• Millwall beat Charlton 4-0 last weekend

• Sheff Utd stunned Ipswich 3-1 on Saturday

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Play-off chasers Millwall welcome Sheffield United, play-off finalists last May, in a match which promises to be a close-fought affair.

Alex Neil's Lions are up to fifth after last week's 4-0 demolition of rivals Charlton while Chris Wilder continues to struggle for consistency with his bottom-half Blades.

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Team news

Millwall could give a debut to playmaker Barry Bannan, signed this week from United's bitter rivals Sheffield Wednesday.

United are missing a trio of key figures through suspension with ex-Millwall defender Japhet Tanganga, midfielder Djibril Soumare and six-goal striker Patrick Bamford all sitting out this trip.

Jairo Riedewald (hamstring) is also missing for the short-handed Blades.

The stats

Six of the last seven meetings between these sides have produced two goals or less.

Each of the last three (at either ground) have been settled by 0-1 scorelines.

Millwall have won four of their last six in the league and each of their last three at The Den.

Sheffield United have not drawn an away game this season. Indeed, their last league away draw was 14 months ago.

United win more corners - 7.2 per game - than any other side in the Championship.

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Prediction

If the Championship table is your guide then Millwall have their sights on promotion while Sheffield United are still trying to navigate their way out of the bottom half, but the standings are more nuanced than that.

Yes, the Lions are enjoying a fabulous campaign, especially at home where they have won nine times already.

But United are playing catch-up after their atrocious start and Lions' boss Alex Neil is the first to acknowledge they would be in the promotion mix had Chris Wilder been at Bramall Lane at the start of term.

The upshot being there probably is not an awful lot between these teams which leads to the idea that this might be a close-run affair.

Against the Blades is a wretched away record - only Southampton have shipped more goals and they have lost 10 of their 15 road trips - plus a trio of suspensions leaving them stretched.

But against Millwall is their constant struggle to score goals. They are fifth in the actual table but joint 15th in the goals-scored standings.

Indeed, the first half of their 15 home matches have produced just 13 goals which suggests they are not going to run away with it. Last week's 4-0 drubbing of Charlton looks like a hammering but it was only 1-0 and on a knife-edge until the 81st minute.

United are a doughtier unit under Wilder than they were under Ruben Selles and he has made them tougher to beat. Limited options off the bench may ultimately hurt the Yorkshiremen but they are more than capable of being on terms at the interval.

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