Millwall favourites for feisty fight facing Bristol City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Millwall fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Bristol City.

Insights:
  • Bristol City is in the worst form (0-2-3)

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Millwall are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Bristol most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Millwall form and stats

6-10-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Millwall so far this season. The Millwall manager G. Rowett might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Millwall are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Watford. Ahead of that match, Millwall lost 1-4 at home to AFC Bournemouth.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Millwall have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won five times, drawn five and lost five.

Millwall have scored 20 league goals here from 22 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 23 goals have been conceded.

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Bristol City form and stats

Playing away, Bristol City have won 8 games, drawn 3 and suffered 11 defeats in the Championship this season.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Wycombe Wanderers wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Leading 2-0 was not enough for Bristol in their fight with Luton Town last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Bristol have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were eight victories, three draws and six defeats.

Bristol are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 27 away goals from 22 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bristol City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 34 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bristol City - Millwall 0-2 earlier this season. Millwall-Bristol City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Millwall four wins, Bristol City two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
10 goals
Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
10 goals
Bristol CityF. Diedhiou
F. Diedhiou
8 goals

Millwall missing players

Bristol City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall Bristol City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
14 6 2 Won W 4 8 15
17 10 2 Drew D 1 3 6
13 6 3 Lost L 2 11 23
42 20 7 Scored S 11 27 44
45 23 8 Conceded C 5 34 61
82% 82% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 95% 93%
66% 68% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 77% 73%
34% 27% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 59% 43%
9% 9% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 32% 20%
7% 9% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 7%
48% 45% 43% BTTS BTTS 43% 55% 43%
39% 36% 29% Clean Sheets C S 43% 18% 23%
32% 36% 43% Failed to Score F T 29% 32% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.1 1 1.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.8 11.5 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 7 7.9
3.2 3.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 2.6
30% 24% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 52% 49% 39%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol City is in the worst form (0-2-3)

  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 44 28 9 7 69 33 22 13 6 3 35 14 22 15 3 4 34 19 36 93
2 Watford 44 26 10 8 61 28 22 18 2 2 42 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 33 88
3 Brentford 43 21 15 7 73 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 32 78
4 AFC Bournemouth 44 22 11 11 73 43 22 13 3 6 40 22 22 9 8 5 33 21 30 77
5 Swansea City 44 22 11 11 54 36 22 11 6 5 25 15 22 11 5 6 29 21 18 77
6 Barnsley 44 23 8 13 56 46 22 12 5 5 28 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 10 77
7 Reading 44 19 12 13 59 48 22 12 3 7 35 25 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 69
8 Cardiff City 44 17 13 14 61 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 22 9 8 5 25 23 13 64
9 Middlesbrough 44 18 9 17 54 49 22 11 4 7 30 22 22 7 5 10 24 27 5 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 44 17 11 16 52 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 22 7 7 8 23 28 -2 62
11 Luton Town 43 17 9 17 39 48 21 8 7 6 24 22 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 60
12 Millwall 44 14 17 13 42 45 22 6 10 6 20 23 22 8 7 7 22 22 -3 59
13 Stoke City 44 14 15 15 48 50 22 9 5 8 29 26 22 5 10 7 19 24 -2 57
14 Preston North End 44 16 7 21 45 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -10 55
15 Blackburn Rovers 44 14 11 19 59 51 22 8 7 7 32 26 22 6 4 12 27 25 8 53
16 Birmingham City 44 13 13 18 35 52 22 6 4 12 18 33 22 7 9 6 17 19 -17 52
17 Nottingham Forest 44 12 15 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 51
18 Bristol City 44 15 6 23 44 61 22 7 3 12 17 27 22 8 3 11 27 34 -17 51
19 Coventry City 44 13 12 19 42 59 22 9 7 6 24 21 22 4 5 13 18 38 -17 51
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 47 68 22 8 6 8 27 22 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 47
21 Derby County 44 11 10 23 32 53 22 6 6 10 17 23 22 5 4 13 15 30 -21 43
22 Rotherham United 42 11 6 25 42 57 22 5 3 14 25 34 20 6 3 11 17 23 -15 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 44 12 9 23 37 58 22 8 7 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 44 9 10 25 35 69 22 6 5 11 16 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -34 37

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Table
  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 44 28 9 7 69 33 22 13 6 3 35 14 22 15 3 4 34 19 36 93
2 Watford 44 26 10 8 61 28 22 18 2 2 42 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 33 88
3 Brentford 43 21 15 7 73 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 32 78
4 AFC Bournemouth 44 22 11 11 73 43 22 13 3 6 40 22 22 9 8 5 33 21 30 77
5 Swansea City 44 22 11 11 54 36 22 11 6 5 25 15 22 11 5 6 29 21 18 77
6 Barnsley 44 23 8 13 56 46 22 12 5 5 28 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 10 77
7 Reading 44 19 12 13 59 48 22 12 3 7 35 25 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 69
8 Cardiff City 44 17 13 14 61 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 22 9 8 5 25 23 13 64
9 Middlesbrough 44 18 9 17 54 49 22 11 4 7 30 22 22 7 5 10 24 27 5 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 44 17 11 16 52 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 22 7 7 8 23 28 -2 62
11 Luton Town 43 17 9 17 39 48 21 8 7 6 24 22 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 60
12 Millwall 44 14 17 13 42 45 22 6 10 6 20 23 22 8 7 7 22 22 -3 59
13 Stoke City 44 14 15 15 48 50 22 9 5 8 29 26 22 5 10 7 19 24 -2 57
14 Preston North End 44 16 7 21 45 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -10 55
15 Blackburn Rovers 44 14 11 19 59 51 22 8 7 7 32 26 22 6 4 12 27 25 8 53
16 Birmingham City 44 13 13 18 35 52 22 6 4 12 18 33 22 7 9 6 17 19 -17 52
17 Nottingham Forest 44 12 15 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 51
18 Bristol City 44 15 6 23 44 61 22 7 3 12 17 27 22 8 3 11 27 34 -17 51
19 Coventry City 44 13 12 19 42 59 22 9 7 6 24 21 22 4 5 13 18 38 -17 51
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 47 68 22 8 6 8 27 22 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 47
21 Derby County 44 11 10 23 32 53 22 6 6 10 17 23 22 5 4 13 15 30 -21 43
22 Rotherham United 42 11 6 25 42 57 22 5 3 14 25 34 20 6 3 11 17 23 -15 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 44 12 9 23 37 58 22 8 7 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 44 9 10 25 35 69 22 6 5 11 16 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -34 37

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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.