Our prediction for this Championship match:
Saturday’s football game at the Den pits together Millwall and Sunderland, the two top-table sides. The Lions have been in a fine form of late, winning four of their last five league games, while sharing the spoils with Stoke City. Millwall are after their fourth consecutive win at home ground and it is no wonder the odds for their triumph are dropping. Midfielder Billy Mitchell should be the only absentee in the home team.
The Black Cats, on the other hand, head into the match with a severely-weakened squad. Both Hume and Roberts are sidelined through suspension, while the likes of Abdul Samed, Abdullahi, Alese, Huggins, Patterson, and Poveda remain in the treatment room. In their last meeting in the Championship Millwall defeated Sunderland 1-0 thanks to Duncan Watmore’s goal and given the Lions' fine form, we predict that history is going to repeat itself.
Highlighted Team (Sunderland):
Sunderland are a professional football club that have been playing their home games at the Stadium of Light since 1997. The capacity of the stadium is 49,000, but before expansion the original ground capacity was 42,000. Red and White shirts are Sunderland’s trademark and the club’s fiercest rivals are Newcastle United. The two local rivals have been contesting in the Tyne-Wear derby since 1898 and there have always been fireworks in what is one of the greatest derbies in English football. Sunderland were on the verge of dropping to the Championship in the 2015/2016 Premier League campaign, but experienced tactician Sam Allardyce eventually helped the team avoid relegation.
The Black Cats have won six First Division trophies (now the Premier League), with the team lifting two FA Cup titles. Sunderland won their first FA Cup trophy in 1937, with the team beating Preston North End 3-1 in the title game. The club was founded in 1879 as Sunderland and District Teachers A.F.C.