Millwall and Norwich City Set to Face Off in Key Championship Clash
Millwall and Norwich City gear up for an important Championship match as both teams enter the season with high hopes. Last campaign, Millwall reached the play-offs but were eliminated by Hull City in the semi-finals. Conversely, Norwich City made a strong recovery after a poor start in November, finishing in ninth place.
Both teams are expected to be serious contenders for a top-six finish this season.
A look at recent performances shows that Millwall has won three of their last five league encounters against Norwich City, with the latter claiming victory in the remaining two. This marks significant progress for Millwall, given they recorded as many wins in this series over the last five matches as they did in their previous 22 attempts between 2002 and 2023.
Norwich will look to build on their previous success against Millwall, having won this same fixture 2-1 last season. They hope to achieve back-to-back league victories away against Millwall for the first time since 1989.
Millwall is coming off a solid 2-0 victory over Bristol City and aims to secure wins in their first two league outings for the first time since the 2014-15 season. On the other hand, Norwich started their last away league campaign with a 2-1 win against Portsmouth but has struggled to win consecutive away matches since the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons.
Norwich’s Mohamed Toure is a player to watch, having scored seven goals and provided two assists in just four Championship away matches, which includes two hat-tricks. He is on pace to challenge the record of the fastest player to reach ten away goals in the competition’s history, held by Matej Vydra, who accomplished the feat in ten appearances.
These two sides ended last season strongly with Millwall reaching the play-offs before losing to Hull City in the semi-finals, while Norwich climbed from the relegation zone in November to finish in ninth place.
Both are tipped to challenge for at least a top-six place this season.
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Millwall have won three of their past five league games against Norwich City (L2), as many victories as across their prior 22 attempts combined between 2002 and 2023.
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After winning this exact fixture 2-1 last season, Norwich City will be hoping to win successive away league games against Millwall for the first time since 1989.
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After beating Bristol City 2-0, Millwall will be hoping to win their opening two league games of a campaign for the first time since 2014-15.
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Norwich won their opening away league game of last season 2-1 at Portsmouth, though they have not won successive such matches since 2015-16/2016-17.
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Norwich City’s Mohamed Toure has scored seven goals and assisted a further two goals in just four Championship away appearances – that includes two hat-tricks. The quickest player to 10 away goals in the competition’s history is Matej Vydra who needed 10 appearances.
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