Millwall vs Sheffield United: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

This looks to be an engaging match as Millwall have their presumed home advantage, while Sheffield United have an edge of 7 points in the Championship table.

Insights:
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sheffield United is in the best form (4-2-0) in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Millwall form and stats

Millwall have played 16 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at The Den.

It's back home for Millwall, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Derby County away with the result 2-1. Wallace and Burey found the net in that victory. Hutchinson was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.41 out of 10. The defender Hutchinson won 6 of 8 duels.

Before that, Millwall had a home game versus Queens Park Rangers which ended with a victory 2-0.

Millwall has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Millwall are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Den in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sheffield United form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (14) in Championship, are W7-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Sheffield United have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Wesley Foderingham. It's been 479 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.

The supporters enjoyed Sheffield's previous fixture versus Blackburn Rovers (placed 5th), a 1-0 win played at home. Goalkeeper Foderingham got the top player rating of the team with 8.02/10. Foderingham saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Sheffield United secured a home win against Swansea City with the score 4-0.

The visiting Sheffield have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 17 games. 22 goals have been conceded by Sheffield United in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Millwall and Sheffield United have played each other previously this season: Sheffield United - Millwall 1-2. Previous ten meetings between these participants: Millwall won five, Sheffield United were winners in three and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield UnitedB. Sharp
B. Sharp
12 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7 goals
Sheffield UnitedM. Gibbs-White
M. Gibbs-White
7 goals

Millwall missing players

Sheffield United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall Sheffield United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 3 17 32
12 8 1 Won W 0 7 15
10 5 2 Drew D 2 5 8
10 3 2 Lost L 1 5 9
35 20 5 Scored S 3 20 44
34 13 6 Conceded C 7 22 33
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 84%
72% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 66%
38% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 47% 44%
9% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 35% 28%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
59% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 41%
25% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 35% 44%
22% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 35% 31%
 
4.7 5.8 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5 5.7
5 4.1 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.1 3.7
1.9 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.7 12.8 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10.8 13.4
4 4.4 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.9 4.2
28% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 30% 32%
 
12.3 11.1 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 9.2 9
3.4 2.7 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sheffield United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheffield United have the most clean sheets (14) in Championship
  • Sheffield United is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 32 20 7 5 81 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 67
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Queens Park Rangers 33 16 8 9 49 38 18 9 6 3 26 15 15 7 2 6 23 23 11 56
4 Huddersfield Town 34 15 11 8 44 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 17 6 6 5 20 19 8 56
5 Blackburn Rovers 33 15 9 9 45 34 16 10 3 3 31 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 11 54
6 Sheffield United 32 15 8 9 44 33 15 8 3 4 24 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 11 53
7 Middlesbrough 32 15 7 10 41 32 17 11 2 4 27 15 15 4 5 6 14 17 9 52
8 Luton Town 32 14 9 9 45 37 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 8 51
9 Coventry City 32 14 8 10 42 37 16 9 3 4 24 14 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 50
10 Nottingham Forest 32 13 9 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 10 48
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
12 Millwall 32 12 10 10 35 34 16 8 5 3 20 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 1 46
13 Preston North End 34 11 13 10 37 38 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 46
14 Stoke City 32 12 8 12 41 36 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 4 6 16 16 5 44
15 Blackpool 33 11 9 13 36 40 17 8 2 7 17 18 16 3 7 6 19 22 -4 42
16 Bristol City 34 11 7 16 45 61 18 7 5 6 23 23 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 34 9 10 15 40 53 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 3 6 9 19 32 -13 37
19 Cardiff City 33 10 6 17 40 53 16 5 2 9 18 21 17 5 4 8 22 32 -13 36
20 Hull City 34 9 7 18 27 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 17 4 4 9 12 19 -12 34
21 Reading 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 5 4 8 25 35 16 5 1 10 16 28 -22 29
22 Derby County 33 10 12 11 34 37 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 21
23 Peterborough United 32 5 6 21 24 63 15 4 5 6 15 18 17 1 1 15 9 45 -39 21
24 Barnsley 32 4 8 20 21 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 17 1 4 12 12 29 -25 20

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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 32 20 7 5 81 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 67
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Queens Park Rangers 33 16 8 9 49 38 18 9 6 3 26 15 15 7 2 6 23 23 11 56
4 Huddersfield Town 34 15 11 8 44 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 17 6 6 5 20 19 8 56
5 Blackburn Rovers 33 15 9 9 45 34 16 10 3 3 31 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 11 54
6 Sheffield United 32 15 8 9 44 33 15 8 3 4 24 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 11 53
7 Middlesbrough 32 15 7 10 41 32 17 11 2 4 27 15 15 4 5 6 14 17 9 52
8 Luton Town 32 14 9 9 45 37 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 8 51
9 Coventry City 32 14 8 10 42 37 16 9 3 4 24 14 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 50
10 Nottingham Forest 32 13 9 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 10 48
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
12 Millwall 32 12 10 10 35 34 16 8 5 3 20 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 1 46
13 Preston North End 34 11 13 10 37 38 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 46
14 Stoke City 32 12 8 12 41 36 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 4 6 16 16 5 44
15 Blackpool 33 11 9 13 36 40 17 8 2 7 17 18 16 3 7 6 19 22 -4 42
16 Bristol City 34 11 7 16 45 61 18 7 5 6 23 23 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 34 9 10 15 40 53 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 3 6 9 19 32 -13 37
19 Cardiff City 33 10 6 17 40 53 16 5 2 9 18 21 17 5 4 8 22 32 -13 36
20 Hull City 34 9 7 18 27 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 17 4 4 9 12 19 -12 34
21 Reading 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 5 4 8 25 35 16 5 1 10 16 28 -22 29
22 Derby County 33 10 12 11 34 37 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 21
23 Peterborough United 32 5 6 21 24 63 15 4 5 6 15 18 17 1 1 15 9 45 -39 21
24 Barnsley 32 4 8 20 21 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 17 1 4 12 12 29 -25 20

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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.