Millwall have won 14 points running out as the home team. Middlesbrough have brought back 13 points as the visiting team. Will this be a home win?
- Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Middlesbrough have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Millwall nor Middlesbrough 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.
Millwall form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 Championship games here at The Den for Millwall. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
The home team returns to The Den after drawing with Rotherham United (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Midfield player Flemming got a match rating of 8.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Flemming scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Heartbreak before that as Millwall lost 1-2 at Blackburn Rovers's place.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 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Millwall have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Den with 9 goals in 6 league matches.
Middlesbrough form and stats
Playing away, Middlesbrough have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Championship this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Middlesbrough's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Middlesbrough go into this game after a win, the home game against Birmingham City that ended 1-0. That victory felt good as this side had gone three league rounds without victory. Attacker Akpom got a player rating of 7.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Akpom scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A 0-1 defeat away at Coventry City before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Middlesbrough playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 4 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Middlesbrough struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these participants: Millwall won two, Middlesbrough triumphed in three and we saw five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Cresswell 3 goals |   C. Akpom 3 goals |  J. Cooper 2 goals |
Millwall missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Millwall | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 33% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 17% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 42% | 33% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 17% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 13.2 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 13 | 11.5 |
| 3.9 | 5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 28% | 30% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 38% |
| 11.9 | 9.5 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.4 | 8.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
- Middlesbrough have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Middlesbrough have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Middlesbrough have yet to win a game away.
- Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Reading | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Burnley | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Watford | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Millwall | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 21 | Blackpool | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 7 |
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