Millwall vs Preston North End betting preview: Even match expected

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

Getting closer to the top clubs is the mission when these mid-table clubs meet. Both are targeting to improve their league position, Millwall in 11th and Preston North End in 14th place.

Insights:
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an action-packed game with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well renewed since they last played a game. Game on!

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Millwall form and stats

Millwall have collected 19 points from their Championship home games so far after 5-4-2.

Millwall faced defeat in their previous match, away at Peterborough United (1-2). Białkowski had a busy but productive day in the Peterborough United match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Bartosz Białkowski, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.45 out of 10 in that game. Białkowski stopped the opponent with seven saves.

Before that, Millwall had a home game versus Birmingham City which ended with a victory 3-1.

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 has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. On the other hand, Millwall have conceded 11 goals.

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Preston North End form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Preston North End so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

The supporters enjoyed Preston's previous game versus Barnsley (placed 23rd), a Championship 2-1 win played at home. Daniel Johnson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.62. Johnson scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 39 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Blackburn Rovers's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Preston North End playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were seven Preston North End wins, four draws and seven defeats.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Preston North End have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Millwall victories, two draws and two Preston North End wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
8 goals
MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
5 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
5 goals

Millwall missing players

Preston North End missing players

Millwall Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 4 11 22
7 5 1 Won W 1 2 7
9 4 0 Drew D 2 3 7
6 2 1 Lost L 1 6 8
24 14 3 Scored S 4 9 24
24 11 3 Conceded C 4 16 28
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 86%
77% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 73%
36% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 50%
9% 9% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
73% 73% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 59%
18% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 23%
14% 9% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 55% 32%
 
5.4 6.6 11.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.6 4.7
4.8 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.3 5
2.1 1.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.7 13.7 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.6 10.1
4.2 4.6 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.4 3.2
26% 27% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 35% 34%
 
12 10.9 12 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11.3 11.8
3.1 2.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.4 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 22 13 6 3 51 18 11 7 3 1 24 7 11 6 3 2 27 11 33 45
2 AFC Bournemouth 22 12 7 3 37 19 11 6 3 2 23 13 11 6 4 1 14 6 18 43
3 West Bromwich Albion 22 11 7 4 30 17 11 7 4 0 17 5 11 4 3 4 13 12 13 40
4 Blackburn Rovers 22 11 6 5 37 27 11 7 2 2 24 16 11 4 4 3 13 11 10 39
5 Queens Park Rangers 21 10 5 6 33 27 11 6 3 2 16 10 10 4 2 4 17 17 6 35
6 Stoke City 22 10 5 7 26 21 11 6 3 2 15 9 11 4 2 5 11 12 5 35
7 Coventry City 22 9 7 6 29 26 11 7 2 2 20 10 11 2 5 4 9 16 3 34
8 Nottingham Forest 22 8 7 7 30 24 11 3 3 5 12 15 11 5 4 2 18 9 6 31
9 Middlesbrough 22 8 6 8 24 23 11 5 2 4 15 12 11 3 4 4 9 11 1 30
10 Huddersfield Town 22 8 6 8 25 25 11 6 2 3 15 12 11 2 4 5 10 13 0 30
11 Millwall 22 7 9 6 24 24 11 5 4 2 14 11 11 2 5 4 10 13 0 30
12 Luton Town 22 7 8 7 31 27 11 4 4 3 17 13 11 3 4 4 14 14 4 29
13 Sheffield United 21 8 5 8 28 28 10 4 2 4 15 11 11 4 3 4 13 17 0 29
14 Preston North End 22 7 7 8 24 28 11 5 4 2 15 12 11 2 3 6 9 16 -4 28
15 Birmingham City 22 7 6 9 22 26 11 4 3 4 12 14 11 3 3 5 10 12 -4 27
16 Swansea City 22 7 6 9 26 31 11 4 4 3 14 12 11 3 2 6 12 19 -5 27
17 Blackpool 22 7 6 9 20 26 11 4 2 5 7 12 11 3 4 4 13 14 -6 27
18 Bristol City 22 7 6 9 24 32 11 3 5 3 9 10 11 4 1 6 15 22 -8 27
19 Hull City 22 6 5 11 19 26 11 3 3 5 11 14 11 3 2 6 8 12 -7 23
20 Cardiff City 22 6 4 12 25 39 11 2 1 8 9 18 11 4 3 4 16 21 -14 22
21 Reading 22 8 3 11 27 34 11 4 3 4 16 16 11 4 0 7 11 18 -7 21
22 Peterborough United 22 5 4 13 19 41 11 4 4 3 14 11 11 1 0 10 5 30 -22 19
23 Barnsley 22 2 7 13 15 34 11 2 3 6 8 15 11 0 4 7 7 19 -19 13
24 Derby County 22 5 10 7 18 21 11 4 5 2 13 11 11 1 5 5 5 10 -3 4

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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.