This could be another exciting contest at The Den in the Championship. Millwall is in 10th place and host Reading in 3rd spot. Learn more about the match here!
- Millwall have the most points from losing position (4) in Championship
- Reading have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Championship
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Millwall form and stats
As mentioned below, Millwall are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Championship games.
No payout for Millwall in their previous match, an away game at Norwich City that ended in defeat 0-2. Hutchinson, defender, was given a rating of 7.3/10 in that game, top of the team. Hutchinson won 7 of 11 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Swansea City that finished 2-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Millwall have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Millwall as they are travelling to their away game against Burnley in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
At The Den, Millwall has the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Reading form and stats
It's not happening yet for Reading on their Championship travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
The Reading goalkeeper Dean Anthony Bouzanis is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 225 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Reading go into this game after a win, the home game against Middlesbrough that ended 1-0. Bouzanis was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.64. The agile goalkeeper Bouzanis topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Reading secured a home win against Blackburn Rovers with the score 3-0.Reading are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Sheffield United.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Reading has managed 0 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Millwall have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (4-1-0) when playing Reading.Top Goalscorers
  C. Cresswell 2 goals |  J. Cooper 1 goals |  G. Saville 1 goals |
Millwall missing players
Reading missing players
| Millwall | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12 | 10.6 |
| 3.2 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 32% |
| 13.2 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | 9.8 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 2.6 |
- All of Millwall's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Millwall have the most points from losing position (4) in Championship
- Millwall have won all their matches at home so far.
- Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reading have failed to score a single goal away.
- Reading have lost all their away matches so far.
- Reading have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Championship
- Reading have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Reading have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Millwall | Last season | Reading | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 18 | 13 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 14 | 25 | ||
| 53 | 32 | Scored | S | 21 | 54 | ||
| 45 | 16 | Conceded | C | 43 | 87 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 98% | ||
| 67% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 74% | ||
| 37% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 59% | ||
| 13% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 35% | ||
| 4% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 48% | BTTS | BTTS | 52% | 57% | ||
| 30% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 11% | ||
| 26% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 35% | ||
| 5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.2 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 34% | ||
| 12.4 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.9 | 14.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Watford | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Reading | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Hull City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Rotherham United | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Burnley | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Luton Town | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 19 | Swansea City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 5 |
| 20 | Bristol City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Stoke City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 23 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
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