Football betting preview: Millwall vs Blackburn Rovers

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 14.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Championship table so far. Here's the Millwall - Blackburn Rovers latest:

It's no vacation for neither Millwall nor Blackburn Rovers 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.

Blackburn are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Millwall form and stats

8-8-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Millwall so far this season. Millwall are slowly digging their own grave here at The Den with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Reading match.

Millwall are returning here after visiting Hull City in a Championship game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ryan Leonard scored the goal(s). Before that game, the home loss against Middlesbrough with the scoreline 0-2.

Millwall are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Queens Park Rangers awaits in four days.

Millwall has scored 28 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. Millwall's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

The visitors are W7-D3-L11 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

There were no winners in Blackburn's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs West Bromwich Albion (placed 2nd). Preceding that game was the away victory against Cardiff City with the score of 3-2.

Christian Walton had red hot gloves after the game against West Bromwich Albion, shaping the outcome of the game with seven saves made. The draw against West Bromwich Albion came from a losing position. The Blackburn manager T. Mowbray brought on Joe Rothwell as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Reading in just four days.

The visiting Blackburn have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 31 goals from 21 games. Blackburn struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 35 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Millwall and Blackburn Rovers have met before this season: Blackburn Rovers - Millwall 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Millwall victory, four draws and five Blackburn Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
14 goals
MillwallM. Smith
M. Smith
12 goals
MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
10 goals

Millwall missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Millwall Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 6 21 43
15 8 2 Won W 3 7 16
17 8 2 Drew D 0 3 12
11 5 2 Lost L 3 11 15
49 28 9 Scored S 11 31 60
46 24 8 Conceded C 10 35 56
91% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
70% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 79%
35% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 51%
19% 24% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 28%
7% 5% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 29% 16%
53% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 58%
35% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 19% 28%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 24% 21%
 
5.9 7.2 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.2 4.8
4.6 3.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.9 4.3
1.5 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.5
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
467 244 72 Total Shots T S 62 188 456
150 84 26 Shots on Target S O 26 71 161
33% 33% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 44% 37%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Millwall have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 43 25 9 9 69 34 21 13 5 3 35 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 35 84
2 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 15 6 74 41 21 10 8 3 42 25 22 12 7 3 32 16 33 81
3 Brentford 43 23 9 11 78 35 21 13 5 3 42 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 43 78
4 Fulham 43 22 10 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 21 8 8 5 23 21 14 76
5 Nottingham Forest 43 18 15 10 55 43 21 10 4 7 24 21 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 69
6 Cardiff City 43 16 16 11 60 56 21 9 9 3 30 20 22 7 7 8 30 36 4 64
7 Swansea City 43 16 15 12 55 50 22 9 5 8 26 23 21 7 10 4 29 27 5 63
8 Preston North End 43 17 11 15 56 52 22 11 4 7 37 29 21 6 7 8 19 23 4 62
9 Millwall 43 15 17 11 49 46 21 8 8 5 28 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 3 62
10 Derby County 43 16 13 14 57 58 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 5 5 11 25 40 -1 61
11 Bristol City 43 17 10 16 58 62 21 8 5 8 28 31 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 43 16 12 15 60 56 22 9 9 4 29 21 21 7 3 11 31 35 4 60
13 Reading 43 15 11 17 54 48 21 7 4 10 24 28 22 8 7 7 30 20 6 56
14 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 10 18 54 59 21 7 6 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 55
15 Wigan Athletic 43 14 12 17 46 53 21 9 6 6 24 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 -7 54
16 Queens Park Rangers 43 15 8 20 60 70 22 8 5 9 38 39 21 7 3 11 22 31 -10 53
17 Stoke City 43 14 7 22 56 66 22 10 3 9 35 26 21 4 4 13 21 40 -10 49
18 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 52 69 21 6 6 9 31 38 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 49
19 Middlesbrough 43 11 14 18 43 56 22 6 8 8 19 26 21 5 6 10 24 30 -13 47
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 49 65 22 7 6 9 24 29 21 5 5 11 25 36 -16 47
21 Charlton Athletic 43 12 10 21 47 58 22 8 5 9 26 25 21 4 5 12 21 33 -11 46
22 Hull City 43 12 9 22 57 75 22 7 3 12 29 36 21 5 6 10 28 39 -18 45
23 Luton Town 43 12 8 23 49 79 21 7 6 8 29 34 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 44
24 Barnsley 43 10 13 20 46 67 22 6 9 7 28 33 21 4 4 13 18 34 -21 43

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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.