A feisty, scoreless afternoon at Villa Park led to frustration for the claret and blue. Millwall set-up in two blocks of four and countered viciously with pace. Thanks to Sam Johnstone and Chris Samba, Aston Villa held The Lions to one point.
By today’s match, one would never guess Millwall sit in 17th-place in the EFL Championship. The Lions of London frustrated Steve Bruce’s side all afternoon. Outside of Jack Grealish’s curling effort in the second-half, Villa failed to record another shot-on-target.
Despite earning an incredible 11 corners, the dead ball situations came to absolutely nothing. Part of this was Robert Snodgrass making way for Jack Grealish, but Henri Lansbury didn’t exactly place precise crosses in, either.
Millwall’s Jed Wallace and Lee Gregory were the main threats on the afternoon, the latter striking the cross bar. Millwall honestly could have scored 3+ goals if it was not for A: Sam Johnstone, B: Chris Samba, and C: a complete inability to finish.
Without further ado, player grades below on a 0-0 draw.
Aston Villa travel to Derby County next Saturday, December 16th. All data provided by WhoScored match center.