Gary Rowett has overseen an excellent season for the lions which see’s them sitting in tenth place in the championship just four points from the play offs. They most certainly will see this game against Swansea City as a winnable fixture.
Since mid February Millwall have won six of their ten games, drawing three and losing only one. Those twenty one points have catapulted the lions in to a promising position for the final post international break run in. They don’t concede that many goals either, although their 2-2 draw against Luton on the weekend did expose a few frailties.
This will be a far bigger test than the swans faced on Saturday when they secured another win over Cardiff, achieving the first double in the history of the derby fixture. Rowett had a lot to say after his sides draw on Saturday."If you take the game in it’s entirety, in terms of pressure, we had the better first half. We were excellent first half, they put us under the cosh a little bit in the second half. I couldn’t stand here and say: ‘The performance deserved us to easily win the game’. But when you get to 86 minutes and you are a team like us, you have to see a set-piece out to probably win the game. Yes, we could get a bit more fortune. Cameron Jerome doesn’t head it properly, it hits Jake Cooper on the shoulder and ends up in the back of the net which seems to be a bit symptomatic of our fortune at the moment.At 86 minutes I expect us to win the game. At this stage of the season, with seven games left, you don’t get another bite of the cherry. That was the disappointment. It’s another good result but also a disappointing result for us — which shows the level of efforts. We have two home games now which we have to go and be positive about. Two very good goals. The first one was a little bit about how we set up. Luton are a side that want the ball to be in front of them. We worked very hard in turning them around and playing into space between the centre-backs and wing-backs. We kept Jed narrow so he was always there to pick loose balls up. He picked the ball up and Bradders hit the ball early which deceives the keeper. He hits it very well”
Millwall score at Luton on Saturday
His high expectations alone should be a warning to the swans this evening, those expectations are born out of an excellent second half of this season, their performances and consistency is there for all to see.
Millwall official news update.
Shaun Hutchinson, Mason Bennett and Luke Freeman compile Millwall's current injury list, but there is more positive news on those returning. Oliver Burke stepped off the bench to provide a crucial assist for Benik Afobe last weekend, whilst Ryan Leonard played 90 minutes for The Lions' Under 23s on Friday afternoon and could be in line to play some part. Sheyi Ojo and Tyler Burey were unused substitutes against The Hatters and are available for selection should Gary Rowett wish to change things up.
More later on the game as kick off gets closer.