Millwall vs Cardiff City betting preview: Even match expected

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.

Millwall form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Millwall have to build on here at The Den in the Championship.

In their previous game, the manager A. Barrett led his Millwall to a defeat in the Championship match away at Brentford. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Den. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Leeds United.

A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Brentford) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. Millwall's goalkeeper Bartosz Białkowski was extremely busy against Brentford, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning 7 saves.

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 ten matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 5 Lost 2.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Millwall, as the Championship home game vs Stoke City is only four days away.

Millwall are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 attempts. From these home matches, Millwall have conceded only 4 goals.

Cardiff City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cardiff City so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Cardiff City's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 1-1 vs Sheffield Wednesday (placed 8th). A 2-4 defeat away at West Bromwich Albion before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Cardiff City in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Cardiff City, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Cardiff City find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. The Cardiff City manager N. Warnock has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Millwall victory, 6 draws and 3 Cardiff City wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 8 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Wallace 4 goals

T. Bradshaw 4 goals

M. Smith 3 goals / 2 assists

Millwall missing players

Cardiff City missing players