Millwall – Sheffield Utd SOCCER PICKS
Millwall and Sheffield United meet at The Den, in a match for the 10th round of the Championship. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 3 wins in the last 3 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 12-02-2017, in a match for the Championship which ended with Millwall’s victory by (3-1). The goals of the match were scored by L. Gregory (14 ‘), M. Romeo (66’) and J. Cooper (87 ‘), for Millwall, and D. Brooks (41′), for Sheffield United. Despite being a match between 22nd and 4th of the table, it is actually a match between the 18th classified in home games and the 8th as a visitor.
Millwall:
The home team is currently in the 22 th position of the league, with 6 points won, after 1 win, 3 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Queens Park Rangers, by (2-0). In the last match, they lost in an away match against West Bromwich Albion, by (2-0). This is a team that usually makes it competitive in the home, since they have won 5 points in their stadium, where they have scored 6 goals and suffered 6 points, against only 1 point out, with 1 goal and 7 conceded. The team comes to this match after a home loss to Fulham by (1-3). For the league, Millwall won 5 points out of 12 possible points, after 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 4 home matches.
For this competition, he does not win 6 games ago. Defensive consistency has not been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 9 matches for this competition. In 9 matches in this competition, they never got the comeback in the 4 games in which they suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 8 home matches for all competitions: they have suffered 5 of their 10 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
The Millwall enters this unmotivated match, after a defeat at home by 1-3 at the reception to Fulham, in a game to count for the League Cup. In the last match for the championship, the home side lost to West Bromwich, 2-0. The local team usually acts in a traditional 4-4-2, favoring a faster game style, of constant transitions, attacking, preferably, by the flanks. Note that in this tactical drawing, the most advanced players are Gregory and Elliott. Hutchinson will be out of this game due to injury.
Sheffield United:
The away team is currently in the 4 th position of the league, with 16 points won, after 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Birmingham City, by (0-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Preston North End, by (3-2). This is a stronger team in his stadium, where he has won 10 points, against only 6 in his away matches. In the last away game in this competition, they lost in by (1-0) against Bristol City. In the last 4 away league matches Sheffield United has a record of 2 wins and 2 losses, so they have won 6 points out of 12 possible. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 9 matches for this competition, so it was not very strong defensively.
Sheffield United enter this match after a win at home, 3-2, in the reception at Preston North End: the goals of the three points were scored by Sharp, McGoldrick and Basham. The visiting team usually acts in a 3-5-2, giving more importance to a style of leisurely play, possession of the ball, progressing on the ground, mainly, through the central zone. The two arrows pointing to the goal of the rival will be Sharp and McGoldrick, being that in the middle zone of the terrain it is possible that Stevens, Norwood, Duffy, Fleck and Freeman act. For this game the coach can count on all his players.
