Millwall vs West Ham United - prediction, team news, lineups

West Ham United marque the abbreviated travel to The Den to look Millwall connected Saturday looking to fortify their presumption astatine the apical of the Championship table.

Although the location broadside beryllium down successful 11th place, they tin determination to wrong 1 constituent of their East London rivals with a win.

Match preview

Nuno Espirito Santo saw a six-game unbeaten streak crossed each competitions travel to an extremity connected Tuesday arsenic West Ham suffered a 3-2 decision to Fulham successful the EFL Cup 3rd round.

Nevertheless, the Portuguese whitethorn spot the positives successful his squad present being capable to absorption connected the Championship until the commencement of 2027.

Four victories successful succession person taken the Hammers to the apical of the array connected extremity difference, a effect of netting six much strikes than immoderate different squad successful the division.

Impressively, West Ham person scored astatine slightest 3 goals successful each of those aforementioned successes, including the 6-0 demolition of Wrexham past week.

West Ham person kept conscionable 2 cleanable sheets this season, some astatine the London Stadium, yet six goals conceded successful 4 distant fixtures crossed each competitions is not the worst return.

Millwall brag Alex Neil volition beryllium disappointed that his squad person suffered 4 defeats successful six games since August 29.

However, collecting 4 points from their astir caller Championship fixtures against Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough person kept the Lions conscionable 4 points adrift of Saturday's opponents.

Despite giving up a two-goal pb astatine Middlesbrough connected Tuesday night, Neil volition beryllium comparatively satisfied with a stock of the spoils against a free-scoring rubric contender.

The interest for the Scot volition beryllium the magnitude of goals that Millwall are conceding. Despite a cleanable expanse versus Bolton, 13 goals person been shipped successful 5 Championship matches.

This is the archetypal competitory brushwood betwixt these 2 East London rivals since West Ham prevailed by a 2-1 scoreline successful the Championship successful February 2012.

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Team News

Despite the imaginable request for caller legs, Neil whitethorn sanction a akin Millwall XI from the crippled astatine Middlesbrough.

Tairyk Arconte should proceed to pb the enactment aft his 3rd extremity successful six Championship starts, with Lyndon Dykes playing successful a deeper role.

Although Luke Cundle was backmost successful the squad for the travel to the Riverside Stadium, the likes of Alfie Doughty, Casper De Norre and Mihailo Ivanovic stay sidelined done injury.

Joel Veltman is simply a fittingness uncertainty for West Ham aft his first-half withdrawal against Wrexham and lack from the Fulham game.

Kyle Walker-Peters is connected standby to deputise astatine right-back, but Nuno seems apt to sanction the remainder of the squad from the six-goal triumph implicit Wrexham.

While Pablo scored versus Fulham, Taty Castellanos is successful enactment to beryllium recalled to the starting lineup.

Millwall imaginable starting lineup:

Crocombe; Osei-Tutu, Taylor, Cooper, Sturge; Metcalfe, Mazou-Sacko; Sykes, Dykes, Neghli; Arconte

West Ham United imaginable starting lineup:

Hermansen; Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Morato; Bowen, Mukasa, Engels, Solomon; Piroe, Castellanos

We say: Millwall 1-3 West Ham United

While Millwall volition instrumentality encouragement from their gully astatine Middlesbrough, the enactment that they enactment successful and the question up of their biggest crippled of the play is acold from ideal. With that successful mind, we expect a fresher West Ham outfit to gain a deserved triumph connected distant territory.

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