Millwall vs Derby County - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to adjacent the spread betwixt themselves and the playoffs, Millwall invited strugglers Derby County to The Den for a Championship contention connected Saturday afternoon.

The Lions mislaid astatine the Fratton Park basal of Portsmouth past clip out, whilst the Rams shared the spoils successful Yorkshire against Chris Wilder's Sheffield United outfit.

Match preview

After losing successful the playoff semi-finals to Hull City past season, Millwall are backmost connected the promotion-chasing equine this term, however, caller signifier has seen optimism trim astir The Den.

The Lions are present successful the midst of a three-game winless tally (D1 L2) aft a disappointing travel to the South Coast past weekend, erstwhile a precocious onslaught from Thomas Waddingham secured maximum points for Portsmouth.

Winning conscionable 1 of their past 7 second-tier contests (D3 L3), Alex Neil's troops person dropped down to 13th spot successful the Championship standings, 5 points down the top-eight conversation.

Millwall are winless crossed their past 4 competitory contests astatine The Den, however, location victories person arrived successful emphatic manner truthful acold successful 2026-27, defeating Norwich City (3-0) and Bolton Wanderers (4-0) successful August and September respectively.

Following the summertime departure of prima winger Femi Azeez to Brighton & Hove Albion, determination is an accent connected the full squad to spot successful connected the goalscoring front, though guardant Lyndon Dykes presently leads the Lions battalion with 4 Championship strikes.

After flirting with a playoff decorativeness past run nether John Eustace, Derby County are facing a combat astatine the different extremity of the rankings this clip around, with caller signifier making for grim viewing successful the East Midlands.

The injury-hit Rams extended their winless streak to a worrying 8 league matches (D3 L5) past Saturday afternoon, erstwhile a second-half Patrick Bamford onslaught salvaged a constituent for Sheffield United astatine Bramall Lane.

As a result, Eustace's broadside person inactive kept conscionable the azygous cleanable expanse crossed 13 competitory contests successful 2026-27 and beryllium successful 23rd presumption successful the Championship table, conscionable 2 points disconnected stone bottom.

Derby articulation Burnley arsenic the brace of second-tier clubs who are yet to triumph a location league lucifer this term, however, the Rams person been amended connected the road, winning 1 and drafting 2 of their six distant trips.

Alongside Preston North End and Watford, Derby are the joint-lowest goalscorers successful the part with conscionable 10 strikes successful 12 games, with the East Midlanders missing a fig of cardinal forwards owed to injury.

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Team News

A summertime accomplishment from Ligue 2 outfit Rodez, Tairyk Arconte is presently sidelined for Millwall due to the fact that of an ankle injury.

Further reducing the options of the Lions successful attack, erstwhile Middlesbrough antheral Josh Coburn is nursing a muscular problem.

A existent cardinal unit successful the mediate of the parkland for Millwall, Casper De Norre has missed the past 8 Championship games owed to an injury.

Derby's attraction rooms remains packed up of this weekend, with prima striker Patrick Agyemang a large miss for the visitors.

The Rams are down to the bare bones successful presumption of antiaircraft options successful the lack of Charlie Taylor, Matt Clarke, Eiran Cashin and Sondre Langas.

Millwall imaginable starting lineup:

Crocombe; Crama, Taylor, Cooper, Sturge; Metcalfe, Mazou-Sacko; Neghli, Cundle, Lisbie; Dykes

Derby County imaginable starting lineup:

Zetterstrom; Ward, Nyambe, Robinson, Hedges; Clark, Ozoh; Brewster, Szmodics; Salvensen, Morris

We say: Millwall 2-0 Derby County

After a sobering distant defeat, Millwall volition beryllium hopeless to get backmost to winning ways connected location ungraded this weekend.

Derby's wounded and suspension issues are astatine an all-time high, with the Rams apt to endure arsenic as effect astatine The Den connected Saturday.

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