Saturday , 14 November 2026

Millwall FC vs Cardiff City FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2024-25
Millwall FC
2 – 2
Full Time
Cardiff City FC
Tue 21 Jan 2025 · 20:00 UTC The Den 12,041 HT 45' · FT 45'
Calum Scanlon 2' 1–0
Casper De Norre 19' 2–0
2–1 45+1' Chris Willock
2–2 90+8' Yousef Salech

Overview

Match Preview

Millwall FC vs Cardiff City FC — Championship at The Den.

Match Details

  • Referee Andy Davies (England)
  • Assistant 1 Graham Kane
  • Assistant 2 Bhupinder Gill

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Birmingham City FC 15 29
2 Middlesbrough FC 15 29
3 Stoke City FC 15 29
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 15 28
5 West Bromwich Albion FC 15 28
6 Swansea City AFC 15 26
7 Southampton FC 15 24
8 Queens Park Rangers FC 15 24
9 West Ham United FC 15 23
10 Sheffield United FC 15 22
11 Portsmouth FC 15 22
12 Norwich City FC 15 21
13 Blackburn Rovers FC 15 21
14 Cardiff City FC 15 18
15 Wrexham AFC 15 18
16 Millwall FC 15 18
17 Bristol City FC 15 18
18 Bolton Wanderers FC 15 17
19 Charlton Athletic FC 15 17
20 Watford FC 15 15
21 Lincoln City FC 15 15
22 Burnley FC 15 10
23 Derby County FC 15 10
24 Preston North End FC 15 8

Head-to-Head

4
5
3
Millwall FC 12 games · Avg 2.5 goals Cardiff City FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-01-21 Millwall FC 2–2 Cardiff City FC 2024-10-01 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Millwall FC 2024-04-13 Millwall FC 3–1 Cardiff City FC 2023-12-09 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Millwall FC 2023-01-21 Cardiff City FC 0–1 Millwall FC

Recent Form

Millwall FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Jan Cardiff City FC H 2–2 D
18 Jan Hull City AFC H 0–1 L
13 Jan Dagenham & Redbridge FC H 3–0 W
04 Jan Sheffield Wednesday FC A 2–2 D
01 Jan Oxford United FC H 0–1 L
29 Dec Coventry City FC A 0–0 D
Cardiff City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Jan Millwall FC A 2–2 D
18 Jan Swansea City AFC H 3–0 W
14 Jan Watford FC H 1–1 D
09 Jan Sheffield United FC A 1–0 W
04 Jan Middlesbrough FC A 1–1 D
01 Jan Coventry City FC H 1–1 D

Season Stats

Millwall FC Cardiff City FC
#16 Position #14
18 Points 18
15 Played 15
5 / 3 / 7 W / D / L 4 / 6 / 5
23 Scored 27
27 Conceded 27
-4 GD +0
1.20 PPG 1.20
33% Win % 27%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
27% Clean Sheets
Millwall FC this season
7% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season

Millwall FC are 16th (18 pts). Cardiff City FC are 14th (18 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Millwall FC
0-15
5/2
16-30
3/4
31-45
4/3
46-60
3/5
61-75
1/4
76+
7/8
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Cardiff City FC
0-15
4/6
16-30
3/5
31-45
9/3
46-60
1/7
61-75
5/2
76+
4/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Millwall FC
Lyndon Dykes 5 G 2 A
Camiel Neghli 3 G 3 A
Tairyk Arconte 3 G
Josh Coburn 2 G
Luke Cundle 1 G
Cardiff City FC
Jack Moylan 10 G 3 A
Yousef Salech 5 G 1 A
Cian Ashford 2 G 2 A
Rubin Colwill 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at The Den. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Millwall FC and Cardiff City FC.
  • 2' Calum Scanlon puts Millwall FC on the lead.
  • 7' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 12' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 17' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Cardiff City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 19' Assisted by Raees Bangura-Williams with the perfectly-timed delivery and Casper De Norre makes no mistake. 2-0!
  • 24' It is a cagey affair so far. Millwall FC in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Cardiff City FC's compact 4-2-3-1.
  • 29' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Duncan Watmore made 374 appearances and scored 37 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 34' Over 34 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 39' Callum Robinson has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
  • 44' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 46' A stunning finish from Chris Willock — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 51' Cardiff City FC come into this ranked 20 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 56' Cardiff City FC have won 416 goals from 384 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 57' The crowd applauds Manolis Siopis as he leaves the pitch. Perry Ng steps in for Cardiff City FC.
  • 59' Millwall FC make a change. Ryan Leonard trudges off to be replaced by Dan McNamara on 59 minutes.
  • 64' Tristan Crama is ready to make an impact after coming on for Dan McNamara at the 64 minute mark.
  • 69' It’s high time Alex Neil made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 70' Another substitution for Cardiff City FC to replace Rubin Colwill by Cian Ashford on 70 minute.
  • 75' Millwall FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 75.
  • 78' The supporters are chanting for George Honeyman. He replaces Calum Scanlon on 78 minute.
  • 79' It is a substitution in Cardiff City FC team. Chris Willock is replaced by Anwar El Ghazi on 79 minute.
  • 84' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jake Cooper, as he is very good at scoring at The Den with 14 goals in the last 14 games.
  • 89' Cardiff City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • The final score is 2-2.

Lineups

Millwall FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Alex Neil

Cardiff City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Omer Riza

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Aden Flint 5
Tom Bradshaw 3
Kieffer Moore 2
Benik Afobe 2
Dimitrios Goutas 1
Jed Wallace 1
Jake Cooper 1
Duncan Watmore 1

Head to Head

2025-01-21 Millwall FC 2–2 Cardiff City FC 2024-10-01 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Millwall FC 2024-04-13 Millwall FC 3–1 Cardiff City FC 2023-12-09 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Millwall FC 2023-01-21 Cardiff City FC 0–1 Millwall FC

Millwall FC Form

2025-01-21 Millwall FC 2–2 Cardiff City FC D 2025-01-18 Millwall FC 0–1 Hull City AFC L 2025-01-13 Millwall FC 3–0 Dagenham & Redbridge FC W 2025-01-04 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–2 Millwall FC D 2025-01-01 Millwall FC 0–1 Oxford United FC L 2024-12-29 Coventry City FC 0–0 Millwall FC D

Cardiff City FC Form

2025-01-21 Millwall FC 2–2 Cardiff City FC D 2025-01-18 Cardiff City FC 3–0 Swansea City AFC W 2025-01-14 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Watford FC D 2025-01-09 Sheffield United FC 0–1 Cardiff City FC W 2025-01-04 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Cardiff City FC D 2025-01-01 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.72 Millwall FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.66 Cardiff City FC xG
I would bet for: Millwall FC or Cardiff City FC 74% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Millwall FC39% Draw26% Cardiff City FC35%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes66% 0% No34%
Avg goals/match: 3.38
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 64%
36%
± 3.5 43%
57%
± 4.5 25%
75%

Double Chance

Millwall FC or Draw
65%
Draw or Cardiff City FC
61%
Millwall FC or Cardiff City FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Millwall FC30% Draw42% Cardiff City FC28%
Actual: Millwall FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.6%
2 – 1
8.1%
1 – 2
7.8%
2 – 2
Actual
1 – 0
5.2%
2 – 0
5.1%
0 – 1
5%
0 – 0
4.9%
0 – 2
4.7%
3 – 1
4.6%
1 – 3
4.3%
3 – 2
3.8%

Asian Handicap — Millwall FC

Handicap Millwall FC covers Push Cardiff City FC covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 12% 79%
-1.5 21% — 79%
-1 21% 18% 61%
-0.5 39% — 61%
+0.5 64% — 36%
+1 64% 18% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 11% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

Millwall FC keeps clean sheet
20% ✓
Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.