Blackburn vs Millwall prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-03-04 19:45.
Midweek Championship action is back again and Blackburn Rovers will set out to replicate their Tuesday evening 2-1 defeat of Millwall back in October, when they occupied a mid-table position. Things havenāt been rosy since then for the Lancashire club, who continue to catapult down the table towards the danger zone after remaining winless under new head coach John Eustace (D3, L2).
One of those defeats came at the weekend when Rovers went down 2-1 against Swansea, and expect the goals to follow again at Ewood Park, where Blackburnās last ten league games across all competitions have seen both teams score. Rovers fans would happily trade entertainment for points here, not least because their side are now just one point ahead of the relegation zone, and just two in front of where they were after 35 matches on the way to being relegated at the end of 2016/17.
Millwall are enjoying the ānew manager bounceā that Blackburn have desired for weeks, moving alongside their upcoming opponents on 39 points with back-to-back wins at the beginning of Neil Harrisā second spell in charge. Ironically, Harris has already lost to Blackburn in 2024, when his Cambridge United were eliminated from the third round of the FA Cup (5-2). In fact, Blackburn are the only club Harris has met at least five times without a win in any competition (D2, L5)!
Harris has set out to ābring the Millwall-ness backā to the club and two wins against higher performing clubs should be especially encouraging, particularly their 2-1 success against automatic promotion-chasing Southampton in their last away league outing. If they can now secure back-to-back Championship away victories in the same season for the first time since Jan-Feb 2023, it could truly be the beginning of a timely resurgence in their battle to beat the drop.
Players to watch: Sammie Szmodics opened Blackburnās account for a 12th time in all competitions this season during their weekend loss to Swansea, whilst Zian Flemming did so for the fifth time for Millwall in 2023/24 when delivering the winner against Watford.
Hot stat: Blackburn have conceded a league-high 20 goals after the 75th minute this Championship season.