LONDON. Bristol City snatched a late win Millwall 1-0 after M. James scored just 1 goal (90′).

The match was played at the The Den stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 10:00 am local time. The referee was Keith Stroud who had the assistance of Matthew Smith and Richard Wild. The 4th official was Ben Atkinson. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was hot at 25.38 degrees Celsius or 77.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bristol City was in firm control of the ball 55% while Millwall was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bristol City was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bristol City won the match.​

Millwall shot 10 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Bristol City shot 13 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Millwall received 1 yellow card (Shaun Hutchinson). On the other side, Bristol City received 3 yellow cards (Joe Williams, Cameron Pring and Zak Vyner).

Standings

After playing this match, Millwall stays with 3 points to occupy the 15th place in the table. On the other side, Bristol City has 4 points (9th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Millwall will host Leicester City on the 9th of April with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Millwall (1 draw).

Bristol City will host Blackburn Rovers on the 10th of April with a 6-6 head to head record.

Millwall – Formation

Millwall started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Gary Rowett decided to play with the following team: Wes Harding, Matija Šarkić (6.6), Shaun Hutchinson (6.8), Jake Cooper (7.2), Murray Wallace (7.6), Danny McNamara (7.3), Billy Mitchell (6.8), Casper De Norre (7.0), Duncan Watmore (6.7), Joe Bryan (7.2), Kevin Nisbet (7.1) and Zian Flemming (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: George Saville (7.0), George Evans, Tom Bradshaw (6.7), Ryan Leonard, Andreas Voglsammer, Aidomo Emakhu (6.6), Romain Esse (6.6) and Bartosz Białkowski.

Substitutions

Millwall made 5 changes: Duncan Watmore for Tom Bradshaw (62′), Casper De Norre for George Saville (80′), Kevin Nisbet for Aidomo Emakhu (80′), Zian Flemming for Romain Esse (80′) and Danny McNamara for Ryan Leonard (90′).

Best player: Murray Wallace​

The player that probably impressed the most for Millwall was Murray Wallace.

His rating is (7.6) with 55 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5.

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Nigel Pearson played with: Max O’Leary (7.2), George Tanner (7.6), Zak Vyner (7.1), Robert Dickie (7.1), Cameron Pring (7.3), Matty James (6.9), Joe Williams (6.8), Jason Knight (7.2), Mark Sykes (6.9), Nahki Wells (6.8), Sam Bell (6.5).

They had on the bench: Harry Cornick (6.9), Anis Mehmeti (6.6), Kal Naismith (6.7), Andy King, Harvey Wiles-Richards, Haydon Roberts (6.6), Jamie Knight-Lebel, Raphael Araoye and Ephrahim Yeboah.

Substitutions

Bristol City made 4 changes: Nahki Wells for Anis Mehmeti (63′), Mark Sykes for Harry Cornick (63′), Joe Williams for Kal Naismith (63′) and Cameron Pring for Haydon Roberts (76′).

Best player: George Tanner​

The most impressive player for Bristol City was George Tanner even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 53 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• West Bromwich Albion – Swansea City – 3-2
• Watford – Plymouth Argyle – 0-0
• Southampton – Norwich City – 4-4
• Rotherham United – Blackburn Rovers – 2-2
• Preston North End – Sunderland – 2-1
• Millwall – Bristol City – 0-1
• Ipswich Town – Stoke City – 2-0
• Hull City – Sheffield Wednesday – 4-2
• Huddersfield Town – Leicester City – 0-1
• Coventry City – Middlesbrough – 3-0
• Cardiff City – Queens Park Rangers – 1-2
• Birmingham City – Leeds United – 1-0