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Millwall vs Birmingham City Live Stream, Predictions
Birmingham City journey to The Den on Saturday for the Championship game with home side Millwall.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Millwall v Birmingham City, scroll down - as well as up-to-date odds.
📏 Form Guide
Millwall
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Millwall enter this match following on from a 1-1 Championship stalemate against Blackburn Rovers.
In that game, Millwall managed 31% possession and 3 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The scorer for Millwall was Michael Obafemi (54'). At the other end, Blackburn Rovers got 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. Sammie Szmodics (63') scored for Blackburn Rovers.
Millwall have really struggled up front in more recent games. Their sum of goals equals just 4 against opposing sides over the course of their last 6 outings. In those meetings, Millwall have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 9. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be sustained here.
Ahead of this clash, Millwall have left without a victory over Birmingham City in their previous 4 league matches.
Birmingham City
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Previously, Birmingham City drew 1-1 in the Championship match with Hull City.
In that game, Birmingham City had 36% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Birmingham City was Lukas Jutkiewicz (82'). At the other end, Hull City got 22 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Ozan Tufan (25') scored for Hull City.
Looking at their form, and Birmingham City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 11 goals in total. At the back, Birmingham City can certainly do much better.
Coming into this contest, Birmingham City are without a win away from home in their last 4 league games.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A glance at their past head to head meetings dating back to 17/02/2021 shows us that Millwall have won 2 of them & Birmingham City 1, with the number of draws standing at 3.
In all, 13 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for The Lions and 5 for The Blues. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.
The previous league meeting between the two was Championship match day 5 on 02/09/2023 when it ended Birmingham City 1-1 Millwall.
On that occasion, Birmingham City had 57% possession and 17 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jay Stansfield (53').
On the other side, Millwall had 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Kevin Nisbet (6') was the scorer.
The match was refereed by Joshua Smith.
ℹ️ Team News: Millwall
The Millwall boss Neil Harris has a full complement, with no fitness worries whatsoever before this game owing to a completely healthy squad to choose from.
In all likelihood, The Lions could opt for a 4-4-2 system for this game, beginning the first half with Matija Sarkic, Ryan Leonard, Japhet Tanganga, Jake Cooper, Joe Bryan, George Honeyman, Billy Mitchell, George Saville, Duncan Watmore, Zian Flemming and Michael Obafemi.
📋 Team News: Birmingham City
Birmingham City boss Tony Mowbray has to choose a team with limited availability. Alfie Chang (Knee injury) and George Hall (Hamstring injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
There’s a good chance that The Blues seem likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for John Ruddy, Cody Drameh, Dion Sanderson, Marc Roberts, Ethan Laird, Andre Dozzell, Seung-ho Paik, Koji Miyoshi, Juninho Bacuna, Jordan James and Jay Stansfield.
⚡ Prediction
When taking everything into account, Birmingham City may find it difficult to breach the defence of this Millwall lineup who we think should emerge victorious.
We’ve gone for a highly competitive game with a 1-0 victory for Millwall at the end of the 90.
Hoping for a good game.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 14:01 09/03/2024
Predicted Lineups
⚽️ Team Focus:
Millwall
Formed: 1885
Stadium: The Den (20,146)
Captain: Shaun Hutchinson
Chairman: James Berylson
Manager: Neil Harris
Competitions: Championship position 18
⭐ Star Player: Zian Flemming
Mostly taking up the Striker position, Zian Flemming was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Having made his senior debut playing for Jong Ajax in the 2017 - 2018 season, the accomplished Forward has managed to score 7 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 campaign so far coming from a total of 35 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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36 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 81 | WLLLW |
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37 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 79 | WWDWW |
3 |
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37 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 78 | WWWWL |
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35 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 70 | LWLLW |
5 |
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36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 60 | LWDWD |
6 |
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36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 57 | WWDDD |
7 |
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36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 55 | WWDWL |
8 |
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36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 54 | DWLLW |
9 |
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35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 53 | WWDWD |
10 |
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37 | 16 | 5 | 16 | -6 | 53 | DWWWW |
11 |
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36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 47 | LLLLL |
12 |
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35 | 14 | 5 | 16 | -2 | 47 | LWLLW |
13 |
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36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 45 | LWLLD |
14 |
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36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 44 | WLLLL |
15 |
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36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | -11 | 43 | LLWWD |
16 |
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36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 40 | LLWLL |
17 |
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36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 40 | DDDLD |
18 |
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36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | -13 | 40 | LLWWD |
19 |
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36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 39 | LWWWD |
20 |
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35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 39 | WWLLD |
21 |
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36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | -16 | 38 | WLWDL |
22 |
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36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 38 | WLLWL |
23 |
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37 | 11 | 5 | 21 | -25 | 38 | WWWWL |
24 |
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36 | 3 | 10 | 23 | -42 | 19 | LLLLL |
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Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 23 |
Time first goal conceded | 46 |
Yellow cards | 2.2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.2 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 44 |
Time first goal conceded | 48 |
Yellow cards | 2.7 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Zian Flemming | 7 |
Kevin Nisbet | 5 |
Tom Bradshaw | 4 |
Wes Harding | 3 |
Joe Bryan | 2 |
Jay Stansfield | 9 |
Jordan James | 8 |
Juninho Bacuna | 6 |
Siriki Dembélé | 6 |
Koji Miyoshi | 5 |
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