Bristol City overcomes Millwall 4-3. HIGHLIGHTS

BRISTOL. Bristol City had a close win over Millwall.

August 18, 2024

BRISTOL. Bristol City had a narrow win over Millwall. Bristol City was truly superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 20,733 spectators. The referee was Sunny Sukhvir Gill with the assistance of Shaun Hudson and Mark Russell. The 4th official was Charles Breakspear. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.69 degrees Celsius or 67.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.

Match Statistics

Bristol City

4 - 3

Millwall

! 61 Ball Possession 39

Shots

11 Total 14
7 On Target 4
4 Off Target 5
1 Shots blocked 5

137 Attack 78
49 Dangerous attack 45
81 Ball safe 58

0 Penalties 1
5 Corners 4
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

11 Total 12
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Bristol City had a strong ball possession 61% while Millwall was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bristol City was more pushing with 49 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bristol City won the match.

Bristol City shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Millwall shot 14 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Bristol City received 1 yellow card (Mark Sykes). Talking about the opposition, Millwall received 2 yellow cards (Lukas Jensen and Casper De Norre).

Match Timeline

Anis Mehmeti(goal)

Sinclair Armstrong(goal)Max Bird

12'

49'

Casper De Norre- Yellow

Mark Sykes- Yellow

50'

51'

Romain Esse(goal)George Honeyman

54'

Tom Bradshaw(penalty)

64'

Duncan Watmore(goal)

Fally Mayulu- sub ->Sinclair Armstrong

62'

67'

Lukas Jensen- Yellow

Fally Mayulu(goal)Max Bird

78'

77'

Aidomo Emakhu- sub ->Duncan Watmore

77'

Danny McNamara- sub ->Romain Esse

83'

Macaulay Langstaff- sub ->Tom Bradshaw

George Earthy- sub ->Mark Sykes

86'

88'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Bristol City has 4 points to occupy the 5th place in the standings. On the other side, Millwall stays with 0 points (22nd).

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will host Coventry City on the 24th of August with a 11-8 head to head in favor of Bristol City (7 draws).

Millwall will play away against Hull City on the 24th of August with a 8-7 head to head stats in favor of Hull City (7 draws).

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City

Max O'Leary 1.England

6.5

Rob Dickie 16.England

6.5

Cameron Pring 3.England

6.8

Zak Vyner 14.England

6.8

George Tanner 19.England

6.6

Joe Williams 8.England

8.1

Max Bird 6.England

8.0

Anis Mehmeti 11.Albania

6.7

62'

Jason Knight 12.Republic of Ireland

6.8

Mark Sykes 17.Northern Ireland

6.5

86'

50'

Sinclair Armstrong 30.Republic of Ireland

7.7

62'

12'

Substitutes

Stefan Bajic 23.France

Taylor Gardner-Hickman 22.England

Kal Naismith 4.Scotland

Haydon Roberts 24.England

Scott Twine 10.England

7.3

62'

88'

George Earthy 40.England

6.9

86'

Fally Mayulu 9.France

7.1

62'

78'

Nahki Wells 21.Bermuda

Harry Cornick 27.England

Bristol City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Liam Manning decided to play with the following team: Max O’Leary (6.5), George Tanner (6.6), Zak Vyner (6.8), Rob Dickie (6.5), Cameron Pring (6.8), Joe Williams (8.1), Jason Knight (6.8), Mark Sykes (6.5), Max Bird (8.0), Anis Mehmeti (6.7) and Sinclair Armstrong (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Kal Naismith, Haydon Roberts, Fally Mayulu (7.1), Scott Twine (7.3), Nahki Wells, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Stefan Bajic, Harry Cornick and George Earthy (6.9).

Substitutions

Bristol City made 3 changes: Sinclair Armstrong for Fally Mayulu (62′), Anis Mehmeti for Scott Twine (62′) and Mark Sykes for George Earthy (86′).

Player of the match: Joe Williams

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol City was Joe Williams even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 62 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Millwall – Formation

Millwall

Lukas Jensen 1.Denmark

6.2

67'

Shaun Hutchinson 4.England

6.4

89'

Jake Cooper 5.England

6.6

Joe Bryan 15.England

6.6

Ryan Leonard 18.England

6.0

Romain Esse 25.England

7.3

77'

51'

Duncan Watmore 19.England

7.5

77'

64'

George Saville 23.Northern Ireland

7.0

Casper De Norre 24.Belgium

6.3

49'

George Honeyman 39.England

7.3

Tom Bradshaw 9.Wales

7.0

83'

54'

Substitutes

Liam Roberts 13.England

Connal Trueman 27.England

Danny McNamara 2.England

6.4

77'

Kyle Ray Smith 37.England

Wes Harding 45.Jamaica

Aidomo Emakhu 22.Republic of Ireland

6.4

77'

Macaulay Langstaff 17.England

6.5

83'

Also Millwall adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Neil Harris played with: Romain Esse, Lukas Jensen (6.2), Ryan Leonard (6.0), Shaun Hutchinson (6.4), Jake Cooper (6.6), Joe Bryan (6.6), Casper De Norre (6.3), George Saville (7.0), Romain Esse (7.3), George Honeyman (7.3) and Duncan Watmore (7.5), Tom Bradshaw (7.0).

They had on the bench: Macaulay Langstaff (6.5), Danny McNamara (6.4), Liam Roberts, Aidomo Emakhu (6.4), Connal Trueman, Tom Leahy, Kyle Ray Smith, Alfie Massey and Wes Harding.