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
- ! 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
Standings
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 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
, George Tanner , Zak Vyner , Rob Dickie , Cameron Pring , Joe Williams , Jason Knight , Mark Sykes , Max Bird , Anis Mehmeti and Sinclair Armstrong .The home team had on the bench: Kal Naismith, Haydon Roberts, Fally Mayulu
, Scott Twine , Nahki Wells, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Stefan Bajic, Harry Cornick and George Earthy .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
with 62 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.Millwall – Formation
Also Millwall adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Neil Harris played with: Romain Esse, Lukas Jensen
, Ryan Leonard , Shaun Hutchinson , Jake Cooper , Joe Bryan , Casper De Norre , George Saville , Romain Esse , George Honeyman and Duncan Watmore , Tom Bradshaw .They had on the bench: Macaulay Langstaff
, Danny McNamara , Liam Roberts, Aidomo Emakhu , Connal Trueman, Tom Leahy, Kyle Ray Smith, Alfie Massey and Wes Harding.Substitutions
Millwall made 3 changes: Duncan Watmore for Aidomo Emakhu (77′), Romain Esse for Danny McNamara (77′) and Tom Bradshaw for Macaulay Langstaff (83′).
Player of the match: Duncan Watmore
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Millwall was Duncan Watmore.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 13 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 13.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Derby County – Middlesbrough – 1-0
- Portsmouth – Luton Town – 0-0
- West Bromwich Albion – Leeds United – 0-0
- Bristol City – Millwall – 4-3
- Burnley – Cardiff City – 5-0
- Norwich City – Blackburn Rovers – 2-2
- Plymouth Argyle – Hull City – 1-1
- Sheffield United – Queens Park Rangers – 2-2
- Swansea City – Preston North End – 3-0
- Watford – Stoke City – 3-0