Blackburn Rovers — Millwall 3:1, 12 September: match result

match finished Championship · Matchday 7 Saturday 12 September · 14:00 UTC

Blackburn Rovers 16th · 8 pts DW

3 : 1 1st half 1:0

Millwall 12th · 10 pts DDL

Ewood Park · referee J. Smith

Match predictionBold

Millwall +1.5

83% · Millwall games average 4 goals

Prediction missed. We predicted “Millwall +1.5”, and the match finished 3:1.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Blackburn Rovers 44% draw 24% Millwall 32%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Blackburn Rovers win, and the match finished 3:1. Fans backed Blackburn Rovers win — they got it right.

fans 34 votes

Blackburn Rovers 50% draw 15% Millwall 35%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

H. Carter 13'

H. Pickering for Y. Ribeiro 16'

S. Morsy 39'

O. Afolayan assist: S. Morsy 1-0 41'

H. Pickering 45'

Z. Sturge 45+4'

G. Beyuku for R. Alebiosu 46'

Y. Issoufou for R. Esse 46'

M. Sykes for J. Osei-Tutu 46'

G. Beyuku 50'

L. Dykes penalty 1-1 51'

O. Afolayan assist: T. Atcheson 2-1 58'

J. Fevrier for O. Afolayan 69'

A. Gudjohnsen for T. Cantwell 70'

D. Kelly for D. Mazou-Sacko 76'

J. Metcalfe 81'

E. Baggott for J. Metcalfe 82'

Z. Lovelace for J. Cooper 82'

J. Fevrier 86'

A. Gudjohnsen assist: J. Fevrier 3-1 90+3'

M. Sykes 90+2'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Blackburn Rovers 5-4-1 · Tony Mowbray 4-2-3-1 · Alex Neil Millwall

Balázs Tóth  
Ryan Alebiosu  6 Tom Atcheson  17 Hayden Carter  15 Sean McLoughlin  4 Yuri Ribeiro  
Ryoya Morishita  8 Sam Morsy  31 Kristi Montgomery  21 Oladapo Afolayan  
Todd Cantwell  

Lyndon Dykes  
Romain Esse  7 Tairyk Arconte  10 Camiel Neghli  
Derek Mazou-Sacko  14 Jenson Metcalfe  
Jordi Osei-Tutu  6 Caleb Taylor  5 Jake Cooper  3 Zak Sturge  
Max Crocombe  

Blackburn Rovers bench

9Andri Guðjohnsen
1Aynsley Pears
53Frank Vare
27Gady Beyuku
3Harry Pickering
45Harvey Higgins
30Jake Garrett
11Jayden Fevrier
24Moussa Baradji

Millwall bench

44Alfie Massey
16Daniel Kelly
23Danny Batth
12Elkan Baggott
34Filip Marschall
17Mark Sykes
55Tristan Parkes
35Yanis Issoufou
29Zak Lovelace

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

45%Possession55%

17Shots13

3Shots on target2

10Shots off target6

4Blocked shots5

7Shots inside box11

10Shots outside box2

85Attacks110

52Dangerous attacks42

6Corners2

1Offsides2

8Fouls13

5Yellow cards2

1Saves1

350Passes431

274Accurate passes340

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties1

Blackburn Rovers

MillwallThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Blackburn Rovers and Millwall met on matchday 7 of the Championship on 12 September at Ewood Park. Final score — 3:1.

Blackburn Rovers sit 16th on 8 points after 2 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses). Millwall sit 12th on 10 points after 3 matches (0 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss), winless in 3 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Blackburn Rovers last five Millwall

DW form DDL

2 Matches 3

1 — 1 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 2 — 1

5 — 3 Scored — conceded 5 — 7

2 Points per game 0.67

2.5 Goals scored per game 1.67

0 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 0

unbeaten in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Blackburn Rovers at home: 1 match, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 3—1, 3 points per match.

Millwall away: 2 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 3—5, 0.5 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	Birmingham City	8	2	5	1	12—11	11
11	Millwall	8	3	2	3	15—15	11
12	Lincoln City	8	3	2	3	7—8	11
…
15	Norwich City	7	3	0	4	13—13	9
16	Blackburn Rovers	8	2	3	3	12—12	9
17	Sheffield United	8	2	3	3	9—11	9

Full Championship table