Millwall vs Brentford betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

Millwall hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 42 points and a 20th position in the Championship table. Visiting Brentford holds 14th place with 54 pts.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Millwall form and stats

Millwall have collected 28 points from their home games so far after 7-7-6.

The home team returns to The Den after sharing the points with Sheffield United on their last time out; the Championship game ended 1-1. In the match before that, Millwall hosted Queens Park Rangers and drew the game 0-0.

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 nine matches with the results: Won 3n Drawn 4 Lost 2.

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

Millwall are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 24 goals in 20 matches. On the other hand, Millwall have conceded 24 goals.

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Brentford form and stats

There's been little loot from Brentford's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 21 away games. Brentford only has 2 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 8 draws. Brentford seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

It might be tough going out on the road again for Brentford, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Reading. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Ipswich Town.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brentford playing away and similar expectations, we found 47 relevant matches. Results were 13 Brentford wins, 13 draws and 21 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Leeds United in just three days.

Brentford have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, 21 away games. Brentford have conceded 35 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Brentford - Millwall 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Millwall 2 wins, 5 draws and Brentford 3 victories.

Top Goalscorers

N. Maupay
23 goals / 7 assists
O. Watkins
10 goals / 6 assists
S. Benrahma
10 goals / 14 assists

Millwall missing players

Brentford missing players

Millwall Brentford
Total Home Statistic Away Total
41 20 Played 21 42
46 24 Scored 21 66
59 24 Conceded 35 58
90% 85% Over 0.5 90% 95%
76% 75% Over 1.5 81% 81%
46% 50% Over 2.5 43% 48%
27% 25% Over 3.5 24% 31%
12% 5% Over 4.5 14% 21%
56% 55% Both teams to score 62% 60%
24% 35% Clean Sheet 10% 21%
29% 25% Failed To Score 38% 24%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Millwall is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 D P
1 Norwich City 42 25 11 6 85 51 21 14 3 4 47 31 21 11 8 2 38 20 34 86
2 Leeds United 42 25 7 10 69 42 21 14 3 4 36 18 21 11 4 6 33 24 27 82
3 Sheffield United 42 23 10 9 69 39 21 13 4 4 38 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 30 79
4 West Bromwich Albion 42 21 10 11 81 56 21 10 7 4 48 28 21 11 3 7 33 28 25 73
5 Aston Villa 42 18 15 9 77 58 21 10 8 3 48 34 21 8 7 6 29 24 19 69
6 Bristol City 41 18 11 12 55 46 21 8 7 6 27 23 20 10 4 6 28 23 9 65
7 Middlesbrough 42 17 13 12 44 36 21 8 6 7 20 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 8 64
8 Derby County 41 17 12 12 59 50 21 11 7 3 35 19 20 6 5 9 24 31 9 63
9 Hull City 42 17 9 16 61 59 21 11 5 5 36 20 21 6 4 11 25 39 2 60
10 Sheffield Wednesday 42 15 14 13 52 55 21 9 8 4 31 25 21 6 6 9 21 30 -3 59
11 Nottingham Forest 42 14 15 13 56 52 21 11 4 6 30 21 21 3 11 7 26 31 4 57
12 Preston North End 42 15 12 15 60 59 21 7 9 5 34 27 21 8 3 10 26 32 1 57
13 Swansea City 41 16 8 17 55 54 20 11 4 5 35 22 21 5 4 12 20 32 1 56
14 Brentford 42 14 12 16 66 58 21 12 4 5 45 23 21 2 8 11 21 35 8 54
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 14 11 17 57 64 21 9 6 6 28 19 21 5 5 11 29 45 -7 53
16 Stoke City 42 11 19 12 41 47 21 8 7 6 22 20 21 3 12 6 19 27 -6 52
17 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 9 20 50 65 21 9 3 9 32 28 21 4 6 11 18 37 -15 48
18 Birmingham City 42 13 16 13 58 54 21 7 9 5 28 21 21 6 7 8 30 33 4 46
19 Reading 42 10 14 18 47 63 21 8 4 9 29 31 21 2 10 9 18 32 -16 44
20 Millwall 41 10 12 19 46 59 20 7 7 6 24 24 21 3 5 13 22 35 -13 42
21 Wigan Athletic 42 10 12 20 45 62 21 9 8 4 26 20 21 1 4 16 19 42 -17 42
22 Rotherham United 42 8 16 18 46 72 21 7 8 6 30 33 21 1 8 12 16 39 -26 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 42 8 8 26 29 72 21 4 4 13 13 32 21 4 4 13 16 40 -43 32
24 Ipswich Town 42 4 16 22 33 68 21 2 11 8 19 28 21 2 5 14 14 40 -35 28

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