Championship preview: Can Norwich City edge out victory against Millwall?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 03.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Carrow Road (27244 seats)

Norwich City and Millwall are both riding high in the Championship with their 4th and 7th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

It's no vacation for neither Norwich City nor Millwall 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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Norwich City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Norwich City at their home stadium (Carrow Road) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Norwich after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Happy days for Norwich in their previous game, a Championship match away at Bristol City (placed 10th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Before that, Norwich played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Brentford.

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 Norwich have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost two.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Norwich, as the Championship home game vs Swansea City is only four days away.

Norwich has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Norwich City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Millwall form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Millwall have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far. Millwall has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Millwall might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Huddersfield Town proved too strong as Millwall slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at The Den. Preceding that game was the away victory against Preston North End with the score of 2-0.

Millwall are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, four draws and two defeats. From a total of ten matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Millwall manager G. Rowett as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sheffield Wednesday.

The travelling fans enjoy Millwall's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Norwich, one draw and two wins for Millwall. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Norwich City missing players

Millwall missing players

Norwich City Millwall
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 1 4 9
5 2 0 Won W 0 3 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
12 5 0 Scored S 1 6 10
8 4 0 Conceded C 2 3 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
56% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 78%
44% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 33%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 44%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 44%
22% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
159 75 0 Total Shots T S 10 50 112
46 17 0 Shots on Target S O 3 15 35
26% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 40% 29%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Millwall have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Millwall haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Norwich City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Championship
  • Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Norwich City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Reading 9 7 1 1 17 6 4 4 0 0 7 0 5 3 1 1 10 6 11 22
2 Swansea City 9 5 3 1 12 5 5 3 1 1 7 3 4 2 2 0 5 2 7 18
3 AFC Bournemouth 9 4 5 0 12 7 5 3 2 0 6 3 4 1 3 0 6 4 5 17
4 Norwich City 9 5 2 2 12 8 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 3 1 1 7 4 4 17
5 Middlesbrough 9 4 4 1 9 5 5 3 2 0 6 2 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 16
6 Watford 9 4 3 2 8 5 4 3 1 0 6 2 5 1 2 2 2 3 3 15
7 Millwall 9 4 3 2 10 8 5 1 3 1 4 5 4 3 0 1 6 3 2 15
8 Stoke City 9 4 3 2 10 9 5 2 2 1 7 7 4 2 1 1 3 2 1 15
9 Brentford 9 4 2 3 16 11 4 2 1 1 8 5 5 2 1 2 8 6 5 14
10 Bristol City 9 4 2 3 12 10 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 14
11 Birmingham City 9 3 4 2 7 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 1 3 1 3 3 1 13
12 Huddersfield Town 9 4 1 4 10 10 4 2 0 2 3 3 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 13
13 Luton Town 9 4 1 4 7 10 5 2 1 2 5 7 4 2 0 2 2 3 -3 13
14 Blackburn Rovers 9 3 1 5 18 13 4 1 1 2 7 5 5 2 0 3 11 8 5 10
15 Barnsley 9 2 4 3 10 10 5 2 2 1 6 3 4 0 2 2 4 7 0 10
16 Preston North End 9 3 1 5 11 12 5 0 0 5 1 7 4 3 1 0 10 5 -1 10
17 Cardiff City 9 2 4 3 9 10 4 0 2 2 3 6 5 2 2 1 6 4 -1 10
18 Queens Park Rangers 9 2 4 3 9 12 5 2 2 1 6 5 4 0 2 2 3 7 -3 10
19 Rotherham United 9 2 3 4 8 10 4 1 1 2 5 4 5 1 2 2 3 6 -2 9
20 Coventry City 9 2 2 5 9 18 5 2 1 2 8 12 4 0 1 3 1 6 -9 8
21 Nottingham Forest 9 1 3 5 5 11 4 0 2 2 3 6 5 1 1 3 2 5 -6 6
22 Derby County 9 1 3 5 5 13 4 0 1 3 1 8 5 1 2 2 4 5 -8 6
23 Wycombe Wanderers 9 1 1 7 4 16 5 1 1 3 3 6 4 0 0 4 1 10 -12 4
24 Sheffield Wednesday 9 2 2 5 5 10 4 0 2 2 2 4 5 2 0 3 3 6 -5 -4

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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.