LONDON. Huddersfield Town was capable to snatch a draw against Millwall with a late goal from D. Burgzorg scored in the (90′) after Millwall got a lead with a goal from B. Norton-Cuffy (57′). Huddersfield Town was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)
The match was played at the The Den stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 15,040 spectators. The referee was Darren Bond assisted by Wade Smith and Bhupinder Gill. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.18 degrees Celsius or 50.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 12 Total 10
- 7 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 2
- 1 Shots blocked 7
- 92 Attack 85
- 53 Dangerous attack 47
- 62 Ball safe 57
- 0 Penalties 1
- 0 Corners 6
- 3 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 15 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Huddersfield Town had a superior ball possession 56% while Millwall was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Millwall had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Millwall to win the match.
Millwall shot 12 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Huddersfield Town shot 10 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Millwall didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Huddersfield Town received 2 yellow cards (Jack Rudoni and Jonathan Hogg).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Millwall has 22 points like Stoke City and Huddersfield Town to sit in the 19th place. On the opposite side, Huddersfield Town will has 22 points like Millwall and Stoke City to hold in the 21st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Millwall will play away with Stoke City on the 23rd of December with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Millwall (3 draws).
Huddersfield Town will play away against Norwich City on the 23rd of December with a 8-2 head to head stats in favor of Norwich City (2 draws).
Millwall – Formation
Millwall
64'
57'
Millwall started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Joe Edwards decided to play with the following team: Matija Sarkic , Ryan Leonard , Wes Harding , Jake Cooper , Brooke Norton-Cuffy , George Saville , Billy Mitchell , Murray Wallace , Zian Flemming , Tom Bradshaw and Kevin Nisbet .
The home team had on the bench: Danny McNamara, Shaun Hutchinson, Ryan Longman, Allan Campbell , Joe Bryan , Duncan Watmore , Aidomo Emakhu, Bartosz Bialkowski and George Honeyman.
Substitutions
Millwall made 4 changes: Murray Wallace for Joe Bryan (64′), Zian Flemming for Duncan Watmore (64′), Billy Mitchell for Allan Campbell (86′) and Tom Bradshaw for Ryan Longman (90′).
Player of the match: Brooke Norton-Cuffy
The most impressive player for Millwall was Brooke Norton-Cuffy.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (67% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 17. He performed 3 crosses.
Huddersfield Town – Formation
Huddersfield Town
45'
Huddersfield Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Darren Moore played with: Matthew Pearson, Lee Nicholls , Tom Lees , Michał Helik , Yuta Nakayama , Sorba Thomas , David Kasumu , Jonathan Hogg , Jack Rudoni , Jaheim Headley and Delano Burgzorg , Daniel Ward .
They had on the bench: Chris Maxwell , Ben Wiles, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Josh Koroma , Tom Edwards, Josh Austerfield, Loick Ayina, Tom Iorpenda and Michael Stone.
Huddersfield Town could not rely on the presence of Chris Maxwell (injured).
Substitutions
Huddersfield Town made 2 changes: Jonathan Hogg for Josh Koroma (79′) and Lee Nicholls for Chris Maxwell (66′).
Player of the match: Lee Nicholls
The most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was the goalkeeper: Lee Nicholls. His rating is 7.85. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Swansea City – Middlesbrough – 1-2
- Southampton – Blackburn Rovers – 4-0
- Sheffield Wednesday – Queens Park Rangers – 2-1
- Preston North End – Watford – 1-5
- Plymouth Argyle – Rotherham United – 3-2
- Millwall – Huddersfield Town – 1-1
- Leeds United – Coventry City – 1-1
- Ipswich Town – Norwich City – 2-2
- Hull City – Cardiff City – 3-0
- Bristol City – Sunderland – 1-0
