Millwall are back in Sky Bet Championship action this Saturday afternoon following the past week’s internationals, as table-toppers Leeds United visit The Den in an eagerly anticipated clash. The Lions will be seeking to bounce back from a defeat to Swansea City in our last outing, and here we look towards some of Leeds’ recent statistics, as well as details of recent meetings between the sides.
2017/18:
Sky Bet Championship position: 13th
League record: Played 46, Points 60 – Won 17, Drew 9, Lost 20 – Scored 59, Conceded 64 (GD -5)
FA Cup: Third round (lost 2-1 v Newport County (A))
Carabao Cup: Fourth round (won 4-1 v Port Vale (H), won 5-1 v Newport County (H), drew 2-2 (won 3-5 on pens) v Burnley (A), lost 3-1 v Leicester City (A))
Top scorer: Kemar Roofe, 11 goals
Top assists: Pablo Hernandez, eight assists
Most appearances: Pontus Jansson and Ezgjan Alioski, 42 games
Most yellow cards: Pontus Jansson and Kalvin Phillips, 13 yellows
Most red cards: Gaetano Berardi, three reds
Transfers:
Transfers in: Patrick Bamford (Middlesbrough), Barry Douglas (Wolves), Jamal Blackman (Chelsea, loan), Lewis Baker (Chelsea, loan), Izzy Brown (Chelsea, loan), Jack Harrison (Manchester City, loan)
Transfers out: Ronaldo Vieira (Sampdoria), Andy Lonergan (Middlesbrough), Felix Wiedwald (Eintracht Frankfurt), Luke Murphy (Bolton Wanderers), Caleb Ekuban (Trabzonspor, loan), Laurens de Bock (Oostende, loan), Vurnon Anita (Willem, loan), Pawel Cibicki (Molde, loan), Paudie O’Connor (Blackpool, loan), Yosuke Ideguchi (Greuther Furth, loan), Tyler Denton (Peterborough United, loan), Hadi Sacko (Las Palmas, loan), Ouasim Bouy (Zwolle, loan), Eunan O’Kane (Luton Town, loan), Jay-Roy Grot (VVV-Venlo, loan), Madger Gomes (Sochaux), Marcus Antonsson (Malmo)
Past record:
Millwall wins: 17
Draws: 4
Leeds wins: 15
Last five meetings:
20th January 2018 – Leeds 3-4 Millwall: Lasogga (2), Roofe; O’Brien, Gregory, Elliott, J. Wallace
16th September 2017 – Millwall 1-0 Leeds: O’Brien
14th February 2015 – Leeds 1-0 Millwall: Mowatt
9th August 2014 – Millwall 2-0 Leeds: Beevers, Williams
22nd March 2014 – Leeds 2-1 Millwall: Smith, McCormack; Campbell
