Football tips: Millwall vs AFC Bournemouth - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 21.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

Millwall will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind AFC Bournemouth.

It's no vacation for neither Millwall nor AFC Bournemouth as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Millwall are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. AFC Bournemouth are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Millwall form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Millwall have managed 6 wins, 10 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 21 games.

M. Bennett was the last player to score a league goal for Millwall and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Millwall haven't scored in 199 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Millwall, facing Brentford in a game that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Millwall lost 0-3 at home to Swansea City.

Millwall are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Watford awaits in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Millwall here at The Den in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (19 from 21 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Millwall are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Den in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 19 from 21 matches.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

Playing away, AFC Bournemouth have won 7 games, drawn 8 and suffered 5 defeats in the Championship this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Bournemouth, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Norwich City (placed 1st). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Huddersfield Town at their stadium, the result 2-1.

After this away game AFC Bournemouth return home for a Championship game against Brentford. That game is only three sleeps after this.

AFC Bournemouth find the net regularly in their away games. 26 goals from 20 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Bournemouth as they have only conceded 19 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

AFC Bournemouth - Millwall 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Millwall, two draws and three wins for AFC Bournemouth. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
14 goals
AFC BournemouthA. Groeneveld
A. Groeneveld
13 goals
MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
9 goals

Millwall missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 7 21 42
14 6 0 Won W 3 7 20
17 10 6 Drew D 3 8 11
11 5 1 Lost L 1 6 11
41 19 4 Scored S 7 26 66
40 19 7 Conceded C 4 20 41
81% 81% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 71% 86% 90%
67% 67% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 67% 67%
33% 24% 14% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 43% 48%
7% 5% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 24% 31%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
48% 43% 57% BTTS BTTS 43% 57% 55%
40% 38% 29% Clean Sheets C S 57% 29% 36%
31% 38% 43% Failed to Score F T 29% 29% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.6 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.4 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.8 11.8 10.9 Shots (avg) S ( 9.9 11.5 11.4
3.3 4 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.1 3.9 4.2
30% 23% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 32% 37%

  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 41 27 9 5 65 28 20 13 6 1 34 10 21 14 3 4 31 18 37 90
2 Watford 42 24 10 8 59 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 21 7 8 6 18 16 31 82
3 Swansea City 42 22 10 10 52 33 21 11 6 4 25 14 21 11 4 6 27 19 19 76
4 Brentford 41 20 14 7 71 40 20 10 8 2 35 19 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 74
5 AFC Bournemouth 41 20 11 10 66 40 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 7 8 5 26 19 26 71
6 Barnsley 41 21 8 12 54 44 21 11 5 5 27 20 20 10 3 7 27 24 10 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Cardiff City 42 16 12 14 58 46 21 7 5 9 34 24 21 9 7 5 24 22 12 60
9 Millwall 42 14 17 11 41 40 21 6 10 5 19 19 21 8 7 6 22 21 1 59
10 Queens Park Rangers 42 16 11 15 50 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 21 6 7 8 22 28 -1 59
11 Middlesbrough 42 16 9 17 49 47 21 10 4 7 27 21 21 6 5 10 22 26 2 57
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 46 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -1 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 41 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -15 51
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 13 11 18 54 48 21 7 7 7 27 24 21 6 4 11 27 24 6 50
16 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
17 Preston North End 42 14 7 21 41 55 21 5 5 11 16 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -14 49
18 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
19 Coventry City 41 11 12 18 37 56 20 8 7 5 22 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -19 45
20 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 31 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 20 5 9 6 14 18 -19 45
21 Derby County 42 11 10 21 31 48 21 6 6 9 16 21 21 5 4 12 15 27 -17 43
22 Rotherham United 39 11 6 22 41 53 20 5 3 12 24 31 19 6 3 10 17 22 -12 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 42 11 9 22 35 55 21 7 7 7 21 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -20 36
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 66 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -34 34

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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 41 27 9 5 65 28 20 13 6 1 34 10 21 14 3 4 31 18 37 90
2 Watford 42 24 10 8 59 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 21 7 8 6 18 16 31 82
3 Swansea City 42 22 10 10 52 33 21 11 6 4 25 14 21 11 4 6 27 19 19 76
4 Brentford 41 20 14 7 71 40 20 10 8 2 35 19 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 74
5 AFC Bournemouth 41 20 11 10 66 40 21 13 3 5 40 21 20 7 8 5 26 19 26 71
6 Barnsley 41 21 8 12 54 44 21 11 5 5 27 20 20 10 3 7 27 24 10 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Cardiff City 42 16 12 14 58 46 21 7 5 9 34 24 21 9 7 5 24 22 12 60
9 Millwall 42 14 17 11 41 40 21 6 10 5 19 19 21 8 7 6 22 21 1 59
10 Queens Park Rangers 42 16 11 15 50 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 21 6 7 8 22 28 -1 59
11 Middlesbrough 42 16 9 17 49 47 21 10 4 7 27 21 21 6 5 10 22 26 2 57
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 46 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -1 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 41 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -15 51
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 13 11 18 54 48 21 7 7 7 27 24 21 6 4 11 27 24 6 50
16 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
17 Preston North End 42 14 7 21 41 55 21 5 5 11 16 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -14 49
18 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
19 Coventry City 41 11 12 18 37 56 20 8 7 5 22 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -19 45
20 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 31 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 20 5 9 6 14 18 -19 45
21 Derby County 42 11 10 21 31 48 21 6 6 9 16 21 21 5 4 12 15 27 -17 43
22 Rotherham United 39 11 6 22 41 53 20 5 3 12 24 31 19 6 3 10 17 22 -12 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 42 11 9 22 35 55 21 7 7 7 21 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -20 36
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 66 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -34 34

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