Ace Football previews the Championship game between Bristol City and Millwall who meet up this coming Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Championship title favourites Bristol City begin their title challenge on Saturday in an opening day encounter with Millwall at Ashton Gate.
Team form: Bristol City vs Millwall
Bristol City Form
Bristol City are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Birmingham by a 2-1 score, before winning 2-0 against Stoke. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 0-1 against Walsall. Bristol City only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Championship matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored six and conceded nine goals.
Millwall Form
In their last three matches, Millwall drew 0-0 with Hull, lost 0-2 against Hull, and drew 1-1 with Queens Park Rangers. Millwall won twice, while also recording four draws, and zero defeats in their last six away matches in the Championship. The scoreline from these matches says four goals conceded and seven scored.
Betting stats for Bristol City and Millwall
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Bristol City and Millwall. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 12 of the last 14 Bristol City matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Bristol City home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Bristol City home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Bristol City home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Bristol City home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 17 of the last 19 Millwall matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Millwall away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Millwall away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 13 of the last 15 Millwall matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Millwall matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
Players in form: Bristol City vs Millwall
Sam Bell look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six Championship matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Femi Azeez adds to his three Championship goals come on Saturday.
Popular betting markets: Bristol City vs Millwall
Full-time result
Bristol City claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing six. Millwall won two of their last 10 games away, drew five and lost three of the games in this run. Millwall have hit a nice vein of form away from home with 10 matches now without losing.
Both teams to score
Bristol City scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Curiously, Millwall only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Millwall managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Bristol City were first on target in three of their last 10 outings. Millwall have scored in 8 consecutive meetings with Bristol City when playing at away ground.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Bristol City, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in two of the last ten matches that Millwall played across all tournaments. They scored 0.8 times on average in the process.
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