Championship duel: Close contest expected between Derby County and Millwall

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 23.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Pride Park Stadium (33597 seats)

Derby County have some lost ground to recover from their 22nd position, and the first opportunity is versus Millwall. Read more!

Insights:
  • Derby County have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Championship
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Derby County saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Championship. This match was also played here at Pride Park Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Millwall have had more rest.

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Derby County form and stats

Derby County have played 16 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-6-2 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Pride Park Stadium.

The County regulars enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Peterborough United and win 1-0. Defender Byrne got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Byrne won 10 of 13 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Middlesbrough.

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 Derby County have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won three, drawn eight and lost five.

There will be little rest for Derby County after this match as they are travelling to Luton Town for a Championship game in only three days.

Derby County has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. From these home matches, County have conceded only 14 goals.

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Millwall form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Millwall so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-7 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Millwall's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Millwall had fun at their own home (Pride Park Stadium) last time out, beating Queens Park Rangers 2-0. Bennett and Burey scored. Wallace, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.72. Wallace served one assist and hit three key passes.

Before that, Millwall secured a home win against Cardiff City with the score 2-1.

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 17 relevant matches. Results were four Millwall wins, five draws and eight defeats.

A new game in only three days for Millwall, the Championship home match versus Sheffield United. Busy days.

The attacking power of Millwall when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Millwall have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have met earlier this season: Millwall - Derby County 1-1. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two sides are: three wins for County, three draws and four wins for Millwall. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Derby CountyT. Lawrence
T. Lawrence
9 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7 goals
MillwallB. Afobe
B. Afobe
6 goals

Derby County missing players

Millwall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Derby County Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 5 15 31
10 8 3 Won W 1 3 11
12 6 1 Drew D 1 5 10
10 2 0 Lost L 3 7 10
33 22 5 Scored S 4 13 33
35 14 2 Conceded C 7 20 33
84% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 94%
62% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 71%
41% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 40% 35%
19% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 13% 10%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
53% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 60% 58%
34% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 20% 26%
28% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 27% 23%
 
4.2 4.1 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.9 4.8
4.7 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.7 4.9
2.1 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.1 1.9
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 10.5 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 10.8 11.8
2.8 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 4
36% 43% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 25% 27%
 
12.3 12.1 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 13.4 12.2
3.7 4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.3 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Derby County have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Championship
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
7 Middlesbrough 31 14 7 10 39 31 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 4 5 6 14 17 8 49
8 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
9 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
10 Coventry City 31 13 8 10 40 36 16 9 3 4 24 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 4 47
11 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 10 10 34 28 15 8 6 1 21 8 17 4 4 9 13 20 6 46
12 Preston North End 33 11 12 10 37 38 16 5 8 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 45
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 33 11 7 15 44 59 17 7 5 5 22 21 16 4 2 10 22 38 -15 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 33 9 10 14 39 51 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -12 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 33 9 7 17 27 37 16 5 3 8 15 18 17 4 4 9 12 19 -10 34
21 Reading 32 9 5 18 39 62 16 4 4 8 23 34 16 5 1 10 16 28 -23 26
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 31 3 8 20 19 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 16 0 4 12 10 29 -27 17

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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 Fulham 31 19 7 5 79 28 17 10 4 3 41 15 14 9 3 2 38 13 51 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 32 15 8 9 47 37 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 53
5 Huddersfield Town 33 14 11 8 42 35 16 8 5 3 22 16 17 6 6 5 20 19 7 53
6 Sheffield United 31 14 8 9 43 33 14 7 3 4 23 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 10 50
7 Middlesbrough 31 14 7 10 39 31 16 10 2 4 25 14 15 4 5 6 14 17 8 49
8 Luton Town 31 13 9 9 43 36 16 8 5 3 26 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 48
9 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
10 Coventry City 31 13 8 10 40 36 16 9 3 4 24 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 4 47
11 West Bromwich Albion 32 12 10 10 34 28 15 8 6 1 21 8 17 4 4 9 13 20 6 46
12 Preston North End 33 11 12 10 37 38 16 5 8 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 45
13 Stoke City 31 12 8 11 40 34 16 7 4 5 24 18 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 44
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 32 11 9 12 35 38 17 8 2 7 17 18 15 3 7 5 18 20 -3 42
16 Bristol City 33 11 7 15 44 59 17 7 5 5 22 21 16 4 2 10 22 38 -15 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 33 9 10 14 39 51 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 3 6 8 18 30 -12 37
19 Cardiff City 32 10 6 16 39 51 16 5 2 9 18 21 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 36
20 Hull City 33 9 7 17 27 37 16 5 3 8 15 18 17 4 4 9 12 19 -10 34
21 Reading 32 9 5 18 39 62 16 4 4 8 23 34 16 5 1 10 16 28 -23 26
22 Derby County 32 10 12 10 33 35 16 8 6 2 22 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -2 21
23 Peterborough United 31 5 6 20 23 61 15 4 5 6 15 18 16 1 1 14 8 43 -38 21
24 Barnsley 31 3 8 20 19 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 16 0 4 12 10 29 -27 17

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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.