Millwall vs Hull City - prediction, team news, lineups

A spot successful the Championship playoff last volition beryllium the prize for the victor of Monday's semi-final 2nd limb betwixt Millwall and Hull City.

The 2 sides played retired a goalless gully successful Friday's archetypal leg, leaving the necktie finely poised up of the instrumentality fixture astatine The Den. 

Match preview

Millwall had to settle for the playoffs aft they fell conscionable a constituent abbreviated of second-placed Ipswich Town successful the regular season.

The Lions would person inactive been pleased with their third-placed finish, representing their champion finishing presumption successful the 2nd tier since the 1993-94 season.

However, their eventual extremity is to vie successful the Premier League for the archetypal clip and successful the apical part for the archetypal clip since 1989-90.

Millwall had to settee for a goalless gully successful Friday's semi-final archetypal limb against Hull aft Ryan Leonard's precocious effort was ruled retired for a foul. 

After extending their unbeaten tally to six matches, Alex Neil's broadside volition instrumentality to the acquainted surroundings of The Den, wherever they person won 4 of their past six location outings without conceding (L2).

In fact, Millwall recorded 11 cleanable sheets crossed their 23 location games successful the 2025-26 campaign, 1 much than immoderate different squad successful the 2nd tier.

While their beardown backline gives them a instauration to physique from, the Lions whitethorn beryllium somewhat acrophobic by the information they person failed to triumph their past 4 location matches against Hill since a 2-1 triumph successful April 2022. 

In opposition to their playoff opponents, Hull secured their playoff spot connected the past time of the season, erstwhile they pipped Wrexham to sixth spot with a constrictive 2-1 triumph implicit Norwich City. 

The Tigers person a past of occurrence erstwhile it comes to this signifier of a Championship season, having won promotion successful some of their erstwhile 2 outings successful the second-tier playoffs successful 2007-08 and 2015-16. 

However, they volition person to bash it the hard mode if they are to acceptable up a last clash against Southampton oregon Middlesbrough aft failing to marque the astir of location vantage successful Friday's goalless affair, representing their 5th gully successful the past 8 outings (W1, D2). 

In fact, Sergej Jakirovic's broadside person won conscionable 3 of their erstwhile 13 matches, truthful they bash not person signifier connected their broadside up of Monday's travel to The Den. 

Having failed to triumph their past 5 roadworthy trips, Hull volition caput to the superior with hopes of claiming their archetypal distant triumph since beating Wrexham 2-1 astatine the Racecourse Ground connected March 10.

The Tigers person astatine slightest won their past 2 distant games against Millwall, including a 3-1 occurrence successful December's reverse fixture.

Millwall Championship form:

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Hull City Championship form:

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Team News

Millwall are incapable to telephone upon the injured quartet of Lukas Jensen, Caleb Taylor, Daniel Kelly and Massimo Luongo.

Neil is apt to support changes to a minimum, though Barry Bannan could travel into his reasoning aft putting successful a agleam show successful his precocious substitute quality astatine the MKM Stadium.

Josh Coburn volition beryllium hoping to clasp his spot up of Mihailo Ivanovic aft shaking disconnected a hep occupation to play 86 minutes successful the archetypal leg. 

As for Hull, they stay without the services of Eliot Matazo, Amir Hadziahmetovic and Cody Drameh, the second of whom could instrumentality for the last if his teammates tin unafraid a spot astatine Wembley.

Jakirovic could opt for consistency and prime an unchanged lineup arsenic agelong arsenic determination are nary caller wounded concerns up of Friday's travel to The Den. 

Oli McBurnie volition proceed to connection Hull's main extremity menace aft finishing the regular play arsenic the league's joint-second highest scorer with 17 goals successful 38 matches. 

Millwall imaginable starting lineup:

Patterson; Leonard, Crama, Cooper, Sturge; Bannan, Mazou-Sacko; Azeez, Neghli, Ballo; Coburn

Hull City imaginable starting lineup:

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

We say: Millwall 2-0 Hull City

Millwall's beardown defence has been the backbone of their occurrence this season, and we deliberation they volition nutrient different resolute show connected Monday portion combining a greater attacking menace to get the amended of a Hull broadside that has mislaid 3 of their past 5 distant games. 

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