Open game expected at The Den: Millwall vs Huddersfield Town preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 22.July
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Millwall are in the 9th position while the guesting Huddersfield Town worry at 18th.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Championship match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Queens Park Rangers.

Millwall can neither be promoted or relegated from Championship. Huddersfield is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Millwall form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Millwall are 9-8-5 (wins-draw-losses).

The fans are hoping that Millwall will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 3-4 away loss in the Championship game against Queens Park Rangers (placed 14th). Ahead of that match, Millwall won a home game hosting Blackburn Rovers (1-0).

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Millwall's goalkeeper Bartosz Białkowski was extremely busy against Queens Park Rangers, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.

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 13 games. Millwall has won three of these, drawn six and lost four.

The Millwall fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 29 in 22 matches. On the other hand, Millwall have conceded 24 goals.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Huddersfield Town so far with only 21 points returning home. The records show 5-6-11 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Huddersfield, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The supporters enjoyed Huddersfield Town's previous game versus West Bromwich Albion (placed 2nd), a Championship 2-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sheffield Wednesday that ended 0-0.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager D. Cowley when Emile Smith Rowe scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Huddersfield Town in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Huddersfield Town, three draws and three defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Huddersfield have scored 25 goals in 22 league games away. Huddersfield struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 36 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Millwall and Huddersfield Town have met before this season: Huddersfield Town - Millwall 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Millwall, two draws and six wins for Huddersfield Town. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Huddersfield TownK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
18 goals
MillwallM. Smith
M. Smith
13 goals
MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
10 goals

Millwall missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
16 9 3 Won W 0 5 13
17 8 2 Drew D 6 6 12
12 5 2 Lost L 1 11 20
53 29 9 Scored S 7 25 51
50 24 7 Conceded C 10 36 66
91% 95% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 71% 91% 89%
69% 77% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 73% 80%
36% 41% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 55% 51%
20% 23% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 32% 20%
9% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 14% 9%
53% 59% 57% BTTS BTTS 71% 64% 56%
36% 32% 29% Clean Sheets C S 29% 27% 27%
20% 14% 29% Failed to Score F T 29% 18% 29%
 
6 7.2 8.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 4.4 4.8
4.6 3.6 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5 4.6
1.5 1.5 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
491 255 82 Total Shots T S 67 197 458
160 88 29 Shots on Target S O 23 71 162
33% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 35% 31%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Leeds United 44 26 9 9 70 34 22 14 5 3 36 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 36 87
2 West Bromwich Albion 45 22 16 7 75 43 22 10 9 3 42 25 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 82
3 Brentford 45 24 9 12 79 36 22 14 5 3 43 16 23 10 4 9 36 20 43 81
4 Fulham 45 23 11 11 63 47 23 15 2 6 40 26 22 8 9 5 23 21 16 80
5 Nottingham Forest 44 18 16 10 57 45 22 10 5 7 26 23 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 70
6 Cardiff City 45 18 16 11 65 58 22 10 9 3 32 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 7 70
7 Swansea City 45 17 16 12 58 52 23 10 5 8 27 23 22 7 11 4 31 29 6 67
8 Preston North End 45 18 11 16 58 53 23 12 4 7 39 29 22 6 7 9 19 24 5 65
9 Millwall 45 16 17 12 53 50 22 9 8 5 29 24 23 7 9 7 24 26 3 65
10 Blackburn Rovers 45 17 12 16 64 60 23 10 9 4 33 24 22 7 3 12 31 36 4 63
11 Bristol City 45 17 11 17 59 64 22 8 6 8 29 32 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 62
12 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
13 Wigan Athletic 45 15 13 17 56 55 22 10 6 6 32 22 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 58
14 Queens Park Rangers 45 16 9 20 65 74 23 9 5 9 42 42 22 7 4 11 23 32 -9 57
15 Reading 45 15 11 19 58 54 22 7 4 11 25 30 23 8 7 8 33 24 4 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 45 15 11 19 57 64 22 7 7 8 18 28 23 8 4 11 39 36 -7 56
17 Stoke City 45 15 8 22 58 67 23 11 3 9 36 26 22 4 5 13 22 41 -9 53
18 Huddersfield Town 45 13 12 20 51 66 23 8 6 9 26 30 22 5 6 11 25 36 -15 51
19 Middlesbrough 45 12 14 19 46 60 23 6 8 9 20 29 22 6 6 10 26 31 -14 50
20 Birmingham City 45 12 14 19 53 72 22 6 7 9 32 39 23 6 7 10 21 33 -19 50
21 Charlton Athletic 45 12 12 21 50 61 23 8 6 9 28 27 22 4 6 12 22 34 -11 48
22 Luton Town 45 13 9 23 51 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 23 6 2 15 21 45 -29 48
23 Hull City 45 12 9 24 57 84 23 7 3 13 29 37 22 5 6 11 28 47 -27 45
24 Barnsley 44 10 13 21 46 68 22 6 9 7 28 33 22 4 4 14 18 35 -22 43

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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 Leeds United 44 26 9 9 70 34 22 14 5 3 36 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 36 87
2 West Bromwich Albion 45 22 16 7 75 43 22 10 9 3 42 25 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 82
3 Brentford 45 24 9 12 79 36 22 14 5 3 43 16 23 10 4 9 36 20 43 81
4 Fulham 45 23 11 11 63 47 23 15 2 6 40 26 22 8 9 5 23 21 16 80
5 Nottingham Forest 44 18 16 10 57 45 22 10 5 7 26 23 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 70
6 Cardiff City 45 18 16 11 65 58 22 10 9 3 32 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 7 70
7 Swansea City 45 17 16 12 58 52 23 10 5 8 27 23 22 7 11 4 31 29 6 67
8 Preston North End 45 18 11 16 58 53 23 12 4 7 39 29 22 6 7 9 19 24 5 65
9 Millwall 45 16 17 12 53 50 22 9 8 5 29 24 23 7 9 7 24 26 3 65
10 Blackburn Rovers 45 17 12 16 64 60 23 10 9 4 33 24 22 7 3 12 31 36 4 63
11 Bristol City 45 17 11 17 59 64 22 8 6 8 29 32 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 62
12 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
13 Wigan Athletic 45 15 13 17 56 55 22 10 6 6 32 22 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 58
14 Queens Park Rangers 45 16 9 20 65 74 23 9 5 9 42 42 22 7 4 11 23 32 -9 57
15 Reading 45 15 11 19 58 54 22 7 4 11 25 30 23 8 7 8 33 24 4 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 45 15 11 19 57 64 22 7 7 8 18 28 23 8 4 11 39 36 -7 56
17 Stoke City 45 15 8 22 58 67 23 11 3 9 36 26 22 4 5 13 22 41 -9 53
18 Huddersfield Town 45 13 12 20 51 66 23 8 6 9 26 30 22 5 6 11 25 36 -15 51
19 Middlesbrough 45 12 14 19 46 60 23 6 8 9 20 29 22 6 6 10 26 31 -14 50
20 Birmingham City 45 12 14 19 53 72 22 6 7 9 32 39 23 6 7 10 21 33 -19 50
21 Charlton Athletic 45 12 12 21 50 61 23 8 6 9 28 27 22 4 6 12 22 34 -11 48
22 Luton Town 45 13 9 23 51 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 23 6 2 15 21 45 -29 48
23 Hull City 45 12 9 24 57 84 23 7 3 13 29 37 22 5 6 11 28 47 -27 45
24 Barnsley 44 10 13 21 46 68 22 6 9 7 28 33 22 4 4 14 18 35 -22 43

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