With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Millwall fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Birmingham City.
- Birmingham City has the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Championship
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Millwall form and stats
2-9-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Millwall so far this season.
Happy days for Millwall in their previous game, a Championship match away at Reading (placed 5th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Millwall had a home game versus Sheffield Wednesday which ended with a victory 4-1.
Manager G. Rowett felt very clever after Mason Bennett scored the winning goal against Reading, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute.
This is expected to be a close game, with Millwall perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Millwall as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Millwall has won three of these, drawn nine and lost three.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Millwall as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Wycombe Wanderers are visiting.
Millwall have scored 13 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Millwall have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Birmingham City form and stats
4-7-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Birmingham City in their Championship matches away.
Birmingham City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Luton Town proved too strong as Birmingham slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at St. Andrew's Stadium. Prior to that match, the Birmingham manager A. Karanka de la Hoz faced defeat when travelling to AFC Bournemouth and losing 2-3.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Birmingham City in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Birmingham, five draws and two defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Birmingham City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Sheffield Wednesday is waiting in only three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Birmingham as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Birmingham City - Millwall 0-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Millwall, three draws and three wins for Birmingham City. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Wallace 6 goals |   S. Hogan 5 goals |  T. Bradshaw 4 goals |
Millwall missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Millwall | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 28 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| 27 | 13 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 35 |
| 79% | 79% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 64% | 79% |
| 69% | 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 43% | 52% |
| 31% | 21% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 29% | 34% |
| 7% | 7% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 3% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 10% |
| 52% | 57% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 43% | 45% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 50% | 31% |
| 31% | 36% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 43% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11.2 | 12 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 9.6 | 9.3 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 28% | 22% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 30% | 30% |
- Birmingham City has the most dropped points from leading position (21) 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 | Norwich City | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 58 |
| 2 | Brentford | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 55 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 27 | 57 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 53 |
| 4 | Watford | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 51 |
| 5 | Reading | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 48 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 46 |
| 7 | Cardiff City | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 40 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 40 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 39 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 39 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 29 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 22 | -3 | 39 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 29 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -10 | 39 |
| 13 | Millwall | 29 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 38 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 37 |
| 15 | Barnsley | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 36 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 33 |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -9 | 33 |
| 19 | Derby County | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -10 | 31 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -13 | 31 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 29 |
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -9 | 28 |
| 23 | Birmingham City | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -14 | 28 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 32 | -28 | 19 |
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