Championship: The average league table placements tell a story of the journey Millwall and Nottingham Forest have undertaken so far. Both teams are ready for the match; bring it on!
- Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Championship
This has all the signs of an exciting match with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Millwall form and stats
Millwall have played 11 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Millwall's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Crystal Palace. The forward Afobe was declared "man of the match" for Millwall with a rating of 7.23/10. Afobe scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A Championship defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Bristol City.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 two, drawn eight and lost five.
Millwall are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. Millwall have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Nottingham Forest form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Nottingham Forest have produced an overall stat of 5-4-3 so far.
Nottingham Forest aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 198 league minutes without a goal. Johnson was the last player to find the net.
Impressive finishing from Grabban secured the home win 1-0 against Arsenal in their previous game. Grabban came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Arsenal last time out, making the manager Cooper feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Spence was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.72. Spence hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
A 0-1 loss hosting Huddersfield Town before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Nottingham Forest in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Nottingham Forest, nine draws and six defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Nottingham's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Nottingham Forest as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other before in this season, with the match result Nottingham Forest - Millwall 1-1 written in the official records. Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Millwall won three games, four matches ended in a draw and Nottingham Forest managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  L. Grabban 10 goals |   T. Bradshaw 7 goals |  J. Wallace 5 goals |
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| Millwall | Nottingham Forest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 32 |
| 27 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 75% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 84% |
| 38% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 42% | 48% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 71% | 73% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 56% |
| 21% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 12% | 9% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 5.2 | 6.6 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.2 | 13.7 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 10.2 | 11 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 28% | 27% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | 40% |
| 12 | 10.9 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 12.2 | 10.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
- Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nottingham Forest have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 49 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | Fulham | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 45 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 42 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Millwall | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 31 |
| 15 | Bristol City | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 30 |
| 16 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 27 |
| 19 | Hull City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | -17 | 23 |
| 21 | Reading | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -24 | 19 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 14 |
| 24 | Derby County | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 11 |
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