John Eustace, the new Derby manager, has a daunting task ahead of him. In his debut game as manager, the Rams suffered a 4-0 loss to QPR, causing them to fall into the Championship relegation zone.
Eustace stated after the game that he “learned a lot about the group” and that it will be interesting to watch how his team reacts after spending a week with them on the training pitch.
They enter this game with a winless streak of 11 games across all competitions.
It’s no win in three for Millwall who missed the chance to close the gap on the play-off places in their last outing after their 1-1 draw at Preston.
That was their second consecutive draw with the Lions 14th and six points adrift of the play-off positions.
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Derby County have failed to win any of their last four league games against Millwall (D2 L2), last enduring a longer winless run against the Lions between 1992 and 1994 (six games).
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Millwall have won each of their last four away league games against Derby County since 2019, winning by a one-goal margin in each of those matches.
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Derby County have gone 10 Championship games without a win (D2 L8) since beating West Brom on Boxing Day. The Rams last had a longer winless league run between October and December 2020 (11 games).
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Millwall boss Alex Neil has lost six of his 10 Championship meetings with Derby, though this will be his first since a 1-0 win on Boxing Day in 2020 as Preston manager.
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Derby haven’t scored a single goal in any of their last five home league games. The Rams have never previously gone six in a row without a goal on home soil, with this their 2,559th home game in the Football League.
