Our prediction for this Championship match:
Millwall
Match Time & Date:
06/11/2021
16:00
Prediction: 1-0
Derby
Millwall will look to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over Reading when they welcome Derby to the Den on Matchday 17. The Lions have been producing fine performances at home of late, and it is no wonder the bookies see them as favourites to win Saturday’s clash. Midfielder George Evans should be the only absentee in the home team. The Rams, on the other hand, remained in the relegation zone following a 2-1 loss at Barnsley.
Wayne Rooney’s troops are eager to put an end to their six-game winless run, but seeing that Millwall are a real force to be reckoned with at home, the visitors are unlikely to grab something from the match. Both Bielik and McDonald are sidelined through injuries, but there are no suspended players in the away team. In their last meeting in the Championship Millwall defeated Derby thanks to Shaun Hutchinson’s goal.
Highlighted Player (Jiri Skalak ):
After starting his professional career at Sparta Prague, Jiri Skalak played for the likes of Ruzemberok, Slovacko, Zbrojovka Brno and Mlada Boleslav on loan. In the summer of 2015 the Czech player signed a permanent deal with Mlada Boleslav where he established himself as a first-team regular.
However, the pacey winger did spend too much time at the Czech club as he joined English side Brighton in the winter of 2016. Jiri Skalak signed for the Seagulls for an undisclosed fee and it has to be noted that he score his first goal for the club in a 4-0 win over QPR on April 19, 2016. After spending two seasons at the Falmer Stadium, Jiri Skalak moved to fellow English club Millwall on August 2, 2018.
Born in Pardubice (Czechoslovakia) on March 12, 1992, Skalak represents Czech Republic on the international stage. The Millwall winger has 21 caps for the Czech Republic U21 team and he received his first call-up for the senior team on August 25, 2015 for the Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Latvia and Kazakhstan.
Highlighted Team (Derby):
Derby County is one of the 12 founder members of the Football League. However, nowadays the Rams compete in the Championship and they play their home matches at Pride Park Stadium. Derby County have won the two trophies in the English top flight (1971/1972, 1974/1975), with the team lifting the FA Cup trophy just after the World War II (1946).
Derby’s main rivals are Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Leeds United, but the rivalry between Forest and Derby is regarded as the biggest one.
The two teams take on each other in the East Midlands derby. The colour of Derby’s shirts is white, whilst their shorts are black. It has to be noted that the club was founded in 1884 by William Morley. The Rams competed in the European competitions four times, but they did not record a notable result in the European Cups. The club’s chairman is Mel Morris.
