Millwall have the lowest goals tally of any top-half team
Each of Swansea’s last three fixtures have finished 1-0
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Having struggled to pick up points over the festive period, Millwall will not be relishing the prospect of facing a resurgent Swansea on Sunday afternoon.
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Team News
Alex Neil’s Millwall squad has been decimated in recent weeks, with a significant number of first-team players picking up injuries.
The Scottish boss is extremely short of options in the middle of the park with Will Smallbone and Daniel Kelly both nursing hamstring strains, while Massimo Luongo is out for the remainder of the season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.
Casper De Norre and Luke Cundle are both edging towards returns but this match will come too soon for both, while Derek Mazou-Sacko, who has been out since late November, also remains sidelined.
Elsewhere, Lukas Jensen has suffered a further injury setback after rupturing his Achilles tendon at the back end of last term. The Danish ‘keeper seriously damaged his quad while turning out for Millwall’s U21 outfit so Max Crocombe continues to provide cover between the sticks.
In stark contrast, Vitor Matos must only contend with a small handful of absentees. Adam Idah has not featured since netting a bizarre winner against Wrexham just before Christmas, while fellow centre-forward Liam Cullen is struggling with a calf problem.
Manuel Benson is currently at the Africa Cup of Nations, although he’ll be back in South Wales soon following Angola’s early elimination from the competition.
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The stats
After a run of three straight victories, Millwall have only taken six points from their last six league outings.
Neil’s men have scored more goals on the road than on home soil this season, netting on just 15 occasions at The Den.
Swansea are currently in excellent form, having won five of their last seven Championship fixtures.
Zan Vipotnik’s early opener in Monday’s clash with Oxford was just Swansea’s 10th away goal of the season, although it did earn the Welsh club a valuable three points.
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Prediction
Both of these teams lack a killer instinct in the final third, so do not be surprised if this one fails to produce many goals.
The reverse meeting at the Swansea.com Stadium in September ended 1-1, while Millwall recorded 1-0 wins in the three clashes prior to that.
The vast majority of the Lions’ 11 triumphs this season have come in low-scoring affairs, while no team in the Championship boasts a greater number of clean sheets.
Incredibly, a colossal 21 of Swansea’s 25 league matches have produced fewer than three goals, although three of their four EFL Cup ties did exceed that threshold.
With Millwall severely weakened by injuries and Swansea desperate to avoid defeat in their quest to remain in the second tier, it is unlikely either manager will be eager to commit too many men forward.
If either side can nick a goal at some stage in the contest, it might be enough to secure maximum points.
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