English League Championship

FT Saturday, April 24, 2021
Millwall WWLDL 0
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Watford WDWLW 1
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Match Report

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Watford seal Premier League promotion with victory over Millwall

Watford earned promotion to the Premier League on Saturday with two games to spare, after defeating Millwall 1-0 in the Championship.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
2
44.6
Possession
55.4
13
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
230
Accurate Passes
319
331
Passes
413
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
5
16
Crosses
15
0.4
Cross %
0.3
69
Long Balls
69
34
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
4
9
Effective Clearances
14
9
Clearances
14

Head to Head

WAT leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

WAT · 4-3-3

  1. 26Daniel BachmannG
  2. 31Francisco SierraltaCD-L
  3. 5William Troost-EkongCD-R
  4. 11Adam MasinaLB
  5. 21Kiko FemeníaRB
  6. 19Will HughesCM
  7. 16Dan GoslingLM
  8. 8Tom CleverleyRM
  9. 10João PedroF
  10. 12Ken SemaLF
  11. 23Ismaïla SarrRF

Substitutes

  1. 15Craig CathcartSUB
  2. 28Carlos SánchezSUB
  3. 14Nathaniel ChalobahSUB
  4. 1Ben FosterSUB
  5. 17Achraf LazaarSUB
  6. 44Joseph HungboSUB
  7. 27Christian KabaseleSUB
  8. 7Philip ZinckernagelSUB
  9. 18Andre GraySUB

MIL · 3-5-2

  1. 33Bartosz BialkowskiG
  2. 28George EvansCD
  3. 5Jake CooperCD-L
  4. 12Mahlon RomeoCD-R
  5. 20Mason BennettCM-L
  6. 16Maikel KieftenbeldCM-R
  7. 24Billy MitchellAM
  8. 14Scott MaloneLM
  9. 23Dan McNamaraRM
  10. 9Tom BradshawCF-L
  11. 7Jed WallaceCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Frank FieldingSUB
  2. 13Kenneth ZohoreSUB
  3. 19Ryan WoodsSUB
  4. 6Shaun WilliamsSUB
  5. 15Alex PearceSUB
  6. 35Hayden MullerSUB
  7. 32Tyler BureySUB
  8. 21Connor MahoneySUB
  9. 22Jón BödvarssonSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Watford 1, Millwall 0. Ismaila Sarr (Watford) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  2. 31' Substitution, Watford. Craig Cathcart replaces Kiko Femenía because of an injury.
  3. 60' Substitution, Watford. Andre Gray replaces João Pedro.
  4. 60' Substitution, Watford. Nathaniel Chalobah replaces Dan Gosling.
  5. 71' Substitution, Millwall. Shaun Williams replaces Billy Mitchell.
  6. 71' Substitution, Millwall. Kenneth Zohore replaces Tom Bradshaw.
  7. 77' Substitution, Millwall. Hayden Muller replaces Dan McNamara.
  8. 78' Substitution, Millwall. Connor Mahoney replaces Scott Malone.
  9. 81' Substitution, Millwall. Tyler Burey replaces Mason Bennett.
  10. 84' Substitution, Watford. Carlos Sánchez replaces Tom Cleverley.
  11. 86' Hayden Muller (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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