LONDON. Ipswich Town overcomes Millwall 4-0 after playing a incredible match. Nathan Broadhead (24′), Wes Harding (32′ own), Kieffer Moore (45′) and Ali Al-Hamadi (90′ pen). Ipswich Town was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the The Den stadium in London on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 15,890 spectators. The referee was Samuel Barrott with the assistance of Daniel Leach and Adam Crysell. The 4th official was James Bell. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.89 degrees Celsius or 53.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- ! 34 Ball Possession 66
Shots
- 14 Total 8
- 4 On Target 4
- 7 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 83 Attack 98
- 32 Dangerous attack 49
- 49 Ball safe 63
- 0 Penalties 1
- 9 Corners 5
Fouls
- 10 Total 12
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Ipswich Town had a strong ball possession 66% while Millwall was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ipswich Town had a more offensive attitude with 49 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ipswich Town won the match.
Millwall shot 14 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Ipswich Town shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Millwall received 3 yellow cards (George Saville, Danny McNamara and Ryan Leonard). Regarding the opposition, Ipswich Town received 1 yellow card (Leif Davis).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Millwall stays with 33 points to remain in the 21st place. Talking about the opposition, Ipswich Town will has 63 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Millwall will host Sheffield Wednesday on the 17th of February with a 6-5 head to head in favor of Sheffield Wednesday (6 draws).
Ipswich Town will host Rotherham United on the 27th of January with a 8-4 head to head in favor of Rotherham United (2 draws).
Millwall – Formation
Millwall started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Joe Edwards decided to play with the following team: Joe Bryan, Michael Obafemi, Matija Sarkic
, Ryan Leonard , Wes Harding , Jake Cooper , Danny McNamara , George Honeyman , George Saville , Murray Wallace , Romain Esse , Zian Flemming and Tom Bradshaw .The home team had on the bench: Japhet Tanganga, Casper De Norre
, Billy Mitchell , Adam Mayor , Allan Campbell, Duncan Watmore , Bartosz Bialkowski, Nana Boateng and George Walker.Substitutions
Millwall made 4 changes: Wes Harding for Casper De Norre (46′), Tom Bradshaw for Duncan Watmore (71′), Romain Esse for Adam Mayor (71′) and George Honeyman for Billy Mitchell (71′).
Player of the match: George Saville
The most impressive player for Millwall was George Saville.
His rating is
with 28 passes (71% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 9 crosses.Ipswich Town – Formation
Ipswich Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Kieran McKenna played with: George Edmundson, Václav Hladký
, Harry Clarke , Luke Woolfenden , Cameron Burgess , Leif Davis , Sam Morsy , Massimo Luongo , Wes Burns , Omari Giraud-Hutchinson , Nathan Broadhead , Kieffer Moore .These were the players on the bench: Conor Chaplin
, Christian Walton, Marcus Harness, Ali Al-Hamadi , Kayden Jackson , Jeremy Sarmiento , Lewis Travis , Cameron Humphreys and Axel Tuanzebe.Ipswich Town could not rely on the presence of Kayden Jackson (injured).
Substitutions
Ipswich Town made 5 changes: Omari Giraud-Hutchinson for Conor Chaplin (67′), Nathan Broadhead for Jeremy Sarmiento (67′), Wes Burns for Kayden Jackson (86′), Massimo Luongo for Lewis Travis (76′) and Kieffer Moore for Ali Al-Hamadi (76′).
Player of the match: Harry Clarke
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ipswich Town was Harry Clarke even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 90 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Stoke City – Queens Park Rangers – 1-0
- Preston North End – Middlesbrough – 2-1
- Plymouth Argyle – Coventry City – 2-2
- Millwall – Ipswich Town – 0-4
- Huddersfield Town – Sunderland – 1-0