Aston Villa welcomes Millwall as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Mon 22.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42788 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and 21st place in the table will show on the pitch.

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 Aston Villa and Millwall.

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Aston Villa form and stats

10-8-3 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Aston Villa so far this season. Aston Villa has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the West Bromwich Albion defeat. After failing to beat West Bromwich Albion here at Villa Park, Aston Villa has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

A good away victory last time out for Aston Villa, who won 2-0 against Bolton Wanderers. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Bristol City.

Aston Villa can score goals in their home matches. After 21 matches they have found the net 48 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 34 goals have been conceded.

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Millwall form and stats

Millwall have only collected 14 points from their away games after 3-5-13 (21 played). With three draws in a row for Millwall the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

There were no winners in Millwall's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Brentford. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sheffield United.

Millwall find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 22 goals from 21 away fixtures. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Millwall have conceded 35 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Millwall - Aston Villa 2-1 played earlier this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 0 Aston Villa victories, 1 draw and 3 Millwall wins.

Top Goalscorers

T. Abraham
25 goals / 4 assists
L. Gregory
10 goals / 7 assists
C. Hourihane
7 goals / 10 assists

Aston Villa missing players

Millwall missing players

Aston Villa Millwall
Total Home Statistic Away Total
43 21 Played 21 42
79 48 Scored 22 47
58 34 Conceded 35 60
98% 100% Over 0.5 95% 90%
86% 95% Over 1.5 76% 76%
63% 76% Over 2.5 43% 45%
37% 52% Over 3.5 29% 26%
16% 29% Over 4.5 19% 12%
65% 71% Both teams to score 57% 57%
26% 24% Clean Sheet 14% 24%
12% 5% Failed To Score 33% 29%
 
5.8 6.1 Corners For (avg) 4.8 5.7
5 4.4 Corners Against (avg) 6.2 5.4
1.8 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.1 1.8
2 1 Red Cards (total) 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Aston Villa hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Aston Villa is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Norwich City 43 25 12 6 87 53 22 14 4 4 49 33 21 11 8 2 38 20 34 87
2 Sheffield United 43 24 10 9 71 39 22 14 4 4 40 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 32 82
3 Leeds United 43 25 7 11 70 44 22 14 3 5 37 20 21 11 4 6 33 24 26 82
4 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 10 11 84 58 22 11 7 4 51 30 21 11 3 7 33 28 26 76
5 Aston Villa 43 19 15 9 79 58 21 10 8 3 48 34 22 9 7 6 31 24 21 72
6 Middlesbrough 43 18 13 12 45 36 22 9 6 7 21 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 9 67
7 Bristol City 42 18 12 12 56 47 22 8 8 6 28 24 20 10 4 6 28 23 9 66
8 Derby County 42 17 13 12 61 52 21 11 7 3 35 19 21 6 6 9 26 33 9 64
9 Preston North End 43 16 12 15 64 59 22 8 9 5 38 27 21 8 3 10 26 32 5 60
10 Hull City 43 17 9 17 63 62 21 11 5 5 36 20 22 6 4 12 27 42 1 60
11 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 15 13 54 57 21 9 8 4 31 25 22 6 7 9 23 32 -3 60
12 Swansea City 42 17 8 17 59 57 21 12 4 5 39 25 21 5 4 12 20 32 2 59
13 Nottingham Forest 43 14 15 14 56 54 21 11 4 6 30 21 22 3 11 8 26 33 2 57
14 Blackburn Rovers 43 15 11 17 59 65 21 9 6 6 28 19 22 6 5 11 31 46 -6 56
15 Brentford 43 14 13 16 67 59 21 12 4 5 45 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 8 55
16 Stoke City 43 11 19 13 41 48 21 8 7 6 22 20 22 3 12 7 19 28 -7 52
17 Queens Park Rangers 43 13 9 21 51 67 22 9 3 10 33 30 21 4 6 11 18 37 -16 48
18 Birmingham City 43 13 17 13 60 56 22 7 10 5 30 23 21 6 7 8 30 33 4 47
19 Reading 43 10 15 18 48 64 21 8 4 9 29 31 22 2 11 9 19 33 -16 45
20 Wigan Athletic 43 11 12 20 47 63 21 9 8 4 26 20 22 2 4 16 21 43 -16 45
21 Millwall 42 10 13 19 47 60 21 7 8 6 25 25 21 3 5 13 22 35 -13 43
22 Rotherham United 43 8 16 19 49 76 21 7 8 6 30 33 22 1 8 13 19 43 -27 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 43 8 8 27 29 74 22 4 4 14 13 34 21 4 4 13 16 40 -45 32
24 Ipswich Town 43 4 16 23 33 72 21 2 11 8 19 28 22 2 5 15 14 44 -39 28

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