The Den hosts Millwall and Preston this Saturday, in a big weekend in the Championship. Millwall and Preston are both in the bottom half of the table and need the three points to get them closer to the top half of the table.
Millwall currently sit 18th in the Championship after 28 games. The Lions have eight wins, eight draws and 12 losses, leaving them on 32 points, eight points above the relegation zone and eight points from the top half of the table.
In their last five games in all competitions, Millwall have two wins and three losses.
Tom Bradshaw scored the only goal of the game in the 18th minute for a 1 - 0 win for Millwall over Norwich, despite George Saville being sent off late on. It was another 1 - 0 win for Millwall next time out, this time against Bristol City. Shaun Hutchinson left it late to score, grabbing a goal in the 92nd minute to give Millwall the 1 - 0 win.
In the Third Round of the FA Cup, Millwall hosted Leicester. Cesare Casadei and Ricardo Pereira gave Leicester the 2 - 0 lead at halftime, but Duncan Watmore got Millwall on the scoresheet early in the second half. Tom Cannon restored the two goal cushion for Leicester, making Zian Flemming’s goal null and void as Leicester won 3 - 2. Back in the Championship, Joe Bryan opened the scoring for Millwall. However, goals from Lukas Engel, Isaiah Jones and Marcus Forss gave Middlesbrough the 3 - 1 win.
The last time out for Millwall was against QPR. Illias Chair and Sinclair Armstrong both scored in the 2 - 0 win for QPR over Millwall.
Preston, on the other hand, currently sit 12th in the Championship. In 28 games, Preston have 11 wins, five draws and 12 losses which leaves them on 38 points, just two points from the top half of the table.
In their last five games in all competitions, Preston have one win and four losses.
Marvin Johnson scored the only goal of the game in the first half to give Sheffield Wednesday the 1 - 0 win over Millwall, despite the late red card to George Byers and Preston having 69% of the possession. Sunderland took an early lead through Alex Pritchard and Nazariy Rusyn doubled their lead before halftime. Preston could only manage three shots on target and slumped to a 2 - 0 loss.
In the FA Cup Third Round, Preston took on Chelsea. Armando Broja, Thiago Silva, Raheem Sterling and Enzo Fernandez all scored in the 4 - 0 win for Chelsea. Preston’s only win came next time out against Bristol City. Despite having less of the possession, Will Keane grabbed a brace in the second half to give Preston the 2 - 0 win and all three points.
The most recent outing for Preston was against Leeds. Keane was on the scoresheet again for Preston, this time in the second minute. However, Daniel James equalised for Leeds within four minutes to make the game level at halftime. After a goalless second half, Joel Piroe converted his 94th minute penalty to give Leeds the 2 - 1 win.
Millwall and Preston have met 74 times in their histories, with the first meeting coming back in 1903. Millwall have the better record in the fixture with 34 wins, in comparison to Preston’s 26 wins with the other 14 games ending in a draw.