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Full time · Championship · Sat 29 Aug 2026, 15:00 UTC

Southampton 51 Millwall

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What the chances were worth

Southampton
3.62
expected goals (xG)
Millwall
1.35
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 5–1; by chance quality the match ran 3.62–1.35.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Southampton
43%
Draw
28%
Millwall
29%

The model made Southampton to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 43% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Southampton created the better chances — the xG read 3.6–1.4 and the shot count agreed (21–14, 7–5 on target). Southampton got into the box far more often (16 shots inside it to 11). Southampton's finishing ran hot — 5 from 3.6 xG, 7 of 21 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). On the balance of chances, the 5–1 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Southampton
Millwall
54%
Ball Possession
46%
21
Total Shots
14
7
Shots on Goal
5
7
Shots off Goal
5
7
Blocked Shots
4
16
Shots inside box
11
5
Shots outside box
3
8
Corner Kicks
11
1
Offsides
2
423
Total passes
378
371
Passes accurate
304
6
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Goalkeeper Saves
2
10
Free Kicks
5

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Southampton
48%
market implied · price 1.95 · opened 50%
Draw
26%
market implied · price 3.65 · opened 26%
Millwall
26%
market implied · price 3.66 · opened 24%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Southampton or draw1.2774.1%-2.4 pts
Double chance Millwall or draw1.8251.5%+2.3 pts
Double chance either team1.2674.4%+0.1 pts
Draw no bet — Southampton1.4265.0%-2.8 pts
Draw no bet — Millwall2.6435.0%+2.8 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.2177.6%+3.1 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.7055.8%+3.9 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.7034.7%+3.4 pts
Both teams to score1.6058.3%+3.6 pts
Southampton over 1.5 team goals1.8151.5%+1.3 pts
Millwall over 1.5 team goals2.6934.7%+4.7 pts
Southampton clean sheet3.2529.0%-6.3 pts
Millwall clean sheet5.0019.0%-1.7 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.73 · 2-1 7.97 · 1-0 8.26 · 2-0 9.88 · 1-2 11.28

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-29 16:10 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
01 Jan 26Southampton0-0Millwall
29 Nov 25Millwall3-2Southampton