📊 Form Guide

Sunderland

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Sunderland are hoping to win again after their last result, the 0-1 Championship triumph over West Bromwich Albion.

In that game, Sunderland had 50% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sunderland was Pierre Ekwah (45'). For their opponents, West Bromwich Albion had 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

Fewer than three goals per match were seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Sunderland have taken part. Regarding the goal weighting during this period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 5 while Sunderland managed the sum of 4.

Looking at their past form shows that Sunderland:

• have not lost a league tie with Millwall in their previous 5 games.
• have not registered a win against Millwall in their last 2 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 5 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Millwall

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Millwall will go into the meeting following a 3-1 Championship win to beat Cardiff City in their last game.

In that game, Millwall had 37% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Millwall, goals were scored by Michael Obafemi (9'), Jake Cooper (45') and Duncan Watmore (93'). On the other side, Cardiff City got 7 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Yakou Meïté (24') scored for Cardiff City.

The stats tell the story, and Millwall have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals in total. Defensively, Millwall could really do with shoring things up. Putting that to one side, we must now wait to see if that pattern might be sustained in this next match or not.

Their prior results show that Millwall:

• have left without a victory over Sunderland when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 4 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels going back to 05/11/2004, there has been little to separate the clubs with Sunderland winning 1 of those games, Millwall 1 and 4 being draws in normal time.

In all, 15 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 8 from The Black Cats and 7 coming from The Lions. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The previous league fixture between the two was Championship match day 19 on 02/12/2023 when the final score was Millwall 1-1 Sunderland.

In that game, Millwall managed 40% possession and 7 shots on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Kevin Nisbet (44').

At the other end, Sunderland had 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Jack Clarke (78') was the scorer.

The referee was James Linington.

🗞️ Team News: Sunderland

Bradley Dack (Thigh problems), Corry Evans (Cruciate ligament injury), Nazariy Rusyn (Calf injury), Patrick Roberts (Thigh problems) and Niall Huggins (Knee surgery) will be missing for Sunderland boss Mike Dodds.

In our view, The Black Cats will probably employ a 3-4-3 formation for the game and select Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Daniel Ballard, Luke O'Nien, Timothée Pembélé, Pierre Ekwah, Dan Neil, Callum Styles, Chris Rigg, Jobe Bellingham and Jack Clarke.

ℹ️ Team News: Millwall

Thanks to a completely injury-free squad to pick from, the Millwall manager Neil Harris does not have any fitness concerns at all coming into this clash.

It’s our belief that The Lions appear most likely to make use of a 4-4-2 system, settling for Matija Sarkic, Ryan Leonard, Japhet Tanganga, Jake Cooper, Danny McNamara, Ryan Longman, Billy Mitchell, George Saville, Romain Esse, Zian Flemming and Michael Obafemi.

🔮 Prediction

Our feeling is that Millwall could find themselves struggling to break down this Sunderland side who we reckon will be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

That’s why we have predicted a 1-0 winning margin for Sunderland at the end of this one.

It should be a good one.

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Peter Guest, 13:07 20/04/2024