LONDON. Millwall snatched a late win Birmingham City 1-0 after J. Tanganga scored just 1 goal (90′).

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 17,008 spectators.​ The referee was Darren Bond who had the assistance of Darren Cann and Alex James. The 4th official was John Busby. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.12 degrees Celsius or 53.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Millwall was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Birmingham City that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Millwall had a more offensive attitude with 69 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Millwall won the match​.

Millwall shot 12 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Birmingham City shot 16 times, 1 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Millwall received 2 yellow cards (Ryan Leonard and Joe Bryan). On the other side, Birmingham City received 1 yellow card (Lee Buchanan).

Standings

After playing this match, Millwall has 43 points like Swansea City to sit in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Birmingham City will stays with 39 points like Queens Park Rangers to sit in the 21st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Millwall will play away against Leeds United on the 16th of March with a 14-11 head to head in favor of Leeds United (2 draws).

Birmingham City will host Middlesbrough on the 12th of March with a 15-7 head to head stats in favor of Middlesbrough (5 draws).

Millwall – Formation

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

The manager Neil Harris decided to play with the following team: Aidomo Emakhu, Matija Sarkic  (7.1), Ryan Leonard (7.9), Japhet Tanganga (8.1), Jake Cooper (8.1), Joe Bryan (7.5), George Honeyman (7.3), Billy Mitchell (7.7), George Saville (7.8), Duncan Watmore (6.8), Michael Obafemi (6.7) and Zian Flemming (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Danny McNamara, Ryan Longman (6.4), Murray Wallace, Shaun Hutchinson, Adam Mayor, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Casper De Norre, Romain Esse and Bartosz Bialkowski.

Substitutions

Millwall made 3 changes: Duncan Watmore for Ryan Longman (60′), Michael Obafemi for Shaun Hutchinson (90′) and Zian Flemming for Brooke Norton-Cuffy (90′).

Player of the match: Jake Cooper​

The player that probably impressed the most for Millwall was Jake Cooper even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 32 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 11.

Birmingham City – Formation

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

Tony Mowbray played with: John Ruddy (8.1), Cody Drameh (7.3), Emanuel Aiwu (7.0), Marc Roberts (7.5), Lee Buchanan (7.3), Ivan Šunjić (6.8), Seung-ho Paik (6.7), Koji Miyoshi (7.5), Alex Pritchard (7.1), J. Bacuna (7.1), Jay Stansfield (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ethan Laird, Tyler Roberts, Andre Dozzell, Siriki Dembélé, Jordan James (6.4), Neil Etheridge , Lukas Jutkiewicz (6.7), Gary Gardner and George Hall (6.4).

Substitutions

Birmingham City made 3 changes: Ivan Šunjić for Jordan James (83′), Alex Pritchard for Lukas Jutkiewicz (83′) and Koji Miyoshi for George Hall (73′).

Player of the match: John Ruddy​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Birmingham City was the goalkeeper: John Ruddy. His rating is 8.06. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Watford – Coventry City – 1-2
• Southampton – Sunderland – 4-2
• Queens Park Rangers – Middlesbrough – 0-2
• Preston North End – Stoke City – 1-2
• Norwich City – Rotherham United – 5-0
• Millwall – Birmingham City – 1-0
• Hull City – Leicester City – 2-2
• Cardiff City – Ipswich Town – 2-1
• Blackburn Rovers – Plymouth Argyle – 1-1