LONDON. Southampton snatched a late win Millwall 1-0 after R. Fraser scored just 1 goal (90′). Southampton was truly better in terms of ball possession (73%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the The Den stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 11:00 am local time. The referee was James Linington with the help of Andrew Fox and Andrew Dallison. The 4th official was Ben Speedie. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.47 degrees Celsius or 49.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Southampton had a strong ball possession 73% while Millwall was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Southampton was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Southampton won the match.​

Millwall shot 7 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Southampton shot 16 times, 8 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Millwall received 2 yellow cards (Ryan Longman and Murray Wallace). Talking about the opposition, Southampton received 2 yellow cards (Flynn Downes and Jan Bednarek).

Standings

After playing this contest, Millwall will stay with 17 points like Norwich City to hold in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Southampton will have 27 points to sit in the 4th 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 in favor of Millwall (1 draw).

Southampton will host Coventry City on the 9th of April with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Southampton (5 draws).

Millwall – Formation

Millwall started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Adam Barrett decided to play with the following team: Bartosz Białkowski (8.4), Danny McNamara (7.5), Wes Harding (7.3), Jake Cooper (7.7), Murray Wallace (7.3), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (6.7), Casper De Norre (6.7), George Saville (7.5), George Honeyman (7.1), Zian Flemming (7.0) and Tom Bradshaw (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Shaun Hutchinson, Kevin Nisbet (6.6), Billy Mitchell, Ryan Longman (6.7), Allan Campbell, Ryan Leonard, Aidomo Emakhu (6.4), Romain Esse and Connal Trueman.

Substitutions

Millwall made 3 changes: Brooke Norton-Cuffy for Ryan Longman (64′), George Honeyman for Aidomo Emakhu (64′) and Tom Bradshaw for Kevin Nisbet (84′).

Best player: Bartosz Białkowski​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Millwall was the goalkeeper: Bartosz Białkowski. His rating is 8.36. He performed 6 saves.

Southampton – Formation

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

Russell Martin played with: Gavin Bazunu (7.0), Kyle Walker-Peters (7.3), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (7.7), Jan Bednarek (7.7), James Bree (7.3), Will Smallbone (7.3), Flynn Downes (7.0), Stuart Armstrong (8.1), Carlos Alcaraz (7.7), Adam Armstrong (7.9) and Kamaldeen Sulemana (7.8).

They had on the bench: Alex McCarthy, Ryan Manning (6.7), Mason Holgate, Joe Aribo, Ché Adams (6.4), Sékou Mara, Samuel Edozie, Shea Charles (6.3) and Ryan Fraser (7.5).

Substitutions

Southampton made 4 changes: Stuart Armstrong for Ché Adams (83′), James Bree for Ryan Manning (71′), Kamaldeen Sulemana for Ryan Fraser (77′) and Will Smallbone for Shea Charles (83′).

Best player: Stuart Armstrong​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Southampton was Stuart Armstrong even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 55 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 9 crosses.

Results of the day

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

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