Preston North End vs Millwall - prediction, team news, lineups

Preston North End statesman beingness nether nine fable Graham Alexander with a showdown against Millwall connected Saturday afternoon.

At a clip erstwhile Preston beryllium successful 23rd presumption successful the Championship table, Alex Neil returns to Deepdale with Millwall successful 11th place.

Match preview

Nearly 15 years connected from a caretaker stint astatine Deepdale, Graham Alexander has returned to Preston, tasked with the occupation of moving the nine retired of the relegation zone.

Leaving a League One promotion bid with Bradford City is simply a bold decision, yet determination was an inevitability of the Scot returning to a nine wherever helium made 421 appearances during his playing days.

With Preston already sitting six points adrift of 15th place, Alexander volition recognise the value of getting disconnected to a affirmative start, and lifting a squad that gave up a two-goal pb to 10-man Queens Park Rangers earlier the planetary interruption is simply a pugnacious ask.

Looking astatine things successful a affirmative context, though, Preston's 4 points this play person travel from their past 4 fixtures.

Furthermore, their 2 defeats during that play were lone by one-goal margins, to Watford and Lincoln City respectively.

As Alexander starts his reign, Neil is making his latest instrumentality to Preston since his departure successful March 2021.

Just 1 triumph - a 4-0 triumph astatine location to Bolton Wanderers - has been posted successful 7 matches, with Millwall besides putting unneurotic a tally of 4 defeats successful 5 fixtures during that period.

While Neil volition beryllium contented with back-to-back 2-2 draws with Middlesbrough and West Ham United earlier the planetary break, Millwall led 2-0 connected some occasions.

In the expansive strategy of things, however, Millwall beryllium conscionable 4 points adrift of 2nd spot, and determination is optimism that they tin marque speedy headway up the table.

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Team News

Alexander volition apt instrumentality with the back-three strategy that helium was utilizing astatine Bradford, with Preston utilizing akin tactics nether Paul Heckingbottom.

With Ali McCann remaining sidelined and Caleb Wiley not acceptable to return, Alexander could sanction the aforesaid broadside from the QPR fixture.

The likes of Pol Valentin, Liam Gibbs and Jusaf Erabi volition apt enactment connected the substitutes' bench.

Millwall midfielder Mathis Servais is expected to miss retired aft suffering a caller wounded contented implicit the planetary break.

Neil could look to clasp the aforesaid XI from the West Ham game, with the Lions 2 goals up earlier alterations were made.

That would spot Alfie Doughty, Luke Cundle and Kyrell Lisbie kept successful reserve.

Preston North End imaginable starting lineup:

Iversen; Mills, Storey, Hughes, Clarke, Vukcevic; Leroy, Thompson, Devine; Lang, Kenny

Millwall imaginable starting lineup:

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

We say: Preston North End 1-3 Millwall

Although Preston showed signs of betterment past clip out, they inactive gave up a two-goal lead. The aforesaid applies with Millwall, yet we are backing the Lions to showcase their superior prime successful the last 3rd to look with a ruthless victory.

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