Delightful dogfight as daring Millwall duels with determined Wigan Athletic

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Tue 26.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Den (20146 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Millwall are in the 10th position while the guests worry at 20th.

It's no vacation for neither Millwall nor Wigan Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Millwall form and stats

17 points is a decent return from 8 Championship games here at The Den for Millwall. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Millwall has recorded two wins in a row here at The Den, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Happy days for Millwall in their previous game, a Championship match away at Swansea City (placed 6th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Millwall won a home game hosting Charlton Athletic (2-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Millwall handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D2-L0.

Millwall are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Birmingham City awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Millwall in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Millwall have conceded only 7 goals.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wigan Athletic so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give Wigan Athletic much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Millwall will be a tough nut to crack.

Two away games in a row for Wigan Athletic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Stoke City in the Championship. Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Brentford.

We have checked recent matches where Wigan Athletic have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were W0-D6-L8.

After this away game Wigan Athletic return home for a Championship game against Reading. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Wigan Athletic have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: 4 - 3 - 2 (Millwall wins - draws - Wigan Athletic wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
7 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
6 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Dunkley
C. Dunkley
5 goals

Millwall missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Millwall Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 4 9 17
6 5 1 Won W 0 0 4
6 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
5 1 0 Lost L 3 7 10
20 12 2 Scored S 3 6 14
22 7 0 Conceded C 7 17 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
82% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 65%
41% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 47%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 24%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
65% 62% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 35%
24% 38% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 24%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 47%
 
5.5 6.9 6 Corners For (avg) C F 5 5.7 5.8
4.6 3.4 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.1 5.1
1.9 1.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.7 2.5
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 2
 
170 79 8 Total Shots T S 37 94 187
59 33 4 Shots on Target S O 11 27 51
34% 36% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 22% 27%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Millwall have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Millwall have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Millwall have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (14)
  • Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Wigan Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wigan Athletic have yet to win a game away.
  • Wigan Athletic 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 West Bromwich Albion 17 10 6 1 31 18 8 4 4 0 19 13 9 6 2 1 12 5 13 36
2 Leeds United 17 10 4 3 23 10 8 5 2 1 9 4 9 5 2 2 14 6 13 34
3 Preston North End 17 9 4 4 31 18 9 7 2 0 25 10 8 2 2 4 6 8 13 31
4 Fulham 17 8 5 4 26 18 9 5 2 2 17 11 8 3 3 2 9 7 8 29
5 Nottingham Forest 16 8 5 3 20 13 7 4 1 2 9 5 9 4 4 1 11 8 7 29
6 Swansea City 17 8 5 4 22 17 9 4 1 4 11 11 8 4 4 0 11 6 5 29
7 Bristol City 17 7 8 2 25 21 8 3 4 1 10 8 9 4 4 1 15 13 4 29
8 Brentford 17 8 3 6 22 13 8 3 3 2 9 6 9 5 0 4 13 7 9 27
9 Sheffield Wednesday 17 7 4 6 22 16 8 4 3 1 9 5 9 3 1 5 13 11 6 25
10 Millwall 17 6 6 5 20 22 8 5 2 1 12 7 9 1 4 4 8 15 -2 24
11 Derby County 17 6 6 5 19 21 9 5 3 1 12 6 8 1 3 4 7 15 -2 24
12 Queens Park Rangers 17 7 3 7 27 32 9 3 3 3 17 18 8 4 0 4 10 14 -5 24
13 Charlton Athletic 17 6 5 6 24 21 9 4 2 3 12 8 8 2 3 3 12 13 3 23
14 Hull City 17 6 5 6 25 23 9 3 2 4 12 13 8 3 3 2 13 10 2 23
15 Birmingham City 17 7 2 8 17 22 8 5 1 2 10 6 9 2 1 6 7 16 -5 23
16 Cardiff City 17 5 7 5 25 25 8 5 2 1 14 7 9 0 5 4 11 18 0 22
17 Blackburn Rovers 17 6 3 8 23 26 9 4 3 2 13 10 8 2 0 6 10 16 -3 21
18 Reading 16 5 3 8 19 21 8 4 0 4 12 12 8 1 3 4 7 9 -2 18
19 Huddersfield Town 17 4 5 8 19 25 9 2 3 4 9 11 8 2 2 4 10 14 -6 17
20 Wigan Athletic 17 4 3 10 14 26 8 4 1 3 8 9 9 0 2 7 6 17 -12 15
21 Middlesbrough 17 2 8 7 15 23 9 2 4 3 7 10 8 0 4 4 8 13 -8 14
22 Luton Town 17 4 2 11 23 32 8 2 2 4 12 14 9 2 0 7 11 18 -9 14
23 Stoke City 17 4 2 11 19 30 9 2 1 6 10 16 8 2 1 5 9 14 -11 14
24 Barnsley 17 1 6 10 18 36 9 1 4 4 12 19 8 0 2 6 6 17 -18 9

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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.