LONDON. Millwall didn’t concede much to Hull City to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Saturday..
The match was played at the The Den stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was John Busby who had the assistance of Bhupinder Gill and Lee Venamore. The 4th official was Craig Hicks. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.6 degrees Celsius or 54.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​
Match Statistics​
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Millwall was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Hull City that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Millwall was more pushing with 95 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Millwall to win the match​.
Millwall shot 23 times, 7 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hull City shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Millwall didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Hull City received 3 yellow cards (D. Pelkas, T. Smith and L. Coyle).
Also, Hull City didn’t end the match with 11 players after O. Estupinan (Hull City) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (37′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Millwall will have 28 points to hold in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Hull City will have 21 points like Middlesbrough to hold in the 21st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Millwall will play away with Sunderland on the 3rd of December with a 0-0 head to head record.
Hull City will play away agasint Cardiff City on the 8th of November with a 10-8 head to head record in favor of Hull City (4 draws).
Millwall – Formation
Millwall adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Gary Rowett decided to play with the following team: George Long , Danny McNamara , Charlie Cresswell , Jake Cooper , Scott Malone , Billy Mitchell , George Saville , George Honeyman , Zian Flemming , Tyler Burey and Tom Bradshaw .
The home team had on the bench: Jamie Shackleton, George Evans, Callum Styles , Isaac Olaofe, Mason Bennett , Bartosz Białkowski and Andreas Voglsammer .
Substitutions
Millwall made 5 changes: G. Honeyman for C. Styles (65′), T. Burey for M. Bennett (65′), G. Saville for A. Voglsammer (65′), D. McNamara for G. Evans (86′) and B. Mitchell for J. Shackleton (86′).
Best player: Scott Malone​
The player that probably impressed the most for Millwall was Scott Malone.
His rating is with 46 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 5. He performed 10 crosses.
Hull City – Formation
Also Hull City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Liam Rosenior played with: Nathan Baxter , Cyrus Christie , Tobias Figueiredo , Alfie Jones , Jacob Greaves , Ryan Woods , Jean Michaël Seri , Regan Slater , Dimitrios Pelkas , Ryan Longman and Óscar Estupiñán .
These were the players on the bench: Matt Ingram, Ozan Tufan, Tyler Smith, Sean McLoughlin, DoÄŸukan Sinik, Greg Docherty and Lewie Coyle.
Substitutions
Hull City made 4 changes: D. Pelkas for G. Docherty (53′), R. Woods for L. Coyle (73′), R. Longman for T. Smith (80′) and R. Slater for S. McLoughlin (80′).
Best player: Alfie Jones​
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hull City was Alfie Jones.
His rating is with 51 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.​
- Watford – Coventry City – 0-1
- Swansea City – Wigan Athletic – 2-2
- Sunderland – Cardiff City – 0-1
- Stoke City – Birmingham City – 1-2
- Sheffield United – Burnley – 5-2
- Rotherham United – Norwich City – 1-2
- Queens Park Rangers – West Bromwich Albion – 0-1
- Millwall – Hull City – 0-0
- Middlesbrough – Bristol City – 1-1
- Blackpool – Luton Town – 0-1
- Blackburn Rovers – Huddersfield Town – 1-0