Millwall vs Sheffield Wednesday

31 August 2024 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee L Doughty

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Josh Coburn 58’
  • Duncan Watmore 71’
  • Jake Cooper 88’

Match summary

Millwall won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Sheffield Wednesday. It was goalless at half-time.

Josh Coburn put Millwall ahead in the 58th minute, Duncan Watmore made it 2-0 from a corner in the 71st minute, and Jake Cooper made it 3-0 with a header in the 88th minute.

The chances backed that up: Millwall created 3.05 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Sheffield Wednesday's 0.15 from 4.

Match stats

Millwall Sheffield Wednesday
18 Shots 4
4 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3.05 xG 0.15
3.05 Non-penalty xG 0.15

Key events

Millwall Sheffield Wednesday
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Josh Coburn1-0 (Millwall)
58’
Duncan Watmore2-0 (Millwall)
71’
Jake Cooper3-0 (Millwall)
88’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Millwall
  • Japhet Tanganga
  • Romain Esse
Sheffield Wednesday
  • Barry Bannan

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.05 0.15 58’ Josh Coburn (Millwall), 1-0 58’ 71’ Duncan Watmore (Millwall), 2-0 71’ 88’ Jake Cooper (Millwall), 3-0 88’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.05 0.15 58’ Josh Coburn (Millwall), 1-0 Coburn 58’ 71’ Duncan Watmore (Millwall), 2-0 Watmore 71’ 88’ Jake Cooper (Millwall), 3-0 Cooper 88’
Millwall 3.05 xGSheffield Wednesday 0.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sheffield Wednesday attacking Millwall attacking 
71’ Duncan Watmore (Millwall), from a corner, 0.93 xG, goal 58’ Josh Coburn (Millwall), open play, 0.69 xG, goal 88’ Jake Cooper (Millwall), from a corner, 0.61 xG, goal 31’ Ryan Leonard (Millwall), open play, 0.18 xG, off target 12’ Romain Esse (Millwall), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 20’ Josh Coburn (Millwall), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 19’ Romain Esse (Millwall), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 71’ Josh Coburn (Millwall), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 79’ Duncan Watmore (Millwall), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 54’ Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Duncan Watmore (Millwall), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 57’ Duncan Watmore (Millwall), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 14’ Japhet Tanganga (Millwall), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 26’ Japhet Tanganga (Millwall), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Max Lowe (Sheffield Wednesday), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 3’ Anthony Musaba (Sheffield Wednesday), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 5’ Joe Bryan (Millwall), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 66’ Josh Windass (Sheffield Wednesday), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Joe Bryan (Millwall), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Japhet Tanganga (Millwall), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Duncan Watmore (Millwall), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Casper De Norre (Millwall), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 71’ Duncan Watmore (Millwall), from a corner, 0.93 xG, goal 58’ Josh Coburn (Millwall), open play, 0.69 xG, goal 88’ Jake Cooper (Millwall), from a corner, 0.61 xG, goal 31’ Ryan Leonard (Millwall), open play, 0.18 xG, off target 12’ Romain Esse (Millwall), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 20’ Josh Coburn (Millwall), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 71’ Josh Coburn (Millwall), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 19’ Romain Esse (Millwall), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 54’ Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 79’ Duncan Watmore (Millwall), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 58’ Duncan Watmore (Millwall), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 26’ Japhet Tanganga (Millwall), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 57’ Duncan Watmore (Millwall), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 14’ Japhet Tanganga (Millwall), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Max Lowe (Sheffield Wednesday), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 3’ Anthony Musaba (Sheffield Wednesday), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 66’ Josh Windass (Sheffield Wednesday), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 5’ Joe Bryan (Millwall), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Japhet Tanganga (Millwall), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 15’ Duncan Watmore (Millwall), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Joe Bryan (Millwall), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Casper De Norre (Millwall), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 0.18 – – –
90′ – – 3 0.10 – –
90′ 1 – 1 0.61 – – –
Joe Bryan
90′ – – 2 0.05 – – –
90′ – – 1 0.01 – – –
George Saville
90′ – – – – – – –
Romain Esse Taken off
85′ – – 2 0.16 – –
George Honeyman Taken off
90′ – – – – – – –
Duncan Watmore Taken off
85′ 1 – 5 1.11 – – –
Josh Coburn Taken off
78′ 1 – 3 0.84 – – –
Macaulay Langstaff Came on as a substitute
12′ – – – – – – –
Ryan Wintle Came on as a substitute
5′ – – – – – – –
Femi Azeez Came on as a substitute
5′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Millwall win 39% Avg odds 2.40
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.20
Sheffield Wednesday win 31% Avg odds 3.09

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.