Millwall v Southampton
Championship | The Den
Saturday, 4 November 2023 @ 3.00pm
Southampton face Millwall on Saturday seeking to protect their long unbeaten run in the Championship.
The Saints are unbeaten in six, with four wins and two draws, ahead of the 3pm kick-off.
They face a Millwall team who have won one and drawn three over the same number of games.
With 24 goals in 14 games so far this season, Southampton are scoring more than average in the league with 1.7 goals per game. But they are conceding more than average too, letting in 25 goals at a rate of 1.8 per game.
Millwall, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.1 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.3 goals per game.
In Adam Armstrong, the Saints have one of the league's most on-form strikers so far this season. He has notched eight goals in 14 appearances, to sit second in the scoring charts.
His goal rate of one every 149 minutes is quicker than that of Zian Flemming, the Lions' top scorer with a goal every 288 minutes, and a total of four goals in 14 games.
The visitors are fourth in the table after 14 games, of which they have won seven and drawn three, earning 24 points.
The home side are 14 places behind Southampton in 18th, with four wins and five draws putting them on 17 points.
Millwall's last match was on October 28, a 2-2 draw against Watford, with Flemming and Wes Harding getting the goals for the Lions.
Southampton beat Birmingham City 3-1 last time out, also on October 28, with Adam Armstrong, Carlos Jonas Alcaraz and Taylor Harwood-Bellis on the scoresheet.