In this week 21 match on the 4th of December, Millwall plays host to Birmingham City in a clash of these two closely matched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Millwall is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Hull City. George Honeyman struck first for Hull City in the 29th minute, then in the 1st minute of the first half’s stoppage time, Benik Afobe sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Tom Bradshaw. Millwall is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while birmingham City is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Blackpool. Lukas Jutkiewicz struck first for Birmingham City in the 81st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Blackpool couldn’t manage to score, and Birmingham City took the shutout win. Birmingham City is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Millwall won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Birmingham City’s most prolific scorer has been Scott Hogan. The Irish attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Millwall’s most prolific scorer has been Benik Afobe. The attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.