Match Report
Millwall, 21st on 44 points, faced a 32-point deficit to Aston Villa (5th, 76). Per game in the league, Aston Villa were scoring 1.78 and conceding 1.33, Millwall 1.04 and 1.39, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
Aston Villa came in having won nine on the spin, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Millwall had drawn their last three. Aston Villa had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Millwall, 6.
Across 4 recorded meetings, Aston Villa have 0 wins to Millwall's 3, with 1 draw, at 1.75 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings.
Villa Park in Birmingham staged the fixture, a ground that holds 42,640. Aston Villa led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.