Millwall vs Preston North End betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 01.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

Millwall are up for a new task after their 2-0 versus West Bromwich Albion in the previous game. Preston North End are coming to play!

Insights:
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Preston North End have the most points from losing position (17) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Millwall nor Preston North End 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 22 points from their Championship home games so far after 6-4-3.

The Millwall regulars enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host West Bromwich Albion and win 2-0. The striker Afobe was declared "man of the match" for Millwall with a rating of 8.21/10. Afobe scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Blackpool.

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 16 matches with the results: Won two, drawn eight and lost six.

The Millwall fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 13 matches. From these home matches, Millwall have conceded only 12 goals.

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Preston North End form and stats

Playing away, Preston North End have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 7 defeats in the Championship this season.

Preston North End's last game was the home draw against Bristol City (2-2). Riis, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.23. Riis scored two goals.

Preceding that game was the away victory against West Bromwich Albion with the score of 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 20 similar matches played by Preston in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Preston North End, four draws and eight defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Hull City.

Goals are few and far between in Preston North End's away league games. Only 13 goals from 14 travels. The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Preston North End have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Millwall wins - draws - Preston North End wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
12 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7 goals
MillwallB. Afobe
B. Afobe
6 goals

Millwall missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 14 28
9 6 3 Won W 1 4 9
9 4 1 Drew D 2 3 10
9 3 1 Lost L 1 7 9
29 16 6 Scored S 4 13 33
29 12 5 Conceded C 5 18 35
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 89%
70% 77% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 75%
33% 31% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
11% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 21%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
63% 62% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 61%
22% 23% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 21%
19% 15% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 29%
 
5 6.2 7.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5 4.9
4.9 4.1 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.8 5.1
1.9 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12 13.2 14.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8.6 10.1
4 4.5 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.4 3.3
27% 28% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 39% 35%
 
12.3 11.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.1 12
3.4 2.6 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Preston North End have the most points from losing position (17) 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 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 29 15 8 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 14 5 5 4 14 13 15 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
6 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
7 Huddersfield Town 29 12 9 8 38 34 14 7 4 3 20 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 45
8 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
9 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
10 Luton Town 27 10 9 8 38 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 39
11 Sheffield United 26 11 6 9 35 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 15 6 4 5 18 21 3 39
12 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
13 Preston North End 28 9 10 9 33 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 14 4 3 7 13 18 -2 37
14 Blackpool 28 10 7 11 29 33 15 7 2 6 13 15 13 3 5 5 16 18 -4 37
15 Millwall 27 9 9 9 29 29 13 6 4 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 36
16 Bristol City 29 9 7 13 38 51 15 5 5 5 18 19 14 4 2 8 20 32 -13 34
17 Swansea City 26 8 8 10 28 34 12 5 4 3 15 12 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 32
18 Hull City 28 9 5 14 25 31 14 5 3 6 15 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -6 32
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 27 2 8 17 17 42 13 2 4 7 8 16 14 0 4 10 9 26 -25 14

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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 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 29 15 8 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 14 5 5 4 14 13 15 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
6 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
7 Huddersfield Town 29 12 9 8 38 34 14 7 4 3 20 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 45
8 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
9 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
10 Luton Town 27 10 9 8 38 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 39
11 Sheffield United 26 11 6 9 35 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 15 6 4 5 18 21 3 39
12 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
13 Preston North End 28 9 10 9 33 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 14 4 3 7 13 18 -2 37
14 Blackpool 28 10 7 11 29 33 15 7 2 6 13 15 13 3 5 5 16 18 -4 37
15 Millwall 27 9 9 9 29 29 13 6 4 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 36
16 Bristol City 29 9 7 13 38 51 15 5 5 5 18 19 14 4 2 8 20 32 -13 34
17 Swansea City 26 8 8 10 28 34 12 5 4 3 15 12 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 32
18 Hull City 28 9 5 14 25 31 14 5 3 6 15 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -6 32
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 27 2 8 17 17 42 13 2 4 7 8 16 14 0 4 10 9 26 -25 14

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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.