Competitors: Championship
Market: Southampton win
Odds: 11/10 @ 1xBet
Hoping to increase their keep within the play-off locations on Saturday afternoon, Southampton will journey to south London after they meet Millwall.
Beginning with the hosts, whereas Millwall may need opened up the brand new marketing campaign with their sights set on mounting one other play-off cost, the Lions have struggled to seek out any sort of stability this time round. Parting methods with now-former boss Gary Rowett final month, the south London outfit are nonetheless battling it out within the bottom-half of the Championship desk. Whereas they may have been final seen snatching a 2-2 stalemate away at fellow strugglers Watford, Millwall have managed to muster only a single win from any of their earlier seven appearances. With that prolonged rut stemming again to September twentieth, Saturday’s hosts have additionally continued to point out some prolonged points on on the Den. Hit with a worrying 2-1 loss by the hands of Blackburn of their final look on house soil, the Lions have recorded only one win in entrance of their very own supporters since approach again on August twenty sixth. Nearly discovering themselves sat in Championship limbo and going through a significant uphill battle of their bid to clinch a play-off ticket this season, Millwall might be greater than conscious that they face one other stern examination within the capital.
As for the guests, shedding their Premier League standing final season, it’s no secret that Southampton have a direct top-flight return on the prime of their agenda this time round. Final seen placing in one other eye-catching efficiency as they secured a routine 3-1 victory towards Birmingham, Russell Martin’s males are unbeaten of their earlier six Championship outings. With that current flurry stemming again to a 2-1 defeat towards Middlesbrough on September twenty third, the previous Swansea boss finds his facet tipped as a number one play-off candidate this season. With their spectacular purple patch highlighted by a 3-1 romp towards Leeds when signing off September, Southampton ought to be smelling the possibility to make one other assertion after they journey to south London this weekend. It must also be famous, the Saints have collected seven factors from their final three second-tier contests away from St. Mary’s. Likewise, selecting up a 2-0 victory after they final traveled to the Den again in August 2014 for an EFL Cup showdown, we expect an identical away win within the capital.
Wager: Southampton 11/10 to beat Millwall in Saturday’s Championship matchup @ 1xBet
