Evenly matched teams: Preston North End vs Millwall match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale (23408 seats)

Preston North End have performed excellent football so far this season, being 6th spot in the table. Millwall can look both ways from the 10th place.

Insights:
  • Preston North End have the most clean sheets (11) in Championship
  • Millwall have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Preston North End and Millwall should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

Preston North End have played 10 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Preston North End bring valid hopes of a third.

It's back home for Preston, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Reading away with the result 2-1. Evans (2) found the net in that victory. The forward Evans was named "man of the match" for Preston North End with the rating of 8.4/10. Evans scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that, Preston North End had a home game versus Swansea City which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Preston perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Preston North End as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Preston North End has won 7 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 20 league games, 15 have seen zero, one or two goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Preston North End here at Deepdale in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 10 games). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Preston North End are not conceding a lot of goals here at Deepdale in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.

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Millwall form and stats

There's been little loot from Millwall's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Championship. Millwall only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.

Millwall aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 270 league minutes without a goal. Burey was the last player to find the net. The Millwall goalkeeper George Long is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 261 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Millwall's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Hull City that finished 0-0. Defender Malone was the best team player with a rating of 8.1. Malone hit one key pass and won 6 of 6 duels.

A 0-0 draw at Birmingham City's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Millwall in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Millwall, 8 draws and 6 defeats.

The attacking power of Millwall when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Millwall have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Millwall have avoided a loss in the last 6 fixtures (4-2-0) facing Preston North End.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
5 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
4 goals
MillwallZ. Flemming
Z. Flemming
4 goals

Preston North End missing players

Millwall missing players

Preston North End Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 4 9 19
8 3 1 Won W 0 1 8
7 4 0 Drew D 0 3 4
5 3 1 Lost L 4 5 7
16 5 1 Scored S 1 6 22
16 7 1 Conceded C 8 13 20
70% 70% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
40% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 79%
25% 10% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 37%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
30% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 44% 37%
55% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 32%
45% 60% 50% Failed to Score F T 75% 56% 42%
 
4.2 4.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 4.4
5.5 5.3 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.3 4
2.4 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 11.9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 11.3 12.8
3.7 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 4.1
22% 14% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 22% 28%
 
13.4 11.9 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 13 10.8
3.1 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.1 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Millwall have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Preston North End have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Championship
  • Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Championship
  • Preston North End have the most clean sheets (11) in Championship
  • Preston North End have the most matches under the total-line (15) 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 Burnley 20 10 8 2 37 23 10 6 4 0 20 10 10 4 4 2 17 13 14 38
2 Blackburn Rovers 20 12 0 8 24 19 10 8 0 2 17 7 10 4 0 6 7 12 5 36
3 Sheffield United 19 10 5 4 34 18 9 5 3 1 22 10 10 5 2 3 12 8 16 35
4 Norwich City 20 9 5 6 28 21 10 5 3 2 17 10 10 4 2 4 11 11 7 32
5 Queens Park Rangers 19 9 4 6 25 20 9 5 2 2 14 8 10 4 2 4 11 12 5 31
6 Preston North End 20 8 7 5 16 16 10 3 4 3 5 7 10 5 3 2 11 9 0 31
7 Watford 19 8 5 6 26 22 9 5 1 3 15 10 10 3 4 3 11 12 4 29
8 Luton Town 19 7 8 4 22 19 10 2 6 2 13 11 9 5 2 2 9 8 3 29
9 Swansea City 19 8 5 6 25 26 10 5 2 3 15 13 9 3 3 3 10 13 -1 29
10 Millwall 19 8 4 7 22 20 10 7 1 2 16 7 9 1 3 5 6 13 2 28
11 Birmingham City 19 7 6 6 20 16 9 3 4 2 10 6 10 4 2 4 10 10 4 27
12 Reading 19 8 2 9 21 27 10 6 1 3 15 11 9 2 1 6 6 16 -6 26
13 Sunderland 19 6 6 7 24 22 9 2 4 3 10 10 10 4 2 4 14 12 2 24
14 Cardiff City 19 7 3 9 15 21 9 4 2 3 7 6 10 3 1 6 8 15 -6 24
15 Coventry City 17 6 5 6 17 18 7 3 1 3 6 6 10 3 4 3 11 12 -1 23
16 Bristol City 20 6 5 9 27 29 10 4 2 4 13 10 10 2 3 5 14 19 -2 23
17 Rotherham United 19 5 7 7 23 25 10 4 3 3 17 12 9 1 4 4 6 13 -2 22
18 Blackpool 19 6 4 9 23 28 9 3 1 5 12 13 10 3 3 4 11 15 -5 22
19 Stoke City 19 6 4 9 20 25 9 2 2 5 9 14 10 4 2 4 11 11 -5 22
20 Middlesbrough 19 5 6 8 24 25 10 3 5 2 11 10 9 2 1 6 13 15 -1 21
21 Hull City 19 6 3 10 21 35 10 4 0 6 10 18 9 2 3 4 11 17 -14 21
22 West Bromwich Albion 19 4 8 7 22 24 10 2 4 4 12 14 9 2 4 3 10 10 -2 20
23 Wigan Athletic 19 5 5 9 19 28 10 1 3 6 6 17 9 4 2 3 13 11 -9 20
24 Huddersfield Town 18 4 3 11 17 25 10 4 1 5 10 10 8 0 2 6 7 15 -8 15

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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.