Derby County’s promotion hopes are very much alive; they are only kept off the promotion playoff zone by two points and will be hoping to climb in there after this match. Rumors linking Derby manager Frank Lampard with the Chelsea job have surfaced but the former England midfielder seems unshaken though his team cannot look back and term their last 10 matches a good run, as they have managed just three wins in the process. They are coming from a loss to Huddersfield in the FA Cup. Having earlier drawn with Ipswich Town in the championship. On their part, Millwall picked a win in their last match, an FA Cup clash against AFC Wimbledon. That win ended a three – game winless run and they will be keen to continue in the same fashion. Derby are unbeaten in seven matches at home and with just two losses in their home run. Millwall on the other hand, have a very poor record away from home; they have managed only two wins away in 16 matches. They are just two places and two points above the relegation zone and Millwall will have to dig deep to get anything from this match.
Derby are in danger of dropping away from the play off places if they don’t start winning more games having won only 3 of their last 10 league games (W3 D5 L2), although, they continue to show good form at home with their record at home against the teams below them resulting in W7 D2 L1 F16 A7 and they should be able to add to those wins on Wednesday by taking the 3pts when they play a Millwall team that have failed to win in their last 5 league games, taking only 3pts (W0 D3 L2 F1 A4). Millwall have won only 1 away game this season, a 3-2 defeat of bottom side Ipswich, and I reckon taking the odds 9 of 2.04 for the Derby win looks a good opportunity for making a decent profit from this game.
Derby has lost just thrice in their last 16 overall games, and just twice in their last 19 home-ties. They have also got a streak of seven unbeaten home fixtures going on. Additionally, the team has registered two or more goals in their last three home games in a row. On the contrary, Millwall has just two wins to their name in their last 17 fixtures away from home. One was against the dead-last team in the Championship, and the other was in a FA Cup tie, against League One side AFC Wimbledon. On basis of all these, I think it goes without saying that the home team is going to dominate the proceedings all through the ninety minutes.
Derby County’s promotion hopes are very much alive; they are only kept off the promotion playoff zone by two points and will be hoping to climb in there after this match. Rumors linking Derby manager Frank Lampard with the Chelsea job have surfaced but the former England midfielder seems unshaken though his team cannot look back and term their last 10 matches a good run, as they have managed just three wins in the process. They are coming from a loss to Huddersfield in the FA Cup. Having earlier drawn with Ipswich Town in the championship. On their part, Millwall picked a win in their last match, an FA Cup clash against AFC Wimbledon. That win ended a three – game winless run and they will be keen to continue in the same fashion. Derby are unbeaten in seven matches at home and with just two losses in their home run. Millwall on the other hand, have a very poor record away from home; they have managed only two wins away in 16 matches. They are just two places and two points above the relegation zone and Millwall will have to dig deep to get anything from this match.