Championship match forecast and preview for the Cardiff City vs Millwall battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium (26828 seats)

Cardiff City will hope that their home support is enough to get a victory from this difficult dispute, versus lively Millwall.

Insights:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (21) in Championship
  • Millwall have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship

These are hectic days for the hometeam, as they had a match only three days ago in the FA Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Leeds United.

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Cardiff City form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Cardiff City have to build on here at Cardiff City Stadium in the Championship. When Cardiff City hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, Watford and Burnley), they have won 2 of 5 matches! Three draws in a row here at Cardiff City Stadium for Cardiff City, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

The club members are hoping that Cardiff City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-5 away defeat in the FA Cup fixture against Leeds United.

Before that, Cardiff City drew at home versus Wigan Athletic.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 12 league games, 9 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).

Cardiff have scored {11 league goals} here from 14 matches, not a lot. Cardiff City have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Millwall form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Millwall so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-7 (win-draw-lose).

Millwall are travelling again after losing away to Middlesbrough in their previous match (0-1). That defeat was their first after four consecutive league games winning points. Defender Hutchinson was the best team player with a rating of 7.1. Hutchinson won 7 of 9 duels.

The fixture earlier was the FA Cup-duel against Sheffield United, a home defeat (0-2).

Stats flash: 8 of the last 10 league games featuring this side have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

The attacking power of Millwall when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, Millwall have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Millwall - Cardiff City 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Cardiff victory, seven draws and two Millwall wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
9 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
6 goals
Cardiff CityC. Robinson
C. Robinson
4 goals

Cardiff City missing players

Millwall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cardiff City Millwall
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 14 5 Played P 4 13 26
7 4 2 Won W 1 3 11
8 5 1 Drew D 2 3 6
12 5 2 Lost L 1 7 9
21 11 4 Scored S 3 12 32
30 12 4 Conceded C 3 19 27
85% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 88%
52% 43% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 77%
30% 21% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 38%
15% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 12%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
37% 43% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 35%
33% 43% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 35%
44% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 54% 42%
 
4.8 5.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.7 4.7
4.6 4 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 3.7
2 1.7 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 1.7
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 13.9 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 12.1 13.3
2.6 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 4.3
30% 27% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 27% 29%
 
10.7 8.9 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 12.3 10.2
3.1 2 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 4 3.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals (21) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Championship
  • Millwall have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 27 17 8 2 53 25 14 10 4 0 30 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 28 59
2 Sheffield United 27 16 6 5 47 24 13 8 3 2 29 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 23 54
3 Watford 27 12 7 8 33 28 13 7 2 4 19 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 43
4 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 42 33 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 9 42
5 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 0 13 30 34 13 9 0 4 20 13 14 5 0 9 10 21 -4 42
6 West Bromwich Albion 27 11 8 8 37 28 14 6 4 4 20 14 13 5 4 4 17 14 9 41
7 Norwich City 27 11 6 10 36 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 7 39
8 Millwall 26 11 6 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 3 3 7 12 19 5 39
9 Luton Town 26 10 9 7 33 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 13 7 2 4 15 13 4 39
10 Sunderland 27 10 8 9 39 32 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 7 38
11 Swansea City 27 10 8 9 39 37 13 6 2 5 20 16 14 4 6 4 19 21 2 38
12 Queens Park Rangers 27 10 7 10 30 33 13 5 3 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 37
13 Preston North End 27 10 7 10 24 30 14 3 4 7 8 18 13 7 3 3 16 12 -6 37
14 Reading 27 11 4 12 31 38 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 37
15 Coventry City 26 9 8 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 35
16 Hull City 27 9 7 11 33 43 14 4 3 7 14 23 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 34
17 Bristol City 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 32
18 Birmingham City 27 8 8 11 29 33 14 4 5 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 32
19 Rotherham United 27 7 9 11 32 39 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -7 30
20 Stoke City 27 8 6 13 29 37 13 3 3 7 13 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -8 30
21 Cardiff City 27 7 8 12 21 30 14 4 5 5 11 12 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 29
22 Huddersfield Town 26 7 5 14 25 33 14 5 2 7 13 14 12 2 3 7 12 19 -8 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 27 6 7 14 27 47 14 2 3 9 11 28 13 4 4 5 16 19 -20 25

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 27 17 8 2 53 25 14 10 4 0 30 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 28 59
2 Sheffield United 27 16 6 5 47 24 13 8 3 2 29 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 23 54
3 Watford 27 12 7 8 33 28 13 7 2 4 19 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 43
4 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 42 33 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 9 42
5 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 0 13 30 34 13 9 0 4 20 13 14 5 0 9 10 21 -4 42
6 West Bromwich Albion 27 11 8 8 37 28 14 6 4 4 20 14 13 5 4 4 17 14 9 41
7 Norwich City 27 11 6 10 36 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 7 39
8 Millwall 26 11 6 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 3 3 7 12 19 5 39
9 Luton Town 26 10 9 7 33 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 13 7 2 4 15 13 4 39
10 Sunderland 27 10 8 9 39 32 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 7 38
11 Swansea City 27 10 8 9 39 37 13 6 2 5 20 16 14 4 6 4 19 21 2 38
12 Queens Park Rangers 27 10 7 10 30 33 13 5 3 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 37
13 Preston North End 27 10 7 10 24 30 14 3 4 7 8 18 13 7 3 3 16 12 -6 37
14 Reading 27 11 4 12 31 38 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 37
15 Coventry City 26 9 8 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 35
16 Hull City 27 9 7 11 33 43 14 4 3 7 14 23 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 34
17 Bristol City 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 32
18 Birmingham City 27 8 8 11 29 33 14 4 5 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 32
19 Rotherham United 27 7 9 11 32 39 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -7 30
20 Stoke City 27 8 6 13 29 37 13 3 3 7 13 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -8 30
21 Cardiff City 27 7 8 12 21 30 14 4 5 5 11 12 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 29
22 Huddersfield Town 26 7 5 14 25 33 14 5 2 7 13 14 12 2 3 7 12 19 -8 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 27 6 7 14 27 47 14 2 3 9 11 28 13 4 4 5 16 19 -20 25

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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.