Can Millwall outdo Blackpool in The Den clash?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

Millwall are banking on their home advantage to aid them to do well in this game against Blackpool. Who is the winner at The Den?

Insights:
  • Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Millwall nor Blackpool 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.

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Millwall form and stats

Overall Championship results at home this season for Millwall are 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The Millwall followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at The Den: A 0-2 defeat against Queens Park Rangers (placed 8th). Defender Cooper got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.33/10. Cooper won 10 of 15 duels.

Before that, Millwall had a home game versus Cardiff City which ended with a victory 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Millwall handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Betting heads-up: This team have finished 5 league games in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.

Millwall are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games.

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Blackpool form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Blackpool are travelling again after losing away to Rotherham United in their previous match (0-3). Ekpiteta, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 6.81. Ekpiteta won 2 of 3 duels.

Prior to that result Blackpool won their away game at Huddersfield Town. The scoreline was 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Blackpool have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 5 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats.

Blackpool's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Millwall wins - draws - Blackpool wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallC. Cresswell
C. Cresswell
3 goals
BlackpoolT. Corbeanu
T. Corbeanu
3 goals
BlackpoolJ. Yates
J. Yates
2 goals

Millwall missing players

Blackpool missing players

Millwall Blackpool
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 1 5 9
3 3 2 Won W 1 2 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
9 7 4 Scored S 1 5 9
13 5 0 Conceded C 0 8 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 44%
22% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 33%
22% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 22%
11% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 22%
22% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 22%
22% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 33%
56% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 44%
 
4.7 4.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 4.2
4.2 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 10 5.2 5.6
1.9 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.3 12.6 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.8 9.8
3.8 4.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3
26% 30% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 33% 33%
 
12.7 10 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12 12.9
4.6 3.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.4 4.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield United 9 6 2 1 17 5 4 4 0 0 11 1 5 2 2 1 6 4 12 20
2 Norwich City 9 6 1 2 15 8 5 4 1 0 11 4 4 2 0 2 4 4 7 19
3 Blackburn Rovers 9 5 0 4 11 11 5 3 0 2 7 5 4 2 0 2 4 6 0 15
4 Reading 9 5 0 4 9 14 5 4 0 1 8 5 4 1 0 3 1 9 -5 15
5 Burnley 9 3 5 1 15 9 4 1 3 0 7 5 5 2 2 1 8 4 6 14
6 Sunderland 9 4 2 3 14 9 4 1 2 1 6 4 5 3 0 2 8 5 5 14
7 Bristol City 9 4 2 3 18 14 4 3 0 1 8 3 5 1 2 2 10 11 4 14
8 Queens Park Rangers 9 4 2 3 14 11 4 2 1 1 7 5 5 2 1 2 7 6 3 14
9 Rotherham United 8 3 4 1 12 6 5 3 2 0 11 2 3 0 2 1 1 4 6 13
10 Watford 9 3 4 2 9 9 4 3 0 1 6 4 5 0 4 1 3 5 0 13
11 Wigan Athletic 8 3 4 1 9 10 4 0 3 1 3 7 4 3 1 0 6 3 -1 13
12 Preston North End 9 2 6 1 3 2 5 0 4 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 12
13 Stoke City 9 3 2 4 11 11 4 1 2 1 5 4 5 2 0 3 6 7 0 11
14 Birmingham City 9 3 2 4 8 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 2 1 2 4 5 -2 11
15 Cardiff City 9 3 2 4 7 10 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 1 1 3 4 8 -3 11
16 Blackpool 9 3 2 4 9 13 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 2 1 2 5 8 -4 11
17 Hull City 9 3 2 4 11 18 5 3 0 2 7 9 4 0 2 2 4 9 -7 11
18 Luton Town 9 2 4 3 9 10 5 0 3 2 4 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 -1 10
19 Millwall 9 3 1 5 9 13 5 3 0 2 7 5 4 0 1 3 2 8 -4 10
20 West Bromwich Albion 9 1 6 2 14 13 5 1 3 1 9 7 4 0 3 1 5 6 1 9
21 Middlesbrough 9 2 3 4 13 15 5 2 2 1 8 7 4 0 1 3 5 8 -2 9
22 Swansea City 9 2 3 4 7 12 5 1 1 3 3 8 4 1 2 1 4 4 -5 9
23 Huddersfield Town 8 1 1 6 8 13 5 1 1 3 6 7 3 0 0 3 2 6 -5 4
24 Coventry City 6 0 2 4 7 13 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 2 3 7 12 -6 2

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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.