Millwall will look to boost their Championship play-off hopes when they travel to bottom club Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday afternoon (15:00 GMT kick-off).
The Lions are fifth and hold six points clear of Preston in seventh – their best league position after 31 games of a second-tier season since the 2022-23 campaign, when they were sixth at this stage.
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The Owls could be relegated to arch rivals Sheffield United next weekend if they lose to Millwall and the Blades – and either Leicester or Blackburn pick up another point in that time.
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Sheffield Wednesday have won just one of their last 10 league matches against Millwall (D4 L5), a 2-0 away win in February 2024.
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Following their 1-0 win in November, Millwall are looking to complete the league double against Sheffield Wednesday for the first time since 2002-03.
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Sheffield Wednesday have failed to score in their last nine league matches, losing each of the last eight. No team in the history of the English Football League has ever lost nine times in a row without scoring before.
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Millwall have lost just one of their previous nine league matches (W5 D3), with no Championship team having suffered fewer defeats since Christmas than the Lions.
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Sheffield Wednesday have failed to score in their last nine league matches – only one team in the history of the second tier has failed to score more consecutively in a single campaign, with Coventry finishing 11th between October and December 1919.
(BBC)
