Two sides in the middle of the EFL Championship table, Coventry and Millwall are set to square off at the CBS Arena on Wednesday night in their 23rd fixture of the season. Kickoff is scheduled for 29th December 2021 at 22:45 EAT.
Coventry sits the 10th spot on the standing with 34 points from 22 games. They won nine times in the league while drawing on seven and losing on six other occasions. They have scored 29 goals in total while conceding a sum of 26 so far in the league.
The Sky Blues shared spoils 1-1 with Huddersfield Town in their previous Championship game. In that game, Coventry had 65% possession, 22 shots with 12 of them on target and a goal scored by Matt Godden (93′). Huddersfield Town got nine shots with two of them on target and a goal by Danny Ward (18′).
Millwall on the other hand, is at the 12th position on the table with 30 points. Of the 22 games played, they won in seven games while drawing in nine and losing in six occasions. The lions have scored a total of 24 goals to conceding the same number of goals in the same period.
Coming into this game, Millwall will want to make amends here following the 2-1 loss to Peterborough United in their previous Championship outing. In that match, Millwall got 35% possession, 15 shot with three of them on target on target and goals by Bradshaw (16′) and Danny McNamara (64′ Own goal). Peterborough United fired 21 shots with seven of them on target and a goal by Jonson Clarke-Harris (67′).
Coventry City vs Millwall head to head
Out of the 20 times these two sides have met since 2001, Millwall has 10 wins, Coventry eight wins and they have recorded three stalemates.
- Millwall 1-1 Coventry 18/09/21
- Coventry 6-1 Millwall 08/05/21
- Millwall 1-2 Coventry 02/01/21
- Coventry 0-2 Millwall 04/02/17
- Millwall 1-1 Coventry 10/09/16
Home
- Huddersfield 1-1 Coventry
- Coventry 1-2 West Bromwich
- Bournemouth 2-2 Coventry
- Coventry 0-0 Birmingham
- Sheffield 0-0 Coventry
Away
- Peterborough 2-1 Millwall
- Millwall 3-1 Birmingham
- Hull 2-1 Millwall
- Millwall 1-1 Bournemouth
- Middlesbrough 1-1 Millwall
Coventry City team news
The home side will miss out the services of Jake Clarke-Salter and Martyn Waghorn while Gustavo Hamer has returned to training from his injury but is a doubt for this game.
Millwall team news
For the visitors’ Daniel Ballard, Ryan Leonard and Connor Mahoney will not feature in this game as they are on the sidelines through injuries.
Prediction and odds
Coventry boasts the division’s fourth-best record on home turf and we predict they will make use of their home advantage once to take down Millwall who are struggling with Covid-19 hit.
- Coventry City Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
