Possible nail-biting contest in Millwall - Coventry City game

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

Top-ranking Coventry City land at Millwall after their 1-0-result versus Cardiff City. Check out our thorough preview!

Insights:
  • All of Millwall's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Millwall nor Coventry City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Millwall form and stats

Millwall have collected 4 points from their Championship home games so far after 1-1-1.

The home team returns to The Den after being equal after 90 minutes with Swansea City (placed 20th) on their last time out; the Championship game ended 0-0. The gifted forward Jed Wallace outperformed all teammates in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Wallace hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).

A 1-1 draw away before that, with West Bromwich Albion the opponent.

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 15 matches with the results: Won three, drawn eight and lost four.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Millwall as they have a new game in only four days, a Carabao Cup match thankfully also at home. Leicester City are visiting.

Millwall has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Millwall's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Coventry City form and stats

Coventry City are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Championship, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

Coventry City have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Simon Moore. It's been 194 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.

Coventry City won their last game, 1-0 versus Cardiff City played at home. Jake Clarke-Salter, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Clarke-Salter won 14 of 17 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Middlesbrough.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Coventry in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Coventry City, five draws and five defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Coventry's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. 3 goals have been conceded by Coventry in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Millwall wins - draws - Coventry City wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
4 goals
MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
3 goals
MillwallB. Afobe
B. Afobe
2 goals

Millwall missing players

Coventry City missing players

Millwall Coventry City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 0 3 7
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 5
4 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 1 Lost L 0 2 2
7 4 2 Scored S 0 1 8
9 4 3 Conceded C 0 3 5
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 57%
43% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
86% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 29%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 43%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 29%
 
5.6 7.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 9 7.3
3.9 2.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.6
2.7 3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.9 13.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 15
4 4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.7 4.9
25% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 9% 24%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Millwall's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Coventry City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Championship
  • Coventry City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Coventry City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Coventry City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 Fulham 7 5 1 1 17 5 3 2 1 0 6 1 4 3 0 1 11 4 12 16
2 AFC Bournemouth 7 4 3 0 13 6 4 2 2 0 9 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 7 15
3 West Bromwich Albion 7 4 3 0 13 6 4 2 2 0 8 3 3 2 1 0 5 3 7 15
4 Coventry City 7 5 0 2 8 5 4 4 0 0 7 2 3 1 0 2 1 3 3 15
5 Stoke City 7 4 2 1 10 8 4 3 1 0 7 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 14
6 Huddersfield Town 7 4 1 2 13 9 3 2 0 1 6 5 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 13
7 Queens Park Rangers 7 3 3 1 15 10 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 2 1 1 10 7 5 12
8 Blackburn Rovers 7 3 3 1 11 8 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 12
9 Cardiff City 7 3 2 2 11 8 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 11
10 Birmingham City 7 3 2 2 10 7 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 2 1 0 7 1 3 11
11 Bristol City 7 2 3 2 8 8 4 0 3 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 6 5 0 9
12 Middlesbrough 7 2 3 2 8 8 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 9
13 Luton Town 7 2 3 2 9 11 3 1 1 1 3 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 -2 9
14 Preston North End 7 2 2 3 8 10 3 2 0 1 5 5 4 0 2 2 3 5 -2 8
15 Millwall 7 1 4 2 7 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 3 1 3 5 -2 7
16 Derby County 7 1 4 2 4 6 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2 7
17 Barnsley 7 1 4 2 6 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 3 1 4 7 -3 7
18 Reading 7 2 1 4 13 17 4 2 1 1 10 8 3 0 0 3 3 9 -4 7
19 Sheffield United 7 1 3 3 9 11 4 1 1 2 9 7 3 0 2 1 0 4 -2 6
20 Swansea City 7 1 3 3 4 8 4 0 3 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 -4 6
21 Hull City 7 1 2 4 4 9 3 0 1 2 0 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 -5 5
22 Blackpool 7 1 2 4 5 11 4 1 0 3 1 6 3 0 2 1 4 5 -6 5
23 Peterborough United 7 1 1 5 7 17 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 0 4 3 13 -10 4
24 Nottingham Forest 7 0 1 6 5 12 4 0 0 4 3 8 3 0 1 2 2 4 -7 1

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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.