Leeds United face one of the Championship’s most in-form sides when they travel to Millwall this week.
The Lions are unbeaten in their last five matches, winning each of their last three, the most recent of which came at the Den on Sunday against Leeds’ promotion rivals Burnley.
Millwall hasn’t been an overly happy hunting ground for Leeds in recent years, though last season’s 3-0 victory is a clear example of how they are more than capable of coming away with a win.
Manager Neil Harris was not afraid to big up the Leeds clash after his side’s win over Burnley given the history he has in this fixture both as a player and in the dugout.
As a player, he won five times in eight matches, scoring four goals in that time. He has three victories from seven games as a manager.
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Millwall without Joe Bryan for Leeds clash
Leeds have had to deal with a couple of suspensions of their own in recent weeks but thankfully were able to get by Saturday’s 3-0 win over Plymouth Argyle without Joe Rodon or Wilfried Gnonto picking up a fifth booking.
Jayden Bogle is available again after serving a one-match ban, with Junior Firpo the only other Leeds star to have picked up five yellow cards.
Despite two of Leeds’ key men walking a suspension tightrope in recent weeks, it is Millwall who will be without one of their ever-presents at the Den.
Joe Bryan received his fifth booking of the season in the win over Burnley and will therefore serve an automatic one-match ban against Leeds.
Bryan has featured in all 13 of Millwall’s Championship matches so far, 11 of which have come from the start, and so will be a big miss.
Danny McNamara looks like the most likely to replace Bryan, given he has started the two matches in which the latter was on the bench for. He would be a right-footer, playing on the left.
What Neil Harris has said about facing Leeds
Beating Burnley was a huge win for Millwall but that has not stopped Harris from talking up the importance of facing Leeds.
In fact, speaking after that win on Sunday, Harris labelled the game against Burnley as almost a ‘warm-up’ for what is to come.
He said: “We know the atmosphere is going to be electric. We told the players: ‘This (Burnley) is your warm up for Wednesday. Enjoy it, don’t live off it. Back in the training ground tomorrow preparing for Wednesday’.”
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