Championship: The mid-table placements tell a story of the journey Millwall and Blackburn Rovers have been on uptil now. Both contenders are eager to play; bring it on!
- Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Millwall and Blackburn Rovers.
Millwall form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Millwall have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games.
The home team returns to The Den after drawing with Preston North End (placed 4th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The striker Emakhu won the honour of being "man of the match" for Millwall with a rating of 7.42/10. Emakhu hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
In the match before that, Millwall hosted Hull City and drew the game 2-2.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 Millwall have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 3 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Millwall as they are travelling to their away game against Watford in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Millwall have conceded 9 from these games.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Blackburn Rovers in their Championship matches away.
The Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Leopold Wahlstedt is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 185 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The regulars enjoyed Blackburn Rovers's previous fixture versus Cardiff City (placed 12th), a 1-0 win played at home. Hill was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender Hill won 6 of 11 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Queens Park Rangers.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Blackburn Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
A quick return to home after this game, as Blackburn are hosting Swansea City in the Championship only four days away.
Blackburn Rovers has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. As for defending, Blackburn rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Blackburn Rovers have not lost in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) versus Millwall.Top Goalscorers
  S. Szmodics 7 goals |   Z. Flemming 3 goals |  A. Sigurdsson 3 goals |
Millwall missing players
Blackburn Rovers missing players
| Millwall | Blackburn Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 42% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 17% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 33% | 17% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 58% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 7 | 5.9 |
| 5.1 | 3.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 8.2 | 7.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 15.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
| 3.8 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 27% | 21% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 34% | 32% |
| 13.6 | 11.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 20 | 17.4 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 6 | 5.1 |
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Leicester City | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 33 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Preston North End | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 5 | Southampton | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Norwich City | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Millwall | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Coventry City | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 18 | Huddersfield Town | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 19 | Watford | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -13 | 8 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 3 |
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