Delightful dogfight as daring Coventry City duel with determined Millwall

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 29.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Coventry Building Society Arena

A classic home victory, the away team steals it or an exciting draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table inhabitants Coventry City and Millwall clash at The Coventry Building Society Arena.

Insights:
  • Coventry City have the most points from losing position (15) in Championship
  • Millwall have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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Coventry City form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Coventry Building Society Arena as Coventry City have scored 20 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 7-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Coventry shared the glory with Huddersfield Town in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Hyam, defender, was given a rating of 7.55/10 in that game, top of the team. Hyam hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

Ahead of that match, Coventry lost 1-2 at home to West Bromwich Albion.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Coventry City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost zero.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Coventry as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Luton Town are visiting.

The Coventry fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. Coventry have only conceded 10 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 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-4 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Millwall are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Two away games in a row for Millwall, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Peterborough United in the Championship. Millwall keeper Białkowski could take pride in a first-rate day's work against Peterborough United, but even with registering seven saves the loss could not be stopped. Midfield player Evans was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Evans hit three key passes.

Before that, Millwall secured a home win against Birmingham City with the score 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Millwall have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were three victories, two draws and two defeats.

Millwall have another fixture away in just four sleeps, a Championship match vs Bristol City. A strenuous itinerary for them!

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Millwall as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. Millwall have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have played each other previously this season, with the match result Millwall - Coventry City 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Coventry City wins - draws - Millwall wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CoventryV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
9 goals
Coventry CityM. Godden
M. Godden
8 goals
MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
5 goals

Coventry City missing players

Millwall missing players

Coventry City Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 3 11 22
9 7 1 Won W 1 2 7
7 2 0 Drew D 2 5 9
6 2 1 Lost L 0 4 6
29 20 3 Scored S 3 10 24
26 10 3 Conceded C 2 13 24
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 95%
73% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 77%
50% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 36%
23% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 9%
14% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 73% 73%
32% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 18%
23% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 18% 14%
 
6.3 6.1 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 5.4
4 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 4.8
1.5 1.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.1 13.8 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 11.6 12.7
4.5 4.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.7 4.2
29% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 24% 26%
 
10.9 8.8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 13.2 12
3.5 2.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.7 3.8 3.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the most points from losing position (15) in Championship
  • 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 23 13 6 4 51 19 12 7 3 2 24 8 11 6 3 2 27 11 32 45
2 AFC Bournemouth 23 12 7 4 37 20 11 6 3 2 23 13 12 6 4 2 14 7 17 43
3 Blackburn Rovers 23 12 6 5 41 27 12 8 2 2 28 16 11 4 4 3 13 11 14 42
4 West Bromwich Albion 23 11 8 4 30 17 11 7 4 0 17 5 12 4 4 4 13 12 13 41
5 Middlesbrough 24 10 6 8 27 23 13 7 2 4 18 12 11 3 4 4 9 11 4 36
6 Huddersfield Town 24 10 6 8 31 29 12 7 2 3 18 14 12 3 4 5 13 15 2 36
7 Queens Park Rangers 21 10 5 6 33 27 11 6 3 2 16 10 10 4 2 4 17 17 6 35
8 Stoke City 22 10 5 7 26 21 11 6 3 2 15 9 11 4 2 5 11 12 5 35
9 Nottingham Forest 24 9 7 8 32 27 12 4 3 5 14 16 12 5 4 3 18 11 5 34
10 Coventry City 22 9 7 6 29 26 11 7 2 2 20 10 11 2 5 4 9 16 3 34
11 Sheffield United 22 9 5 8 29 28 10 4 2 4 15 11 12 5 3 4 14 17 1 32
12 Millwall 22 7 9 6 24 24 11 5 4 2 14 11 11 2 5 4 10 13 0 30
13 Blackpool 24 8 6 10 25 30 12 5 2 5 10 13 12 3 4 5 15 17 -5 30
14 Luton Town 22 7 8 7 31 27 11 4 4 3 17 13 11 3 4 4 14 14 4 29
15 Preston North End 22 7 7 8 24 28 11 5 4 2 15 12 11 2 3 6 9 16 -4 28
16 Swansea City 22 7 6 9 26 31 11 4 4 3 14 12 11 3 2 6 12 19 -5 27
17 Birmingham City 23 7 6 10 22 30 11 4 3 4 12 14 12 3 3 6 10 16 -8 27
18 Bristol City 23 7 6 10 26 35 12 3 5 4 11 13 11 4 1 6 15 22 -9 27
19 Hull City 23 6 5 12 20 28 11 3 3 5 11 14 12 3 2 7 9 14 -8 23
20 Cardiff City 22 6 4 12 25 39 11 2 1 8 9 18 11 4 3 4 16 21 -14 22
21 Reading 22 8 3 11 27 34 11 4 3 4 16 16 11 4 0 7 11 18 -7 21
22 Peterborough United 23 5 4 14 20 44 11 4 4 3 14 11 12 1 0 11 6 33 -24 19
23 Barnsley 23 2 8 13 15 34 12 2 4 6 8 15 11 0 4 7 7 19 -19 14
24 Derby County 22 5 10 7 18 21 11 4 5 2 13 11 11 1 5 5 5 10 -3 4

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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.