Sheffield Wednesday vs Millwall betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hillsborough Stadium (39812 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Sheffield Wednesday in 12th and Millwall in 9th place.

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 Sheffield Wednesday and Millwall.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Sheffield Wednesday are 6-4-4 (wins-draw-losses).

The spoils were shared in Sheffield Wednesday's previous game, also at home. Visiting Millwall (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Sheffield Wednesday lost 1-2 at Wigan Athletic's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sheffield Wednesday have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won five Drawn two Lost zero.

The Sheffield Wednesday fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 14 matches. Sheffield Wednesday have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Millwall form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Millwall have produced an overall stat of 3-7-5 so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sheffield Wednesday (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 0-0. Prior to that match, the Millwall manager G. Rowett faced defeat when travelling to Leeds United and losing 2-3.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Millwall playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were three Millwall wins, five draws and five defeats.

Millwall are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 15 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Millwall have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Sheffield Wednesday - Millwall 0-0, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sheffield Wednesday won three, Millwall won two and five draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sheffield WednesdayS. Fletcher
S. Fletcher
12 goals
MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
10 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
8 goals

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Millwall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sheffield Wednesday Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 16 30
12 6 0 Won W 1 3 11
7 5 0 Drew D 1 8 12
11 4 4 Lost L 2 5 7
40 14 2 Scored S 3 15 38
33 15 10 Conceded C 5 21 35
93% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 93%
70% 53% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 77%
47% 33% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 31% 43%
23% 13% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 23%
10% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 7%
53% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 63%
33% 47% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 30%
20% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 13%
 
5.2 4.9 2.8 Corners For (avg) C F 5.8 4 5.4
4.6 3.6 3.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.8 5.9 4.6
2 1.7 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.6 1.6
4 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 2 3
 
375 194 41 Total Shots T S 40 152 318
124 62 9 Shots on Target S O 10 48 109
32% 23% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 31% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Millwall have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 29 16 7 6 46 26 14 8 4 2 22 12 15 8 3 4 24 14 20 55
2 West Bromwich Albion 29 14 11 4 51 33 14 6 6 2 30 20 15 8 5 2 21 13 18 53
3 Nottingham Forest 29 14 9 6 40 28 14 7 3 4 18 15 15 7 6 2 22 13 12 51
4 Fulham 29 14 7 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 14 5 5 4 16 14 12 49
5 Brentford 29 14 5 10 44 22 14 8 3 3 25 10 15 6 2 7 19 12 22 47
6 Bristol City 29 13 8 8 43 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 15 7 4 4 23 22 3 47
7 Preston North End 29 13 7 9 42 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 14 3 5 6 11 16 8 46
8 Swansea City 29 12 9 8 34 33 15 7 3 5 19 16 14 5 6 3 15 17 1 45
9 Millwall 29 11 11 7 38 35 14 8 4 2 23 14 15 3 7 5 15 21 3 44
10 Blackburn Rovers 29 12 7 10 42 36 15 7 6 2 19 13 14 5 1 8 23 23 6 43
11 Cardiff City 30 10 13 7 42 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 15 2 7 6 20 31 -1 43
12 Sheffield Wednesday 29 12 6 11 40 33 14 6 4 4 14 15 15 6 2 7 26 18 7 42
13 Derby County 30 10 10 10 35 39 16 9 5 2 23 11 14 1 5 8 12 28 -4 40
14 Hull City 29 11 6 12 41 38 15 6 2 7 22 19 14 5 4 5 19 19 3 39
15 Reading 30 10 8 12 36 34 14 6 1 7 19 18 16 4 7 5 17 16 2 38
16 Queens Park Rangers 29 11 5 13 47 53 15 6 4 5 29 27 14 5 1 8 18 26 -6 38
17 Middlesbrough 29 8 11 10 29 36 15 6 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 35
18 Birmingham City 29 9 7 13 35 46 14 5 3 6 20 21 15 4 4 7 15 25 -11 34
19 Huddersfield Town 29 8 8 13 33 45 15 4 5 6 16 21 14 4 3 7 17 24 -12 32
20 Stoke City 30 9 4 17 36 46 15 5 3 7 19 20 15 4 1 10 17 26 -10 31
21 Charlton Athletic 29 7 9 13 37 41 15 5 5 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 30
22 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 44 14 5 4 5 14 18 15 1 4 10 13 26 -17 26
23 Barnsley 29 5 9 15 35 54 15 4 6 5 24 29 14 1 3 10 11 25 -19 24
24 Luton Town 29 7 3 19 37 63 14 5 3 6 23 24 15 2 0 13 14 39 -26 24

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 29 16 7 6 46 26 14 8 4 2 22 12 15 8 3 4 24 14 20 55
2 West Bromwich Albion 29 14 11 4 51 33 14 6 6 2 30 20 15 8 5 2 21 13 18 53
3 Nottingham Forest 29 14 9 6 40 28 14 7 3 4 18 15 15 7 6 2 22 13 12 51
4 Fulham 29 14 7 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 14 5 5 4 16 14 12 49
5 Brentford 29 14 5 10 44 22 14 8 3 3 25 10 15 6 2 7 19 12 22 47
6 Bristol City 29 13 8 8 43 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 15 7 4 4 23 22 3 47
7 Preston North End 29 13 7 9 42 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 14 3 5 6 11 16 8 46
8 Swansea City 29 12 9 8 34 33 15 7 3 5 19 16 14 5 6 3 15 17 1 45
9 Millwall 29 11 11 7 38 35 14 8 4 2 23 14 15 3 7 5 15 21 3 44
10 Blackburn Rovers 29 12 7 10 42 36 15 7 6 2 19 13 14 5 1 8 23 23 6 43
11 Cardiff City 30 10 13 7 42 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 15 2 7 6 20 31 -1 43
12 Sheffield Wednesday 29 12 6 11 40 33 14 6 4 4 14 15 15 6 2 7 26 18 7 42
13 Derby County 30 10 10 10 35 39 16 9 5 2 23 11 14 1 5 8 12 28 -4 40
14 Hull City 29 11 6 12 41 38 15 6 2 7 22 19 14 5 4 5 19 19 3 39
15 Reading 30 10 8 12 36 34 14 6 1 7 19 18 16 4 7 5 17 16 2 38
16 Queens Park Rangers 29 11 5 13 47 53 15 6 4 5 29 27 14 5 1 8 18 26 -6 38
17 Middlesbrough 29 8 11 10 29 36 15 6 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 35
18 Birmingham City 29 9 7 13 35 46 14 5 3 6 20 21 15 4 4 7 15 25 -11 34
19 Huddersfield Town 29 8 8 13 33 45 15 4 5 6 16 21 14 4 3 7 17 24 -12 32
20 Stoke City 30 9 4 17 36 46 15 5 3 7 19 20 15 4 1 10 17 26 -10 31
21 Charlton Athletic 29 7 9 13 37 41 15 5 5 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 30
22 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 44 14 5 4 5 14 18 15 1 4 10 13 26 -17 26
23 Barnsley 29 5 9 15 35 54 15 4 6 5 24 29 14 1 3 10 11 25 -19 24
24 Luton Town 29 7 3 19 37 63 14 5 3 6 23 24 15 2 0 13 14 39 -26 24

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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.