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Championship · Matchweek 3

Southampton

SOU

5–1Full time

Millwall

MIL

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

53%Possession59%
38%Territory41%
14%From set plays29%
0.12Chance quality0.13
3.7%Directness7.2%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Southampton, 3 for Millwall. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 33 of 156 matches, not the full season.