LONDON. Millwall bested Queens Park Rangers to win 2-1. It was Millwall to strike first with a goal of Duncan Watmore at the 31′. Then Oliver Burke scored again for Millwall in the 78′ minute. Eventually, Chris Martin reduced the distance for Queens Park Rangers (82′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Queens Park Rangers was decisively better in terms of ball possession (66%).
The match was played at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Dean Whitestone assisted by Nigel Lugg and Rob Merchant. The 4th official was Chris Pollard. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.6 degrees Celsius or 49.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 10 Total 11
- 2 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 110 Attack 91
- 56 Dangerous attack 48
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 8 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Queens Park Rangers had a strong ball possession 66% while Millwall was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Queens Park Rangers was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Millwall managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Queens Park Rangers shot 10 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Millwall shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Queens Park Rangers received 1 yellow card (Sinclair Armstrong). On the other side, Millwall received 1 yellow card (George Honeyman).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Queens Park Rangers will host Bristol City on the 6th of May with a 9-8 head to head stats in favor of Bristol City (7 draws).
Millwall will host Blackburn Rovers on the 6th of May with a 8-3 head to head statistic in favor of Blackburn Rovers (6 draws).
Queens Park Rangers – Formation
Queens Park Rangers
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82'Queens Park Rangers started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Neil Critchley decided to play with the following team: Seny Dieng , Ethan Laird , Robert Dickie , Jimmy Dunne , Kenneth Paal , Andre Dozzell , Samuel Field , Stefan Johansen , Ilias Chair , Sinclair Armstrong and Jamal Lowe .
The home team had on the bench: Jordan Archer, Osman Kakay, Tim Iroegbunam, Chris Martin , Joseph Gubbins, Albert Adomah and Christopher Willock.
Queens Park Rangers could not rely on the presence of Chris Willock (injured) and Albert Adomah (injured).
Substitutions
Queens Park Rangers made 3 changes: Stefan Johansen for Chris Martin (64′), Sinclair Armstrong for Christopher Willock (69′) and Chris Willock for Albert Adomah (76′).
Best player: Samuel Field
The player that probably impressed the most for Queens Park Rangers was Samuel Field.
His rating is with 39 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12.
Millwall – Formation
Millwall
Millwall started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Gary Rowett played with: George Long , Danny McNamara , Charlie Cresswell , Jake Cooper , Murray Wallace , Billy Mitchell , George Saville , George Honeyman , Zian Flemming , Duncan Watmore and Tom Bradshaw .
They had on the bench: Bartosz Białkowski, Ryan Leonard, Romain Esse, Jamie Shackleton, Oliver Burke , Scott Malone and Andreas Voglsammer.
Substitutions
Millwall made 4 changes: Duncan Watmore for Oliver Burke (68′), Tom Bradshaw for Andreas Voglsammer (85′), Zian Flemming for Jamie Shackleton (85′) and George Honeyman for Ryan Leonard (90′).
Best player: Zian Flemming
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Millwall was Zian Flemming even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 19 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Wigan Athletic – Huddersfield Town – 1-0
- Watford – Blackburn Rovers – 1-1
- Sunderland – Reading – 1-0
- Stoke City – Hull City – 0-0
- Sheffield United – Swansea City – 3-0
- Queens Park Rangers – Millwall – 1-2
- Coventry City – Luton Town – 1-1
- Cardiff City – Middlesbrough – 1-3
- Burnley – Preston North End – 3-0
- Bristol City – Norwich City – 1-0
- Blackpool – Rotherham United – 0-0
