Championship match forecast and match guide for the Sheffield United vs Millwall clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bramall Lane (32702 seats)

It's only match two of the Championship for these participants. And there's points to play for here at Bramall Lane as Sheffield United host Millwall. Check out this preview!

The visiting Millwall played their last game only four days ago, a Carabao Cup match. That game, against Cambridge United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Millwall.

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Sheffield United form and stats

The season before, Sheffield United's league stats were 21 wins, 12 draws and 13 losses, results that produced 5th position in the Championship. During these 46 matches they scored 63 goals and conceded 45. Performing at home in the last season Sheffield United generated 13-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with 38 goals and 15 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Heckingbottom led his Sheffield to a defeat away at Watford. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bramall Lane.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Nottingham Forest (after extra-time, 3-2 on penalties) with a 2-1 scoreline.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sheffield United matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats (from 5 games).

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Millwall form and stats

Let's have a look at how Millwall performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 15 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 45 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 9 and lost 9 with 21/29 goals scored/conceded.

Two away matches in a row for Millwall, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Cambridge United in the Carabao Cup. McNamara, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. McNamara won 11 of 16 duels.

Before that, Millwall secured a home win against Stoke City with the score 2-0.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Sheffield United wins - draws - Millwall wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MillwallC. Cresswell
C. Cresswell
2 goals

Sheffield United missing players

Millwall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield United Millwall
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 4
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Sheffield United Last season Millwall
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
48 24   Played P   23 46
22 13   Won W   5 18
12 5   Drew D   9 15
14 6   Lost L   9 13
66 39   Scored S   21 53
48 17   Conceded C   29 45
85% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
65% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 67%
44% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 37%
27% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 13%
10% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 4%
44% 38%   BTTS BTTS   57% 52%
42% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 30%
29% 21%   Failed to Score F T   30% 26%
 
5.9 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 5
4 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.4
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
13.1 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 11.2
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.1
33% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 28%
 
9.5 9.1   Shots against (avg) S A   13.8 12.4
3.4 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Millwall 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Hull City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Blackburn Rovers 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Blackpool 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Burnley 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Cardiff City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Watford 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Coventry City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Middlesbrough 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rotherham United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Sunderland 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Swansea City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 West Bromwich Albion 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Birmingham City 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Luton Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Preston North End 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Wigan Athletic 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Bristol City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
20 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Queens Park Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Reading 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
23 Sheffield United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
24 Stoke City 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 46 27 9 10 106 43 23 14 4 5 56 20 23 13 5 5 50 23 63 90
2 AFC Bournemouth 46 25 13 8 74 39 23 13 7 3 41 21 23 12 6 5 33 18 35 88
3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 64 47 23 13 6 4 35 23 23 10 7 6 29 24 17 82
4 Nottingham Forest 46 23 11 12 73 40 23 13 4 6 43 22 23 10 7 6 30 18 33 80
5 Sheffield United 46 21 12 13 63 45 23 13 5 5 38 15 23 8 7 8 25 30 18 75
6 Luton Town 46 21 12 13 63 55 23 12 7 4 37 22 23 9 5 9 26 33 8 75
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 10 16 59 50 23 14 2 7 34 21 23 6 8 9 25 29 9 70
8 Blackburn Rovers 46 19 12 15 59 50 23 12 5 6 36 26 23 7 7 9 23 24 9 69
9 Millwall 46 18 15 13 53 45 23 13 6 4 32 16 23 5 9 9 21 29 8 69
10 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 13 15 52 45 23 12 8 3 33 16 23 6 5 12 19 29 7 67
11 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 9 18 60 59 23 10 6 7 30 25 23 9 3 11 30 34 1 66
12 Coventry City 46 17 13 16 60 59 23 10 5 8 32 26 23 7 8 8 28 33 1 64
13 Preston North End 46 16 16 14 52 56 23 9 10 4 33 28 23 7 6 10 19 28 -4 64
14 Stoke City 46 17 11 18 57 52 23 10 5 8 30 23 23 7 6 10 27 29 5 62
15 Swansea City 46 16 13 17 58 68 23 9 8 6 30 27 23 7 5 11 28 41 -10 61
16 Blackpool 46 16 12 18 54 58 23 11 3 9 29 26 23 5 9 9 25 32 -4 60
17 Bristol City 46 15 10 21 62 77 23 8 8 7 33 29 23 7 2 14 29 48 -15 55
18 Cardiff City 46 15 8 23 50 68 23 7 4 12 22 29 23 8 4 11 28 39 -18 53
19 Hull City 46 14 9 23 41 54 23 7 4 12 22 28 23 7 5 11 19 26 -13 51
20 Birmingham City 46 11 14 21 50 75 23 7 6 10 27 33 23 4 8 11 23 42 -25 47
21 Reading 46 13 8 25 54 87 23 7 5 11 33 44 23 6 3 14 21 43 -33 41
22 Peterborough United 46 9 10 27 43 87 23 6 7 10 27 33 23 3 3 17 16 54 -44 37
23 Derby County 46 14 13 19 45 53 23 11 7 5 30 22 23 3 6 14 15 31 -8 34
24 Barnsley 46 6 12 28 33 73 23 5 7 11 18 29 23 1 5 17 15 44 -40 30

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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 Millwall 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Hull City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Blackburn Rovers 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Blackpool 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Burnley 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Cardiff City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Watford 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Coventry City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Middlesbrough 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rotherham United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Sunderland 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Swansea City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 West Bromwich Albion 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Birmingham City 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Luton Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Preston North End 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Wigan Athletic 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Bristol City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
19 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
20 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Queens Park Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Reading 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
23 Sheffield United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
24 Stoke City 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.