Millwall favourites for feisty fight facing Bristol City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

Millwall will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Bristol City.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Millwall form and stats

Millwall have played 17 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-6-3 (wins-draws-losses). Millwall have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

S. Hutchinson was the last player to score a league goal for Millwall and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Millwall haven't scored in 192 minutes.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Birmingham City in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that, an away loss at Wigan Athletic.

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

Millwall are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 17 games. On the other hand, Millwall have conceded 17 goals.

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Bristol City form and stats

Playing away, Bristol City have won 8 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats in the Championship this season. Recent form does not give Bristol City much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Millwall will be a tough nut to crack. Bristol City has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Bristol City play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Huddersfield Town (placed 19th). Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus West Bromwich Albion.

We have checked recent matches where Bristol City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were four victories, two draws and four defeats.

Bristol City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 25 goals have been scored. Bristol City have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bristol City - Millwall 1-2 earlier this season. Millwall-Bristol City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Millwall three wins, Bristol City three 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 CityF. Diedhiou
F. Diedhiou
10 goals
Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
9 goals

Millwall missing players

Bristol City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall Bristol City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 6 18 35
12 8 3 Won W 4 8 15
14 6 2 Drew D 1 4 8
9 3 1 Lost L 1 6 12
40 24 7 Scored S 6 25 49
39 17 6 Conceded C 3 25 51
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
71% 76% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 72% 74%
37% 47% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 56% 60%
20% 24% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 34%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
57% 59% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 61% 54%
31% 35% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 29%
20% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 17% 23%
 
5.7 7.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.3 4.7
4.6 3.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 7.5 6.7
1.6 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
371 192 61 Total Shots T S 50 162 363
124 69 22 Shots on Target S O 18 54 112
32% 35% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 46% 44%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City 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 West Bromwich Albion 35 19 12 4 64 36 17 8 7 2 36 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 28 69
2 Leeds United 36 20 8 8 54 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 24 68
3 Fulham 35 17 9 9 49 37 18 11 2 5 30 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 12 60
4 Nottingham Forest 35 16 11 8 46 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 18 8 7 3 26 17 13 59
5 Brentford 35 16 8 11 57 31 17 9 5 3 31 15 18 7 3 8 26 16 26 56
6 Preston North End 35 16 8 11 49 40 18 11 3 4 34 21 17 5 5 7 15 19 9 56
7 Bristol City 35 15 8 12 49 51 17 7 4 6 24 26 18 8 4 6 25 25 -2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 35 14 10 11 50 40 18 8 7 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 52
9 Swansea City 35 13 12 10 44 43 18 8 4 6 24 20 17 5 8 4 20 23 1 51
10 Millwall 35 12 14 9 40 39 17 8 6 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 50
11 Cardiff City 35 12 14 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 24 15 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 50
12 Sheffield Wednesday 35 13 9 13 45 41 17 7 5 5 15 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 4 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 13 7 15 53 59 18 8 4 6 35 31 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 46
14 Birmingham City 35 12 10 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 19 26 -7 46
15 Derby County 35 11 12 12 43 48 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 2 5 10 18 35 -5 45
16 Reading 35 11 9 15 41 41 17 6 2 9 21 24 18 5 7 6 20 17 0 42
17 Hull City 36 11 8 17 48 58 19 6 3 10 27 33 17 5 5 7 21 25 -10 41
18 Charlton Athletic 35 10 9 16 44 49 18 7 5 6 25 22 17 3 4 10 19 27 -5 39
19 Huddersfield Town 35 10 9 16 41 56 18 6 5 7 20 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -15 39
20 Stoke City 35 11 5 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 17 4 2 11 19 30 -10 38
21 Middlesbrough 35 8 13 14 34 45 18 6 7 5 16 17 17 2 6 9 18 28 -11 37
22 Wigan Athletic 35 9 10 16 37 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 18 3 5 10 19 28 -13 37
23 Barnsley 35 8 10 17 42 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 17 3 3 11 16 27 -16 34
24 Luton Town 35 10 3 22 42 70 17 7 3 7 26 26 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 33

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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 West Bromwich Albion 35 19 12 4 64 36 17 8 7 2 36 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 28 69
2 Leeds United 36 20 8 8 54 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 24 68
3 Fulham 35 17 9 9 49 37 18 11 2 5 30 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 12 60
4 Nottingham Forest 35 16 11 8 46 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 18 8 7 3 26 17 13 59
5 Brentford 35 16 8 11 57 31 17 9 5 3 31 15 18 7 3 8 26 16 26 56
6 Preston North End 35 16 8 11 49 40 18 11 3 4 34 21 17 5 5 7 15 19 9 56
7 Bristol City 35 15 8 12 49 51 17 7 4 6 24 26 18 8 4 6 25 25 -2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 35 14 10 11 50 40 18 8 7 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 52
9 Swansea City 35 13 12 10 44 43 18 8 4 6 24 20 17 5 8 4 20 23 1 51
10 Millwall 35 12 14 9 40 39 17 8 6 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 50
11 Cardiff City 35 12 14 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 24 15 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 50
12 Sheffield Wednesday 35 13 9 13 45 41 17 7 5 5 15 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 4 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 13 7 15 53 59 18 8 4 6 35 31 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 46
14 Birmingham City 35 12 10 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 19 26 -7 46
15 Derby County 35 11 12 12 43 48 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 2 5 10 18 35 -5 45
16 Reading 35 11 9 15 41 41 17 6 2 9 21 24 18 5 7 6 20 17 0 42
17 Hull City 36 11 8 17 48 58 19 6 3 10 27 33 17 5 5 7 21 25 -10 41
18 Charlton Athletic 35 10 9 16 44 49 18 7 5 6 25 22 17 3 4 10 19 27 -5 39
19 Huddersfield Town 35 10 9 16 41 56 18 6 5 7 20 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -15 39
20 Stoke City 35 11 5 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 17 4 2 11 19 30 -10 38
21 Middlesbrough 35 8 13 14 34 45 18 6 7 5 16 17 17 2 6 9 18 28 -11 37
22 Wigan Athletic 35 9 10 16 37 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 18 3 5 10 19 28 -13 37
23 Barnsley 35 8 10 17 42 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 17 3 3 11 16 27 -16 34
24 Luton Town 35 10 3 22 42 70 17 7 3 7 26 26 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 33

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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.