Stoke vs Millwall prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-02-24 15:00.
Stoke City recovered from conceding a second-minute goal as Josh Laurent's brace helped defeat Swansea City 3-1 on Tuesday to move six points above the relegation zone. Despite the triumph, manager Alex Neil was disappointed “to concede early” which has become an unwanted habit for his side who have allowed a joint-league high eight goals within the opening ten minutes.
Inconsistency has been plaguing the Potters for a while with no consecutive league wins since mid-October and achieving that here would also see them post back-to-back league wins at the Bet365 Stadium for the first time this season, after a 3-0 victory in their last home league outing. With no goals conceded across their last three home league games (W2, D1), Stoke might feel that maintaining their defensive resilience could be the biggest factor in building up a head of steam.
Having won 2-0 here last March, the Potters could post consecutive home league wins ‘to-nil’ against Millwall for the first time since September 1998, although the promotion-chasing visitors may play spoilsport after securing a comfortable 2-0 win in the reverse fixture. Gary Rowett’s side will arrive in a confident mood after securing four points from their last two matches against the top-two clubs, although the team needed Tom Bradshaw from the bench to secure a 1-1 draw against leaders Burnley on Tuesday.
The Lions have been a relatively tough unit to breach with only three Championship sides conceding fewer than the 33 goals they’ve allowed ahead of the round. That could make for a low-scoring affair here especially as Millwall’s last four away games (W2, L2) have been decided by a single-goal margin with three ending 1-0.
Players to watch: Lewis Baker has scored either the first (x4) or the last (x2) goal for Stoke in his last six Championship goalscoring appearances. Zian Flemming tends to pounce later, netting Millwall’s last goal in five of his last six league scoring games.
Hot stat: Millwall have dropped only two points in matches they scored first this league campaign (W12, D1).