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Millwall and Watford go head-to-head at the Den in the 2024-25 EFL Championship opener on Saturday. Having failed to win the last four meetings between the sides, the Hornets will head into the weekend looking to get one over the hosts and kick off their push for Premier League promotion on a high.
Despite winning their final five games, Millwall failed to secure a top-half spot in the Championship last season as they finished 13th in the table with 59 points from 46 matches.
Neil Harris’ men head into Saturday’s season opener off the back of a 2-0 defeat against Southampton in their final game of pre-season last weekend.
This capped off an unconvincing off-season campaign for Millwall, who failed to win four of their six friendly matches, losing three and claiming one draw.
Elsewhere, Watford fought back from behind to salvage a 1-1 stalemate with Premier League side Brentford in their final friendly game last Saturday.
Like this weekend’s hosts, Tom Cleverley’s men struggled to impress in the off-season, claiming just two wins and losing three of their seven warm-up matches.
Watford head into the new Championship campaign looking to improve on their performance from last season when they finished 15th in the table with 56 points from 46 matches.
Millwall vs Watford Head-To-Head and Key Numbers
- With 45 wins from the last 107 meetings between the sides, Millwall boast a superior record in the history of this fixture.
- Watford have picked up 33 wins in that time, while the spoils have been shared on 29 occasions.
- Millwall are unbeaten in their last four home games against the Hornets, claiming three wins and a draw since a 2-0 defeat in April 2015.
- Watford have failed to win their last four Championship away games, losing twice and picking up two draws since March’s 1-0 victory at Birmingham City.
- Millwall have won all but one of their last six home games in the league, with a 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion on March 29 being the exception.
Millwall vs Watford Prediction
Millwall have proven tough to crack on home turf this year and will be backing themselves against Watford this weekend. That said, we are backing Harris’ men to see off the Hornets, who have struggled to get going on their travels.
Prediction: Millwall 2-1 Watford
Millwall vs Watford Betting Tips
Tip 1: Result - Millwall to win
Tip 2: Over 4.5 cards - No (There have been fewer than five bookings in Watford’s last nine games)
Tip 3: Over 10.5 corners - No (There have also been fewer than 11 corner kicks in five of the last six meetings between the two sides)
