Football preview: Home crowd has high expectations when Millwall take on Huddersfield Town

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

Victory to the hosting team is predicted from this match if the league standings is a way to look into the future. The Millwall followers are hopeful that the contrast between 6th and Huddersfield Town's 23rd place in the table will be revealed on the playing field.

Insights:
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Huddersfield Town have the fewest clean sheets (7) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Millwall nor Huddersfield Town 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

When playing at home in the Championship, Millwall have managed 10 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 18 games.

The Millwall goalkeeper George Long is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 489 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.

Millwall's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Swansea City (after extra-time) (placed 17th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Long loved the game against Swansea City. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory. Cresswell, defender, was given a rating of 9.0/10 in that game, top of the team. Cresswell served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Reading (after extra-time).

The Millwall fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 18 league matches. Millwall have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Huddersfield Town's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 18 away games in the Championship. Huddersfield Town only have 2 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 4 draws. A depressing four defeats in a row for Huddersfield Town in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Blackpool.

Headley was the last player to score for the away team. Huddersfield Town haven't scored a league goal in the last 491 minutes.

Huddersfield Town's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Norwich City (after extra-time) that finished 1-1. Lees, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.23. Lees won 10 of 11 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting West Bromwich Albion (after extra-time)'s place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Huddersfield as they have only managed to score 14 times from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Huddersfield Town have conceded 32 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved faced each other earlier on this match year: Huddersfield Town - Millwall 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Millwall wins - draws - Huddersfield Town wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
14 goals
MillwallZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
12 goals
Huddersfield TownJ. Rhodes
J. Rhodes
5 goals

Millwall missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 7 18 37
17 10 4 Won W 0 2 8
9 5 1 Drew D 2 4 9
11 3 1 Lost L 5 12 20
48 29 10 Scored S 4 14 31
39 16 5 Conceded C 12 32 53
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 94% 92%
73% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 72% 68%
41% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 56% 43%
16% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 22% 19%
11% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 6% 3%
43% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 29% 50% 43%
32% 39% 33% Clean Sheets C S 14% 6% 19%
32% 22% 17% Failed to Score F T 71% 50% 46%
 
4.5 4.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.9 3.6 4.1
4.2 3.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.2 5.3
1.7 1.3 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
12.9 14.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 7.1 8.1 9.2
4.1 5 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3 3.1
31% 32% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 26% 27%
 
10.9 9.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 17.1 15.1 13.4
3.4 3.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.9 5.3 4.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Huddersfield Town have the fewest clean sheets (7) in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have the fewest points (10) away in Championship
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Millwall have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Huddersfield Town have scored 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 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 37 19 7 11 65 42 18 10 6 2 32 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 64
4 Luton Town 37 17 12 8 45 34 19 7 8 4 24 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 11 63
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 37 17 9 11 48 39 18 10 5 3 29 16 19 7 4 8 19 23 9 60
7 Norwich City 37 16 8 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 18 8 4 6 25 19 11 56
8 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
9 Coventry City 37 14 12 11 43 36 19 9 6 4 24 17 18 5 6 7 19 19 7 54
10 Watford 37 14 12 11 44 39 18 9 5 4 27 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 54
11 Preston North End 37 14 11 12 34 39 19 5 6 8 14 22 18 9 5 4 20 17 -5 53
12 Sunderland 37 14 10 13 52 45 18 6 5 7 23 24 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 52
13 Bristol City 37 12 12 13 45 44 19 8 5 6 24 18 18 4 7 7 21 26 1 48
14 Stoke City 37 13 8 16 48 45 18 6 4 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 47
15 Hull City 37 12 10 15 42 52 19 7 4 8 21 26 18 5 6 7 21 26 -10 46
16 Reading 37 13 5 19 39 57 18 10 3 5 27 20 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 44
17 Swansea City 37 11 10 16 49 57 18 7 3 8 28 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -8 43
18 Birmingham City 37 11 9 17 41 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 18 5 4 9 19 29 -9 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 37 11 9 17 38 58 18 6 4 8 20 26 19 5 5 9 18 32 -20 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Blackpool 37 8 11 18 39 54 18 5 6 7 23 22 19 3 5 11 16 32 -15 35
23 Huddersfield Town 37 8 9 20 31 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 33
24 Wigan Athletic 37 7 12 18 32 58 19 3 6 10 14 32 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 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 Burnley 37 24 11 2 74 29 19 14 5 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 83
2 Sheffield United 37 21 7 9 58 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 19 10 4 5 23 16 25 70
3 Middlesbrough 37 19 7 11 65 42 18 10 6 2 32 14 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 64
4 Luton Town 37 17 12 8 45 34 19 7 8 4 24 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 11 63
5 Blackburn Rovers 37 19 4 14 43 42 18 13 1 4 25 14 19 6 3 10 18 28 1 61
6 Millwall 37 17 9 11 48 39 18 10 5 3 29 16 19 7 4 8 19 23 9 60
7 Norwich City 37 16 8 13 52 41 19 8 4 7 27 22 18 8 4 6 25 19 11 56
8 West Bromwich Albion 37 15 10 12 47 39 19 10 5 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 55
9 Coventry City 37 14 12 11 43 36 19 9 6 4 24 17 18 5 6 7 19 19 7 54
10 Watford 37 14 12 11 44 39 18 9 5 4 27 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 5 54
11 Preston North End 37 14 11 12 34 39 19 5 6 8 14 22 18 9 5 4 20 17 -5 53
12 Sunderland 37 14 10 13 52 45 18 6 5 7 23 24 19 8 5 6 29 21 7 52
13 Bristol City 37 12 12 13 45 44 19 8 5 6 24 18 18 4 7 7 21 26 1 48
14 Stoke City 37 13 8 16 48 45 18 6 4 8 23 21 19 7 4 8 25 24 3 47
15 Hull City 37 12 10 15 42 52 19 7 4 8 21 26 18 5 6 7 21 26 -10 46
16 Reading 37 13 5 19 39 57 18 10 3 5 27 20 19 3 2 14 12 37 -18 44
17 Swansea City 37 11 10 16 49 57 18 7 3 8 28 28 19 4 7 8 21 29 -8 43
18 Birmingham City 37 11 9 17 41 50 19 6 5 8 22 21 18 5 4 9 19 29 -9 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 37 11 9 17 38 58 18 6 4 8 20 26 19 5 5 9 18 32 -20 42
20 Rotherham United 37 9 13 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 19 2 8 9 11 28 -10 40
21 Cardiff City 37 10 9 18 28 41 19 6 6 7 16 17 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 39
22 Blackpool 37 8 11 18 39 54 18 5 6 7 23 22 19 3 5 11 16 32 -15 35
23 Huddersfield Town 37 8 9 20 31 53 19 6 5 8 17 21 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 33
24 Wigan Athletic 37 7 12 18 32 58 19 3 6 10 14 32 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 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.