Coventry City - Millwall: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: St. Andrew's Stadium (30009 seats)

Coventry City hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 52 points and a 17th position in the Championship table. Visiting Millwall holds 11th place with 62 pts.

Insights:
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Coventry are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Millwall is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Coventry City form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Coventry City are 9-7-6 (wins-draw-losses).

An away draw last time out for Coventry, facing Huddersfield Town in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Preston North End that was lost 0-1.

Jordan Shipley was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Huddersfield Town after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

This is expected to be a close game, with Coventry perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Coventry City as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Coventry City has won six of these, drawn four and lost two.

Coventry are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 22 games. Coventry are not conceding a lot of goals here at St. Andrew's 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 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Millwall form and stats

8-7-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Millwall in their Championship matches away.

Millwall won their last game, 4-1 versus Bristol City played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Watford wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Millwall in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Millwall, six draws and four defeats.

Millwall are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 22 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Millwall have conceded 22 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Millwall - Coventry 1-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Coventry five wins, one draw and Millwall four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
11 goals
Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
6 goals
CoventryT. Walker
T. Walker
6 goals

Coventry City missing players

Millwall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Coventry City Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
13 9 1 Won W 5 8 15
13 7 2 Drew D 2 7 17
19 6 4 Lost L 0 7 13
43 24 5 Scored S 7 22 46
60 21 11 Conceded C 1 22 46
84% 73% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 71% 82% 82%
71% 59% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 29% 64% 67%
40% 36% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 14% 41% 36%
22% 27% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 11%
11% 9% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 9%
47% 36% 43% BTTS BTTS 14% 50% 49%
29% 50% 29% Clean Sheets C S 86% 41% 38%
40% 41% 57% Failed to Score F T 29% 27% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.2 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.9 0.9 1.3
5 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.7 9.4 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 10 11
2.9 3 1.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.6 3.4
33% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 38% 30%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Norwich City 45 29 9 7 73 34 23 14 6 3 39 15 22 15 3 4 34 19 39 96
2 Watford 45 26 10 9 61 30 22 18 2 2 42 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 31 88
3 Brentford 45 23 15 7 76 41 23 12 9 2 39 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 35 84
4 Swansea City 45 23 11 11 56 37 23 12 6 5 27 16 22 11 5 6 29 21 19 80
5 AFC Bournemouth 45 22 11 12 73 44 22 13 3 6 40 22 23 9 8 6 33 22 29 77
6 Barnsley 45 23 8 14 56 48 22 12 5 5 28 20 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 77
7 Reading 45 19 12 14 60 52 22 12 3 7 35 25 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 69
8 Cardiff City 45 18 13 14 65 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 67
9 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 11 16 54 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 23 8 7 8 25 28 0 65
10 Middlesbrough 45 18 10 17 55 50 22 11 4 7 30 22 23 7 6 10 25 28 5 64
11 Millwall 45 15 17 13 46 46 23 7 10 6 24 24 22 8 7 7 22 22 0 62
12 Luton Town 44 17 10 17 40 49 22 8 8 6 25 23 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 61
13 Preston North End 45 17 7 21 47 55 23 7 5 11 21 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -8 58
14 Stoke City 45 14 15 16 48 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 22 5 10 7 19 24 -4 57
15 Blackburn Rovers 45 14 12 19 60 52 22 8 7 7 32 26 23 6 5 12 28 26 8 54
16 Nottingham Forest 45 12 16 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 23 6 8 9 16 21 -7 52
17 Coventry City 45 13 13 19 43 60 22 9 7 6 24 21 23 4 6 13 19 39 -17 52
18 Birmingham City 45 13 13 19 35 56 23 6 4 13 18 37 22 7 9 6 17 19 -21 52
19 Bristol City 45 15 6 24 45 65 22 7 3 12 17 27 23 8 3 12 28 38 -20 51
20 Huddersfield Town 45 12 12 21 48 69 23 8 7 8 28 23 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 48
21 Derby County 45 11 10 24 33 55 22 6 6 10 17 23 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 43
22 Rotherham United 44 11 7 26 43 59 23 5 4 14 26 35 21 6 3 12 17 24 -16 40
23 Sheffield Wednesday 45 12 10 23 37 58 23 8 8 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 40
24 Wycombe Wanderers 45 10 10 25 36 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -33 40

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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 Norwich City 45 29 9 7 73 34 23 14 6 3 39 15 22 15 3 4 34 19 39 96
2 Watford 45 26 10 9 61 30 22 18 2 2 42 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 31 88
3 Brentford 45 23 15 7 76 41 23 12 9 2 39 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 35 84
4 Swansea City 45 23 11 11 56 37 23 12 6 5 27 16 22 11 5 6 29 21 19 80
5 AFC Bournemouth 45 22 11 12 73 44 22 13 3 6 40 22 23 9 8 6 33 22 29 77
6 Barnsley 45 23 8 14 56 48 22 12 5 5 28 20 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 77
7 Reading 45 19 12 14 60 52 22 12 3 7 35 25 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 69
8 Cardiff City 45 18 13 14 65 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 67
9 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 11 16 54 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 23 8 7 8 25 28 0 65
10 Middlesbrough 45 18 10 17 55 50 22 11 4 7 30 22 23 7 6 10 25 28 5 64
11 Millwall 45 15 17 13 46 46 23 7 10 6 24 24 22 8 7 7 22 22 0 62
12 Luton Town 44 17 10 17 40 49 22 8 8 6 25 23 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 61
13 Preston North End 45 17 7 21 47 55 23 7 5 11 21 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -8 58
14 Stoke City 45 14 15 16 48 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 22 5 10 7 19 24 -4 57
15 Blackburn Rovers 45 14 12 19 60 52 22 8 7 7 32 26 23 6 5 12 28 26 8 54
16 Nottingham Forest 45 12 16 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 23 6 8 9 16 21 -7 52
17 Coventry City 45 13 13 19 43 60 22 9 7 6 24 21 23 4 6 13 19 39 -17 52
18 Birmingham City 45 13 13 19 35 56 23 6 4 13 18 37 22 7 9 6 17 19 -21 52
19 Bristol City 45 15 6 24 45 65 22 7 3 12 17 27 23 8 3 12 28 38 -20 51
20 Huddersfield Town 45 12 12 21 48 69 23 8 7 8 28 23 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 48
21 Derby County 45 11 10 24 33 55 22 6 6 10 17 23 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 43
22 Rotherham United 44 11 7 26 43 59 23 5 4 14 26 35 21 6 3 12 17 24 -16 40
23 Sheffield Wednesday 45 12 10 23 37 58 23 8 8 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 40
24 Wycombe Wanderers 45 10 10 25 36 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -33 40

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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.