Millwall vs Coventry City betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

Millwall confront Coventry City for praise and football prosperity.

The visiting Coventry City played their last game only three days ago, a Carabao Cup match.

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Millwall form and stats

The hosts won their first Championship game here at The Den, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Millwall last season were 13 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses from 23 games.

Millwall lost their last game at Sheffield United (placed 7th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Midfield player McNamara got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, the max score being 10. McNamara hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).

This is expected to be a close game, with Millwall perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Millwall as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Millwall has won 5 of these, drawn 6 and lost 3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Millwall as they are travelling to their away game against Swansea City in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Millwall at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Coventry City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Coventry City performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 13 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 8 and lost 8 with 28/33 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Championship for Coventry City and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses from 23 games.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Carabao Cup home loss versus Bristol City with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Allen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.04/10. Allen scored one goal.

A 1-1 draw at Sunderland's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Coventry City in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Coventry City, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

After this away game Coventry City return home for a Championship game against Wigan Athletic. That game is only three sleeps after this.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Coventry City has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Millwall-Coventry City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Millwall four wins, Coventry City four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MillwallC. Cresswell
C. Cresswell
2 goals
Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
1 goals

Millwall missing players

Coventry City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall Coventry City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 1 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.5 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
2.5 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4
1.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 9
3 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2
33% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 50%
 
6 4 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 9
2.5 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 5
Millwall Last season Coventry City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
18 13   Won W   7 17
15 6   Drew D   8 13
13 4   Lost L   8 16
53 32   Scored S   28 60
45 16   Conceded C   33 59
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 93%
67% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 74%
37% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 48%
13% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 26%
4% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 15%
52% 48%   BTTS BTTS   57% 57%
30% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 22%
26% 22%   Failed to Score F T   35% 28%
 
5 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.3
5.4 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.3
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   0 3
 
11.2 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 14.2
4.1 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 5
28% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 26%
 
12.4 10.9   Shots against (avg) S A   12.7 10.6
3.4 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Blackburn Rovers 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
2 Sunderland 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4
3 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
4 Burnley 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Hull City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Watford 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Sheffield United 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Cardiff City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
10 Millwall 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
11 Reading 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
12 Stoke City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
13 Blackpool 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
14 West Bromwich Albion 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
15 Luton Town 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
16 Wigan Athletic 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
17 Preston North End 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Coventry City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
19 Rotherham United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Middlesbrough 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
21 Norwich City 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
22 Swansea City 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
23 Bristol City 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
24 Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 46 27 9 10 106 43 23 14 4 5 56 20 23 13 5 5 50 23 63 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 46 25 13 8 74 39 23 13 7 3 41 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 35 88
3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 64 47 23 13 6 4 35 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 17 82
4 Nottingham Forest 46 23 11 12 73 40 23 13 4 6 43 22 23 10 7 6 30 18 33 80
5 Sheffield United 46 21 12 13 63 45 23 13 5 5 38 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 18 75
6 Luton Town 46 21 12 13 63 55 23 12 7 4 37 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 8 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 10 16 59 50 23 14 2 7 34 21 23 6 8 9 25 29 9 70
8 Blackburn Rovers 46 19 12 15 59 50 23 12 5 6 36 26 23 7 7 9 23 24 9 69
9 Millwall 46 18 15 13 53 45 23 13 6 4 32 16 23 5 9 9 21 29 8 69
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 13 15 52 45 23 12 8 3 33 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 7 67
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 9 18 60 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 23 9 3 11 30 34 1 66
12 Coventry City 46 17 13 16 60 59 23 10 5 8 32 26 23 7 8 8 28 33 1 64
13 Preston North End 46 16 16 14 52 56 23 9 10 4 33 28 23 7 6 10 19 28 -4 64
14 Stoke City 46 17 11 18 57 52 23 10 5 8 30 23 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 62
15 Swansea City 46 16 13 17 58 68 23 9 8 6 30 27 23 7 5 11 28 41 -10 61
16 Blackpool 46 16 12 18 54 58 23 11 3 9 29 26 23 5 9 9 25 32 -4 60
17 Bristol City 46 15 10 21 62 77 23 8 8 7 33 29 23 7 2 14 29 48 -15 55
18 Cardiff City 46 15 8 23 50 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 23 8 4 11 28 39 -18 53
19 Hull City 46 14 9 23 41 54 23 7 4 12 22 28 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 51
20 Birmingham City 46 11 14 21 50 75 23 7 6 10 27 33 23 4 8 11 23 42 -25 47
21 Reading 46 13 8 25 54 87 23 7 5 11 33 44 23 6 3 14 21 43 -33 41
22 Peterborough United 46 9 10 27 43 87 23 6 7 10 27 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -44 37
23 Derby County 46 14 13 19 45 53 23 11 7 5 30 22 23 3 6 14 15 31 -8 34
24 Barnsley 46 6 12 28 33 73 23 5 7 11 18 29 23 1 5 17 15 44 -40 30

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

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