BRISTOL. Millwall snatched a late win Bristol City 1-0 after S. Hutchinson scored just 1 goal (90′).

The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 21,755 spectators.​ The referee was Tom Nield assisted by Mark Stevens and Andrew Fox. The 4th official was Samuel Barrott. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 7.59 degrees Celsius or 45.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Bristol City was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Millwall that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Millwall was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Millwall won the match.​

Bristol City shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Millwall shot 11 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Bristol City received 1 yellow card (Joe Williams). Regarding the opposition, Millwall received 2 yellow cards (Ryan Leonard and Brooke Norton-Cuffy).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Bristol City stays with 36 points like Watford and Middlesbrough to remain in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Millwall will has 32 points like Swansea City and Blackburn Rovers to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will play away with Preston North End on the 13th of January with a 10-6 head to head statistic in favor of Preston North End (13 draws).

Millwall will host Middlesbrough on the 13th of January with a 9-9 head to head statistic.

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Liam Manning decided to play with the following team: Max O’Leary (6.4), George Tanner (7.1), Zak Vyner (7.1), Robert Dickie (7.5), Cameron Pring (7.7), Joe Williams (7.3), Matty James (6.7), Andreas Weimann (7.3), Jason Knight (7.1), Anis Mehmeti (6.4) and Tommy Conway (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Mark Sykes (6.8), Nahki Wells (6.8), Taylor Gardner-Hickman (6.3), Harry Cornick (6.4), Andy King, Sam Bell (6.3), Stefan Bajić, Jamie Knight-Lebel and Raekwan Nelson.

Bristol City could not rely on the presence of Harry Cornick (injured).

Substitutions

Bristol City made 5 changes: Andreas Weimann for Mark Sykes (54′), Matty James for Taylor Gardner-Hickman (55′), Tommy Conway for Nahki Wells (71′), Anis Mehmeti for Sam Bell (72′) and Mark Sykes for Harry Cornick (77′).

Player of the match: Cameron Pring​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol City was Cameron Pring.

His rating is 7.7 with 57 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8.

Millwall – Formation

Millwall started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Joe Edwards played with: George Saville, Matija Sarkic  (6.7), Ryan Leonard (7.1), Shaun Hutchinson (8.1), Jake Cooper (6.7), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (7.3), George Honeyman (7.3), Billy Mitchell (7.5), Murray Wallace (7.0), Duncan Watmore (6.6) and Zian Flemming (7.3), Tom Bradshaw (6.8).

They had on the bench: Aidomo Emakhu (6.7), Danny McNamara (6.8), Kevin Nisbet (6.8), Ryan Longman (6.7), Allan Campbell, Joe Bryan, Romain Esse, Bartosz Bialkowski and Sashiel Adom-Malaki.

Substitutions

Millwall made 4 changes: Duncan Watmore for Aidomo Emakhu (62′), Tom Bradshaw for Kevin Nisbet (71′), Zian Flemming for Ryan Longman (85′) and Brooke Norton-Cuffy for Danny McNamara (85′).

Player of the match: Shaun Hutchinson​

The player that probably impressed the most for Millwall was Shaun Hutchinson.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 63 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

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