Match Preview: Millwall v Sheffield Wednesday (Saturday, 3pm)

Saturday's match at the Den sees two relegation candidates play each other, as 21st-ranked host 23rd-placed .

Millwall have picked up 33 points from their first 33 games, with eight wins and nine draws.

That is seven points more than the have collected, having won seven and drawn five.

Millwall are in terrible form in the Championship, with no wins and a draw from their last six games.

With a win and a draw over that period, 's form is better – they have taken four points from 18, compared to the 's one.

In the last 10 years, Millwall and Wednesday have played each other on 11 occasions. Millwall won four of them, Wednesday three, and they drew four times.

On average, the Lions scored 1.4 goals and the Owls 0.9 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on November 11, when Millwall won 4-0 away.

With 24 goals in 32 games so far this season, the Owls are the league's lowest scorers with 0.8 goals per game. And they are conceding more than average, letting in 52 goals at a rate of 1.6 per game.

The home team are also below average scorers, with 1.0 goal per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.4 goals per game.

Millwall's last match was on Wednesday, a 4-0 loss against .

Wednesday lost 2-0 against Leicester City last time out, on Tuesday.

Saturday's match will be refereed by Geoff Eltringham, who has taken charge of 13 Championship games so far this season, issuing no red cards and booking 56 players. He has not awarded any penalties.

The last Millwall game Eltringham refereed was a 0-0 away draw with on December 23. He is yet to oversee a match featuring Wednesday this season.

Millwall v Sheffield Wednesday
Championship | The Den
Saturday, 17 February 2024 @ 3.00pm

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