Betting guide: Millwall vs Sunderland - predictions and statistics

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

A peek at the Championship standings shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Read our Millwall - Sunderland preview!

Insights:
  • Millwall have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
  • Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Both teams have had sufficient rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an animated game!

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Millwall form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Den as Millwall have scored 20 goals to get 27 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 8-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Millwall, who won 1-0 against Cardiff City (placed 21st). Cooper, defender, was given a rating of 7.94/10 in that game, top of the team. Cooper served one assist, hit two key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.

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

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 14 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 3 and lost 3.

It should be considered that a look at the 11 most recent league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Millwall have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Den with 20 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Millwall have conceded only 8 goals.

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Sunderland form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Fulham in their previous outing. The FA Cup duel ended 1-1.

Before that, Sunderland secured a home win against Middlesbrough with the score 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sunderland playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 3 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Sunderland has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 14 games. 16 goals have been conceded by Sunderland in these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties meet on the pitch this season, as the history books show this recent game: Sunderland - Millwall 3-0. Millwall-Sunderland H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Millwall zero wins, Sunderland one win, two draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandR. Stewart
R. Stewart
10 goals
MillwallZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
9 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7 goals

Millwall missing players

Sunderland missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Millwall Sunderland
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 5 14 28
12 8 2 Won W 0 6 11
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 8
9 2 2 Lost L 3 4 9
33 20 5 Scored S 4 22 41
27 8 6 Conceded C 8 16 32
89% 85% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
74% 77% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 86% 79%
37% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 54%
11% 8% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 21% 21%
7% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 11%
33% 31% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 57%
37% 54% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 29%
41% 31% 60% Failed to Score F T 40% 14% 21%
 
4.7 4.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.6 4.2
3.9 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.9 5.6
1.8 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13.4 14.6 15.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9.8 11.3
4.4 5.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.2 3.6
28% 30% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 49% 41%
 
10.6 8.1 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 12.4 12.2
3.2 2.5 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 3.4 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Millwall have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Millwall have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Championship
  • Millwall have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Championship
  • Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 28 18 8 2 55 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 13 7 4 2 23 14 29 62
2 Sheffield United 28 17 6 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 24 57
3 Middlesbrough 29 13 6 10 44 35 14 7 5 2 20 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 9 45
4 Watford 29 12 8 9 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 5 5 5 14 18 3 44
5 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
6 Norwich City 28 12 6 10 40 31 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 7 2 5 21 15 9 42
7 Luton Town 27 11 9 7 35 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 6 42
8 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
9 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 28 11 8 9 38 30 14 6 4 4 20 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 8 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Coventry City 28 10 8 10 31 31 15 7 4 4 19 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 38
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 10 8 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 14 19 -6 38
15 Hull City 29 10 7 12 36 44 15 5 3 7 17 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -8 37
16 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 28 7 10 11 33 40 13 5 4 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 31
21 Cardiff City 28 7 8 13 21 31 15 4 5 6 11 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 -10 29
22 Huddersfield Town 27 7 5 15 25 35 14 5 2 7 13 14 13 2 3 8 12 21 -10 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 25

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 28 18 8 2 55 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 13 7 4 2 23 14 29 62
2 Sheffield United 28 17 6 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 24 57
3 Middlesbrough 29 13 6 10 44 35 14 7 5 2 20 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 9 45
4 Watford 29 12 8 9 34 31 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 5 5 5 14 18 3 44
5 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
6 Norwich City 28 12 6 10 40 31 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 7 2 5 21 15 9 42
7 Luton Town 27 11 9 7 35 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 6 42
8 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
9 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 28 11 8 9 38 30 14 6 4 4 20 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 8 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Coventry City 28 10 8 10 31 31 15 7 4 4 19 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 38
14 Queens Park Rangers 29 10 8 11 31 37 14 5 4 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 14 19 -6 38
15 Hull City 29 10 7 12 36 44 15 5 3 7 17 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -8 37
16 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 28 7 10 11 33 40 13 5 4 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 31
21 Cardiff City 28 7 8 13 21 31 15 4 5 6 11 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 -10 29
22 Huddersfield Town 27 7 5 15 25 35 14 5 2 7 13 14 13 2 3 8 12 21 -10 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 25

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