 Nottingham Forest 45 23 10 12 72 39 23 13 4 6 43 22 22 10 6 6 29 17 33 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
6 Luton Town 45 20 12 13 62 55 22 11 7 4 36 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 7 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 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 45 27 9 9 106 39 23 14 4 5 56 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 67 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 45 24 13 8 73 39 22 12 7 3 40 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 34 85
3 Nottingham Forest 45 23 10 12 72 39 23 13 4 6 43 22 22 10 6 6 29 17 33 79
4 Huddersfield Town 45 22 13 10 62 47 22 12 6 4 33 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 15 79
5 Sheffield United 45 20 12 13 59 45 22 12 5 5 34 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 14 72
6 Luton Town 45 20 12 13 62 55 22 11 7 4 36 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 7 72
7 Middlesbrough 45 20 10 15 58 46 23 14 2 7 34 21 22 6 8 8 24 25 12 70
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 23 13 6 4 32 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 9 69
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 18 12 15 57 49 23 12 5 6 36 26 22 6 7 9 21 23 8 66
10 West Bromwich Albion 45 17 13 15 48 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 3 64
11 Coventry City 45 17 12 16 59 58 23 10 5 8 32 26 22 7 7 8 27 32 1 63
12 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 9 18 59 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 22 8 3 11 29 34 0 63
13 Stoke City 45 17 10 18 56 51 22 10 4 8 29 22 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 61
14 Preston North End 45 15 16 14 48 55 22 8 10 4 29 27 23 7 6 10 19 28 -7 61
15 Swansea City 45 16 13 16 58 67 22 9 8 5 30 26 23 7 5 11 28 41 -9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 23 11 3 9 29 26 22 5 9 8 25 27 1 60
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 23 8 8 7 33 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -13 55
18 Hull City 45 14 8 23 40 53 22 7 3 12 21 27 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 50
19 Cardiff City 45 14 8 23 49 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 50
20 Birmingham City 45 11 14 20 49 73 22 7 6 9 26 31 23 4 8 11 23 42 -24 47
21 Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 23 7 5 11 33 44 22 6 3 13 21 42 -32 41
22 Derby County 45 14 13 18 45 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 23 3 6 14 15 31 -7 34
23 Peterborough United 45 8 10 27 38 87 22 5 7 10 22 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -49 34
24 Barnsley 45 6 12 27 33 69 23 5 7 11 18 29 22 1 5 16 15 40 -36 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.