Soccer betting preview: Millwall welcomes West Bromwich Albion in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

A victory to the home team is predicted from this match if the league table is anything to judge by. The Millwall regulars are hopeful that the gulf between 8th and West Bromwich Albion's 22nd spot in the table will be revealed on the ground.

Insights:
  • Millwall have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Millwall and West Bromwich Albion.

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Millwall form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at The Den as Millwall have scored 14 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 6-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Millwall, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Millwall's last game was hosting Watford (placed 15th) and winning 3-0. The 3-0 win against Watford was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle. What a game it was for Bradshaw when beating Watford, applying the finishing touch to three goals! The attacking player Bradshaw was declared "man of the match" for Millwall with the rating of 9.23/10. Bradshaw scored three goals.

Before that match, a win away at Bristol City.

Millwall have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Den with 14 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Millwall have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

There's been little loot from West Bromwich Albion's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Championship. West Bromwich Albion only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws.

WBA failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Bristol City (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Molumby got a match rating of 7.31 in that game, top player of the team. Molumby hit one key pass and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).

Prior to that result West Bromwich Albion won their away game at Reading. The scoreline was 2-0.

West Bromwich Albion are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). As opposed to that, WBA have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the previous seven meetings involving these two teams are: three wins for Millwall, two draws and two wins for West Bromwich Albion. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
4 goals
MillwallZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
4 goals
MillwallC. Cresswell
C. Cresswell
3 goals

Millwall missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Millwall West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 4 Played P 2 7 15
7 6 4 Won W 0 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 1 4 8
6 2 0 Lost L 1 2 5
20 14 9 Scored S 2 8 19
18 6 3 Conceded C 3 8 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 87%
93% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 80%
40% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 33%
13% 12% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 27%
7% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 67%
27% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 20%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 27%
 
4.2 3.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5 7.4
4.1 4.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.9 3.1
1.7 1.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 12.5 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12 14.3
4.1 5 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 4
32% 35% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 32%
 
11.7 9.6 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11.1 9
3.6 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.1 3.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Millwall have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • West Bromwich Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion 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 Queens Park Rangers 15 8 3 4 23 16 7 4 2 1 12 6 8 4 1 3 11 10 7 27
2 Blackburn Rovers 16 9 0 7 20 17 8 6 0 2 14 6 8 3 0 5 6 11 3 27
3 Burnley 15 6 8 1 25 13 7 3 4 0 14 7 8 3 4 1 11 6 12 26
4 Sheffield United 15 7 4 4 24 14 7 4 2 1 15 6 8 3 2 3 9 8 10 25
5 Luton Town 15 6 6 3 20 14 8 2 4 2 12 10 7 4 2 1 8 4 6 24
6 Norwich City 15 7 3 5 21 16 8 4 2 2 14 9 7 3 1 3 7 7 5 24
7 Swansea City 15 7 3 5 20 22 8 4 1 3 11 11 7 3 2 2 9 11 -2 24
8 Millwall 15 7 2 6 20 18 8 6 0 2 14 6 7 1 2 4 6 12 2 23
9 Preston North End 16 5 7 4 9 10 8 1 4 3 2 6 8 4 3 1 7 4 -1 22
10 Reading 15 7 1 7 17 23 8 5 1 2 12 9 7 2 0 5 5 14 -6 22
11 Rotherham United 14 5 6 3 16 13 8 4 3 1 14 6 6 1 3 2 2 7 3 21
12 Bristol City 16 6 3 7 25 24 8 4 1 3 12 8 8 2 2 4 13 16 1 21
13 Sunderland 15 5 5 5 19 16 7 2 4 1 8 5 8 3 1 4 11 11 3 20
14 Birmingham City 15 5 5 5 15 13 7 2 3 2 8 6 8 3 2 3 7 7 2 20
15 Watford 15 5 5 5 19 20 7 4 1 2 11 9 8 1 4 3 8 11 -1 20
16 Stoke City 15 5 4 6 17 18 7 2 2 3 8 10 8 3 2 3 9 8 -1 19
17 Wigan Athletic 15 5 4 6 16 22 8 1 3 4 6 15 7 4 1 2 10 7 -6 19
18 Cardiff City 15 5 3 7 12 17 7 3 2 2 5 4 8 2 1 5 7 13 -5 18
19 Hull City 15 5 2 8 16 29 8 4 0 4 9 14 7 1 2 4 7 15 -13 17
20 Middlesbrough 15 4 4 7 19 21 8 3 3 2 10 9 7 1 1 5 9 12 -2 16
21 Blackpool 15 4 4 7 17 23 7 2 1 4 8 10 8 2 3 3 9 13 -6 16
22 West Bromwich Albion 15 2 8 5 19 20 8 1 4 3 11 12 7 1 4 2 8 8 -1 14
23 Coventry City 12 3 4 5 10 14 4 2 0 2 2 2 8 1 4 3 8 12 -4 13
24 Huddersfield Town 14 3 2 9 16 22 8 3 1 4 9 8 6 0 1 5 7 14 -6 11

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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.