LONDON. Coventry City was after all too good for Millwall with the goal of Matt Godden (30′), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (67′) and Ben Sheaf (88′). Millwall was surely superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
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 18,067 spectators. The referee was Darren England with the support of Daniel Cook and Natalie Aspinall. The 4th official was Thomas Kirk. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 1.17 degrees Celsius or 34.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 21 Total 11
- 6 On Target 9
- 10 Off Target 3
- 6 Shots blocked 0
- 123 Attack 102
- 48 Dangerous attack 28
- 70 Ball safe 70
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 11 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Millwall had a strong ball possession 62% while Coventry City was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Millwall was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Coventry City was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Millwall shot 21 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Coventry City shot 11 times, 9 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Millwall received 2 yellow cards (Murray Wallace and George Saville). Regarding the opposition, Coventry City received 1 yellow card (Bobby Thomas).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Millwall will stay with 20 points like Swansea City to remain in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Coventry City will have 19 points like Plymouth Argyle to remain in the 20th 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).
Coventry City will play away agasint Southampton on the 9th of April with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Southampton (5 draws).
Millwall – Formation
Millwall
76'
62'
Millwall started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Joe Edwards decided to play with the following team: Bartosz Bialkowski , Brooke Norton-Cuffy , Wes Harding , Jake Cooper , Murray Wallace , George Honeyman , Casper De Norre , George Saville , Ryan Longman , Zian Flemming and Tom Bradshaw .
The home team had on the bench: Shaun Hutchinson, Kevin Nisbet , Billy Mitchell, Allan Campbell, Ryan Leonard, Duncan Watmore , Aidomo Emakhu , Romain Esse and Connal Trueman.
Substitutions
Millwall made 4 changes: Ryan Longman for Aidomo Emakhu (62′), George Honeyman for Duncan Watmore (61′), Tom Bradshaw for Kevin Nisbet (69′) and Zian Flemming for Romain Esse (81′).
Player of the match: Casper De Norre
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Millwall was Casper De Norre.
His rating is with 94 passes (87% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.
Coventry City – Formation
Coventry City
88'
Coventry City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Mark Robins played with: Bradley Collins , Milan van Ewijk , Bobby Thomas , Liam Kitching , Jake Bidwell , Josh Eccles , Ben Sheaf , Jamie Allen , Tatsuhiro Sakamoto , Matt Godden and Haji Wright .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ellis Simms , Joel Latibeaudiere , Luis Binks, Jay Dasilva, Kyle McFadzean, Liam Kelly, Callum O’Hare, Ben Wilson and Yasin Ayari.
Substitutions
Coventry City made 2 changes: Matt Godden for Joel Latibeaudiere (84′) and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto for Ellis Simms (84′).
Player of the match: Ben Sheaf
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Coventry City was Ben Sheaf.
His rating is with 1 goal, 37 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 14 duels out of 18.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- West Bromwich Albion – Ipswich Town – 2-0
- Swansea City – Hull City – 2-2
- Stoke City – Blackburn Rovers – 0-3
- Preston North End – Cardiff City – 1-2
- Plymouth Argyle – Sunderland – 2-0
- Norwich City – Queens Park Rangers – 1-0
- Millwall – Coventry City – 0-3
- Leicester City – Watford – 2-0
- Huddersfield Town – Southampton – 1-1
- Bristol City – Middlesbrough – 3-2
- Birmingham City – Sheffield Wednesday – 2-1
