The Championship clash at The Den on Saturday sees home side Millwall facing opposition in the form of Portsmouth.
Our Millwall v Portsmouth predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below (including the best match odds).
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Millwall
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Millwall will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 1-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Sunderland.
In that match, Millwall had 54% possession and 5 shots at goal with 2 on target. Sunderland had 14 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Trai Hume (20') scored for Sunderland.
Millwall haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics of late. Their goals record equals just 4 against opposing sides over their last six matches. In those games, Millwall have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 9.
Coming into this contest, Millwall have not lost a league tie with Portsmouth in their last 4 games.
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth go into this game following a 1-0 Championship win with the eclipse of Blackburn Rovers in their most recent fixture.
In that game, Portsmouth managed 47% possession and 3 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Portsmouth was Josh Murphy (20'). On the other side, Blackburn Rovers had 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target.
John Mousinho's Portsmouth have slotted home 6 times in the course of their most recent 6 matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period equals 6.
Coming into this meeting, Portsmouth are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.
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Head to head
A review of their past head to head results stretching back to 26/12/2010 tells us that these encounters have not been fruitful for Portsmouth. They’ve not managed to get any victories whatsoever while Millwall have just been stronger than them, getting wins in 83% of those matches.
9 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 7 of them for The Lions and 2 for Pompey. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.5.
The previous league game between these clubs was Championship match day 17 on 28/01/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Portsmouth 0-1 Millwall.
In that match, Portsmouth had 64% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.
Millwall had 7 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Mihailo Ivanović (40') scored.
The referee was Dean Whitestone.
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Team News: Millwall
There is just a single fitness concern for the Millwall boss Alex Neil to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Danny McNamara (Knee surgery) will miss out.
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Team News: Portsmouth
Thanks to a largely full-strength squad, there’s only the lone fitness problem for the Portsmouth boss John Mousinho to be concerned with. Ibane Bowat (Patellar tendon rupture) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
Our thinking is that Portsmouth are certainly able to put one past this Millwall outfit, but it probably won’t quite be as many as they’ll concede.
Our selection here is for a 2-1 winning score for Millwall at full-time. It’s a very tough call.
Lucas Pereira,
09:02 02/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Millwall
Formed: 1885
Stadium: The Den (20,146)
Captain: Shaun Hutchinson
Chairman: James Berylson
Manager: Alex Neil
Competitions: Championship position 13
⭐ Key Man: Duncan Watmore
Regularly played in the Left Wing position, Duncan Watmore was born in Cheadle Hulme, England. Having played his first senior match for Altrincham in the 2012 - 2013 season, the talented Forward has accumulated 5 league goals in the Championship 2024 - 2025 campaign to date coming from a total of 26 appearances.