West Brom vs Millwall prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-09-22 14:00.
Although West Bromwich Albion’s inconsistent start to the Championship season continued when they drew 2-2 in midweek at Watford, a crazy opening 23 minutes to the game where all four goals were scored did at least provide plenty of entertainment. As a result, West Brom find themselves in 15th place heading into the weekend, and with the Championship table starting to take shape, they will need to reignite their season sooner rather than later or risk getting left behind.
Carlos Corberán’s men could have been up in the playoff spots had they not relinquished four points by drawing against Watford and Leeds when they had the lead. Now the Baggies will need to pull something special out of the bag if they’re to claim all three points against Millwall seeing as they’ve only been victorious once in the last eight H2Hs (D3, L4).
Millwall will be gunning to keep that record intact, or risk their hosts leapfrogging them in the table should they fall to defeat. A 3-0 win in midweek over Rotherham will have the confidence flowing in the away camp, and they seem to be trending in the right direction with only one defeat in their last four matches (W2, D1).
Manager Gary Rowett will be hoping their newfound form translates to a first league win away at West Brom in over two decades, last tasting a victory here in the 2001/02 Championship season. The Lions have been hunters on the road recently, losing only three of their last ten away matches (W4, D3) and troubling the scorers on no less than eight occasions.
Players to watch: West Brom’s John Swift has scored in all three of his side’s home games this season, and is responsible for bagging their first goal in eight of his last 11 goalscoring outings. He’ll be looking forward to a midfield tussle with Zian Flemming who opened his account for the season last time out, continuing his record of losing only once with Millwall when finding the back of the net (W9, D3).
Hot stat: West Brom have only lost three of the last 59 home league games when they’ve scored the opener (W43, D13).