Millwall vs Braintree Town Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

Sometimes drawing lower-league opposition creates a certain pressure on teams, but Millwall will surely have been delighted to draw National League Braintree at home in this round and the opportunity to safely make it through isn’t one they should be passing up.

At surprisingly good odds of 1/1, ‘Millwall to Score Over 2.5 Goals’ looks the bet to go for here. The hosts have scored with good frequency of late, and, against a team who’ve been known to concede a few in the National League, the League One outfit really ought to be putting a few away here.

In recent times, the hosts have scored three or more goals on four occasions (last ten matches), while they’ve scored at least three on five occasions overall. Couple this with the fact that Braintree have conceded a total of 40 goals this season, letting in three or more on five occasions, and it’s easy to conclude that Millwall should be scoring a decent number of goals in this fixture.

On the road, Braintree have conceded 15 goals in their last five matches, letting in at least three in three of those. All things considered, Millwall really are presented with an excellent opportunity here to both score goals and progress to round three of the competition.

In addition, attacking player Aiden O’Brien has been in good goal-scoring form this season (netted seven league goals) and, against lowly opposition, could easily find himself the recipient of several chances here. At odds of 11/10 he’s worth backing to score anytime.