LONDON. Swansea City was ultimately too strong for Millwall with the goal of Jamal Lowe (23′ pen), Matt Grimes (57′) and Mykola Kukharevych (79′).
The match was played at the The Den stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 10:00 am local time. In front of 14,803 spectators. The referee was John Busby with the assistance of Richard Wild and Daniel Leach. The 4th official was Scott Simpson. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.24 degrees Celsius or 72.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 22 Total 7
- 5 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 2
- 10 Shots blocked 0
- 141 Attack 98
- 58 Dangerous attack 22
- 76 Ball safe 95
- 0 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 0
Fouls
- 16 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Millwall was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Swansea City that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Millwall was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Swansea City found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Millwall shot 22 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Swansea City shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Millwall received 2 yellow cards (Jake Cooper and Ryan Longman). Talking about the opposition, Swansea City received 2 yellow cards (Carl Rushworth and Ben Cabango).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Millwall will stay with 11 points like Plymouth Argyle and Coventry City to hold in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Swansea City will have 9 points like Watford to hold in the 19th place.
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).
Swansea City will host Stoke City on the 10th of April with a 13-7 head to head statistic in favor of Stoke City (4 draws).
Millwall – Formation
Millwall
80'
22'
Millwall started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Gary Rowett decided to play with the following team: Tom Bradshaw, Bartosz Białkowski , Ryan Leonard , Jake Cooper , Murray Wallace , Brooke Norton-Cuffy , Casper De Norre , Allan Campbell , Ryan Longman , Zian Flemming , Duncan Watmore and Kevin Nisbet .
The home team had on the bench: Billy Mitchell, George Honeyman, Danny McNamara , Aidomo Emakhu , George Saville , Wes Harding, Connal Trueman, Joe Bryan and Romain Esse .
Substitutions
Millwall made 5 changes: Allan Campbell for Aidomo Emakhu (70′), Ryan Longman for Joe Bryan (46′), Murray Wallace for Danny McNamara (80′), Zian Flemming for George Saville (80′) and Brooke Norton-Cuffy for Romain Esse (46′).
Best player: Zian Flemming
The player that probably impressed the most for Millwall was Zian Flemming.
His rating is with 29 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.
Swansea City – Formation
Swansea City
57'
Swansea City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Michael Duff played with: Kristian Pedersen, Carl Rushworth , Ben Cabango , Harry Darling , Bashir Humphreys , Matt Grimes , Josh Key , Charlie Patino , Jamal Lowe , Jamie Paterson , Liam Cullen and Jerry Yates .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Andrew Fisher, Josh Tymon , Mykola Kukharevych , Oliver Cooper , Kyle Naughton, Liam Walsh, Cameron Congreve, Harrison Ashby and Jay Fulton .
Substitutions
Swansea City made 4 changes: Liam Cullen for Oliver Cooper (78′), Jerry Yates for Mykola Kukharevych (46′), Jamie Paterson for Josh Tymon (63′) and Charlie Patino for Jay Fulton (70′).
Best player: Bashir Humphreys
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Swansea City was Bashir Humphreys even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 66 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Middlesbrough – 2-3
- Southampton – Leeds United – 3-1
- Queens Park Rangers – Coventry City – 1-3
- Preston North End – West Bromwich Albion – 0-4
- Norwich City – Birmingham City – 2-0
- Millwall – Swansea City – 0-3
- Hull City – Plymouth Argyle – 1-1
- Huddersfield Town – Ipswich Town – 1-1
- Cardiff City – Rotherham United – 2-0
- Bristol City – Stoke City – 2-3
