Ipswich vs Millwall Predictions

• Ipswich have won 12 and drawn six of their 19 home league games
• Millwall have picked up only one point from four matches against teams above them in the table
• Five of Millwall’s last seven of Championship games have produced three or more goals

Ipswich can land telling blow in promotion race

It’s third meets fourth in the Championship on Saturday as Ipswich play host to Millwall and, if catching Middlesbrough in the race for automation promotion is the aim, then the pair should see this is a must-win.

The two teams are level on points but the Tractor Boys are higher in the table courtesy of a much better goal difference, while they also have a game in hand so they may still yet pose the biggest danger to Coventry in the title race.

Having been relegated from last season’s Premier League, Ipswich would have been fancied to figure in the promotion picture, but for Millwall they have exceeded expectations and have worked tirelessly to bolster their resources.

Millwall had their four-game winning run come to an end with last weekend’s 2-1 defeat at struggling Blackburn, which is cause for concern ahead of the trip to Portman Road.

Ipswich have lost only one of their 19 home league games this season and they have won eight of their last ten in front of their own supporters, which includes accounting for leaders Coventry in a 3-0 rout.

A freak result against Charlton in October is the only blot on their copybook and they can claim a massive victory over the Lions, who are the lowest scorers in the top eight with just 52 goals in 38 games.

Milwall lost 2-1 at table-topping Coventry in January and a repeat scenario could be on the cards at Ipswich, who have conceded in seven of their last 11 matches.

But Kieran McKenna has an array of attacking weapons at his disposal – only Cov have surpassed their total of 66 goals in 37 games – and they create chances for fun.