Hull City vs Millwall - prediction, team news, lineups

Hull City and Millwall quadrate disconnected successful the archetypal limb of their Championship playoff semi-final connected Friday night.

While Millwall narrowly missed retired connected automatic promotion to the Premier League, Hull secured the last playoff spot and sixth spot successful the Championship table with triumph connected the last time of the campaign.

Match preview

Having spent overmuch of the play successful the apical six, Sergej Jakirovic would person been immensely frustrated with Hull's results during the run-in.

The Tigers enactment unneurotic a six-match winless streak up of their closing fixture against Norwich City, 1 of the signifier teams successful the 2nd fractional of 2025-26.

Nevertheless, contempt trailing to the Canaries, Hull battled backmost to unafraid a 2-1 victory, taking afloat vantage of Wrexham being held to a 2-2 gully by Middlesbrough.

As a result, Hull finished 2 points up of the Red Dragons to stay connected people for a instrumentality to the Premier League for the archetypal clip successful 9 years.

Although Hull lone won 11 of their 23 league games astatine the MKM Stadium, they are unbeaten successful their past 4 fixtures astatine the ground.

However, erstwhile they faced Millwall connected March 7, the East Yorkshire outfit succumbed by a 3-1 scoreline.

Meanwhile, Alex Neil volition person fewer complaints with a Millwall broadside that mislaid conscionable 2 of their last 13 encounters.

That said, lone securing draws distant astatine West Bromwich Albion and Leicester City during the run-in yet led to them finishing 1 constituent adrift of Ipswich Town successful the contention for 2nd position.

Millwall did what they required connected the last day, posting a 2-0 triumph implicit Oxford United, but they ended the regular play with 2 defeats successful 4 games astatine The Den.

On a much affirmative note, the Londoners recorded the champion distant grounds successful the division, collecting a magnificent 41 points from their 23 fixtures.

Furthermore, they conceded conscionable the 24 goals, the champion specified instrumentality successful the Championship.

Hull City Championship form:

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Millwall Championship form:

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Team News

Despite being withdrawn astatine fractional clip against Norwich, John Egan is expected to stay successful the centre of the Hull defence.

Paddy McNair remains an enactment to travel into the team, portion Kieran Dowell, Lewis Koumas and Kyle Joseph are alternatives successful the last third.

Cody Drameh, Amir Hadziahmetovic and Eliot Matazo are each sidelined done injury.

Neil is hopeful that Josh Coburn volition beryllium capable to shingle disconnected a hep wounded to instrumentality to the Millwall squad. However, Mihailo Ivanovic should support his spot down the mediate of the attack.

The Scot was capable to remainder players during the 2nd fractional against Oxford, starring to the anticipation of an unchanged starting lineup.

Derek Mazou-Sacko is an alternate to Barry Bannan successful midfield, arsenic his Billy Mitchell who got a much-needed 29 minutes nether his loop aft wounded past clip out.

Hull City imaginable starting lineup:

Pandur; Coyle, Egan, Hughes, Giles; Slater, Crooks; Belloumi, Gelhardt, Millar; McBurnie

Millwall imaginable starting lineup:

Patterson; Leonard, Crama, Cooper, Sturge; Bannan, De Norre; Azeez, Neghli, Ballo; Ivanovic

We say: Hull City 1-1 Millwall

Given the mode of however Hull reached the playoffs, they whitethorn consciousness that the unit is disconnected astatine a clip erstwhile Millwall person been near ruing results during the run-in. Nevertheless, Millwall person impressed connected their travels this season, starring america to foretell a hard-fought gully astatine the MKM Stadium.

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