- Preston North End are 23rd in the Championship 2026/2027 table with four points from eight games. Millwall are 11th with 11 points from the same number of matches.
- Preston have won one and lost three of their four home games in Championship 2026/2027.
- Millwall have won one, drawn one and lost two of their four away games in Championship 2026/2027.
Deepdale hosts Millwall in Championship clash
Preston North End are in a bind, and so are the visitors, but the Lions are more likely to nick this Saturday's game at Deepdale. The Lilywhites are on a short fuse, and the work Graham Alexander is doing in Lancashire looks very much a work in progress.
Alexander's record as head coach since his appointment on 29 September 2026 is 1 win, 1 draw and 6 defeats, although the last three games have been a 2-1 loss at Watford, a 1-0 home defeat to Lincoln City and a 2-2 away draw at Queens Park Rangers.
In other words, the Lilywhites are conceding too many easy goals, a recipe for trouble in any league, but especially the Championship where results come first and the stakes are high.
Neil’s side have a little more sharpness
Millwall are a work in progress too, but Alex Neil has given The Lions a little more shape and sharpness since his arrival on 30 December 2024. Neil has set them up in a more vertical and flexible way, with structured pressing and set-piece routines doing plenty of the damage.
It could be a mismatch of styles, which suits Millwall if this game opens up, although Preston will try and keep things tight, which could lead to a scrappy affair. Millwall will like that, but there is enough in this script to suggest Neil's men can nick it.
The 38/25 about the visitors looks too generous, given Preston's odds of 83/50 and the draw at 47/20. But the Lions' away record is not good enough to run away with this game either, so we'll take the draw or away win in the double chance option.
Goals more likely than not
Millwall have averaged 1.50 goals per game on the road, scoring 6 times, which is enough to suggest they have a good chance of getting the better of Preston in this kind of fixture.
Preston have been in the habit of setting up compact and keeping the tempo down, which doesn't suit them as much as a team that can play with a bit of sharpness and control the flow of games.
Callum Lang will have to stay hot for Preston, who have conceded eight goals in four home fixtures in 2026/2027. Lang is their main man with 3 goals in 8 Championship 2026/2027 games, while 3 of Preston's 6 goals in Preston's last 5 matches have been strikes.
Lyndon Dykes has been Millwall's main man with 4 goals in 8 Championship 2026/2027 fixtures, while 4 of his team's 9 goals in their last 5 games have come from Dykes' boot.
Goals do look more likely than not at Deepdale, so we'll go with Both Teams To Score - Yes at 13/20 and Under 2.5 goals at a slightly shorter 93/100 for the main bet.
