Millwall vs Newcastle United - prediction, team news, lineups

Newcastle United volition look to proceed their affirmative run with a triumph astatine The Den against hosts Millwall connected Tuesday successful the 3rd circular of the EFL Cup.

Millwall defeated Cambridge United 1-0 successful precocious August to scope this signifier of the competition, whereas the Toon precocious past West Bromwich Albion 3-2 successful the 2nd round.

Match preview

The hosts failed to make galore meaningful opportunities successful their clash with Cambridge, though their antiaircraft resilience ensured that their ninth-minute extremity was capable to progress.

Millwall reached the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup successful the 1994-95 season, but they person since failed to beforehand beyond the 3rd round, with the nine losing connected penalties to rivals Crystal Palace successful the 3rd circular successful 2025-26.

While coach Alex Neil oversaw an awesome 4-0 triumph against Bolton Wanderers successful the Championship connected Saturday, that triumph was preceded by 2 losses successful the 2nd tier.

The Lions are seventh successful the Championship with 9 points from a imaginable 15, and they person scored 10 goals and conceded connected 8 occasions.

Millwall person played 3 matches astatine The Den this term, beating Bolton and Norwich City by an aggregate people of 7-0, but they besides mislaid 3-0 to Wrexham connected September 2.

Newcastle fans should beryllium forgiven for being fearful up of 2026-27 considering they not lone mislaid cardinal players similar Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon, but besides manager Eddie Howe.

Three games into the caller Premier League season, and the Magpies are unbeaten with 5 points, and portion the nine were unfortunate to not bushed Liverpool connected the opening weekend, they emerged arsenic 2-0 victors against Tottenham Hotspur connected August 29.

New boss Matthias Jaissle helped usher his Toon broadside to a 2-2 stalemate with Bournemouth connected Saturday, with his squad coming backmost from a two-goal deficit, and the constituent near the nine seventh successful the table.

Tuesday's matchup volition beryllium the archetypal gathering betwixt Newcastle and Millwall since 1993, but portion the Magpies won that brushwood 2-1, they did suffer 2 and gully 1 of their anterior 3 clashes with their hosts.

Newcastle's triumph against Spurs ended a winless streak connected the roadworthy of 5 games, a play successful which the distant broadside mislaid 4 games, conceded 13 goals and netted conscionable 4 times.

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Team News

Millwall volition apt marque changes from the XI that faced Bolton, with Danny Batth, Jake Cooper and Elkan Baggott imaginable inclusions astatine the back.

Jenson Metcalfe, Luke Cundle and Alfie Massey are candidates to play successful a midfield three, while Lyndon Dykes could beryllium trusted to pb the guardant line.

As for Newcastle, they volition beryllium without defender Dan Burn, midfielder Joelinton and striker William Osula, though attacker Matias Fernandez-Pardo joined earlier the closure of the transportation model from Lille.

Fernandez-Pardo is acceptable beryllium afforded his archetypal commencement of the play for his caller club, and helium whitethorn beryllium utilized successful a frontline that besides features Bazoumana Toure, Alfie Harrison and Yoane Wissa.

Aladji Bamba is an enactment for his team's midfield, and the 20-year-old could beryllium partnered by Lewis Miley.

Millwall imaginable starting lineup:

Crocombe; Batth, Cooper, Baggott; Osei-Tutu, Metcalfe, Massey, Cundle, Kelly; Lovelace, Dykes

Newcastle United imaginable starting lineup:

Jaouen; Livramento, Thiaw, Schar, Hall; Bamba, Miley; Toure, Harrison, Fernandez-Pardo; Wissa

We say: Millwall 1-2 Newcastle United

Millwall volition rightly beryllium focused connected their run successful the 2nd tier, truthful they are improbable to overly exert themselves.

Newcastle's play has been unexpectedly affirmative truthful far, and Jaissle volition beryllium keen to proceed his aboriginal tenure successful beardown fashion.

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