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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

Which side will claim the win when Millwall visit Bristol City? In this match guide you'll learn all the relevant facts and numbers required to enjoy the game more.

Insights:
  • Bristol City have the most scored goals (22) in Championship
  • Millwall have yet to win a game away.

Bristol City have less rest than Millwall in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Preston North End, was also a home game here at Ashton Gate Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Bristol City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Bristol City have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.

A nice win for Bristol City last time playing, versus Preston North End. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Atkinson (2) scoring for the victors. At last, a league win after five games without one. Atkinson was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.75 out of 10. The defender Atkinson scored two goals, hit one key pass and won 11 of 17 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Birmingham City.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bristol have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 4.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bristol City as they are travelling to their away game against West Bromwich Albion in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Bristol City in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Bristol have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Millwall form and stats

There's been little loot from Millwall's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 6 away games in the Championship. Millwall only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

Millwall had fun at their own home (Ashton Gate Stadium) last time out, beating Middlesbrough 2-0. Flemming (2) scored. Flemming got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, top player of the team. Flemming scored two goals.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Rotherham United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Millwall playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were 2 Millwall wins, 8 draws and 9 defeats.

After this away game Millwall return home for a Championship game against Watford. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Millwall as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Millwall have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Bristol victories, two draws and five Millwall wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
6 goals
Bristol CityT. Conway
T. Conway
5 goals
Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
3 goals

Bristol City missing players

Millwall missing players

Bristol City Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 0 6 13
5 4 2 Won W 0 0 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
6 2 1 Lost L 0 4 6
22 11 6 Scored S 0 4 15
22 6 3 Conceded C 0 11 17
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
93% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 92%
64% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 31%
29% 14% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 15%
29% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
64% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 38%
29% 57% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 23%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 38%
 
5.4 6.6 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 4.2
5.3 5.1 8 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.8 4.4
1.9 2.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.4 11.1 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 12.2
3.6 3.9 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.8 4.1
43% 41% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 28%
 
11 9.4 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.3 11.5
3.6 2.4 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.8 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Millwall's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bristol City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Millwall have scored away.
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most scored goals (22) in Championship
  • Bristol City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Millwall have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Millwall have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Millwall have yet to win a game away.
  • 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 Sheffield United 13 7 3 3 21 10 6 4 1 1 12 3 7 3 2 2 9 7 11 24
2 Norwich City 13 7 3 3 20 13 7 4 2 1 14 8 6 3 1 2 6 5 7 24
3 Queens Park Rangers 13 7 3 3 19 13 6 3 2 1 9 6 7 4 1 2 10 7 6 24
4 Burnley 13 5 7 1 20 12 6 2 4 0 10 7 7 3 3 1 10 5 8 22
5 Reading 13 7 1 5 15 18 7 5 1 1 12 7 6 2 0 4 3 11 -3 22
6 Swansea City 13 6 3 4 17 16 7 3 1 3 8 9 6 3 2 1 9 7 1 21
7 Blackburn Rovers 14 7 0 7 16 16 7 5 0 2 12 6 7 2 0 5 4 10 0 21
8 Preston North End 14 4 7 3 8 8 7 1 4 2 2 4 7 3 3 1 6 4 0 19
9 Wigan Athletic 13 5 4 4 14 16 7 1 3 3 5 11 6 4 1 1 9 5 -2 19
10 Luton Town 13 4 6 3 16 13 7 1 4 2 9 9 6 3 2 1 7 4 3 18
11 Bristol City 14 5 3 6 22 22 7 4 1 2 11 6 7 1 2 4 11 16 0 18
12 Cardiff City 13 5 3 5 12 13 6 3 2 1 5 3 7 2 1 4 7 10 -1 18
13 Sunderland 13 4 5 4 17 13 6 1 4 1 6 4 7 3 1 3 11 9 4 17
14 Watford 13 4 5 4 17 16 6 3 1 2 9 8 7 1 4 2 8 8 1 17
15 Millwall 13 5 2 6 15 17 7 5 0 2 11 6 6 0 2 4 4 11 -2 17
16 Birmingham City 13 4 4 5 12 12 6 2 2 2 7 5 7 2 2 3 5 7 0 16
17 Stoke City 13 4 4 5 15 17 6 2 2 2 8 9 7 2 2 3 7 8 -2 16
18 Rotherham United 12 3 6 3 13 12 7 3 3 1 12 5 5 0 3 2 1 7 1 15
19 Blackpool 13 4 3 6 13 17 6 2 1 3 7 7 7 2 2 3 6 10 -4 15
20 Hull City 13 4 2 7 13 26 7 4 0 3 9 12 6 0 2 4 4 14 -13 14
21 Middlesbrough 13 3 4 6 14 18 7 3 3 1 9 7 6 0 1 5 5 11 -4 13
22 West Bromwich Albion 13 1 8 4 17 18 7 1 4 2 11 10 6 0 4 2 6 8 -1 11
23 Huddersfield Town 12 3 2 7 15 19 7 3 1 3 9 7 5 0 1 4 6 12 -4 11
24 Coventry City 10 1 4 5 8 14 3 1 0 2 1 2 7 0 4 3 7 12 -6 7

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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.