Millwall vs Hull City Prediction: Lion can cage Tigers in decider

Millwall's Championship promotion play-off semi-final with Hull is finely poised following a 0-0 draw at the MKM Stadium on Friday, but the Lions will be confident of finishing the job on home soil in this decider at the Den on Monday.

Alex Neil's side are a tough nut to crack on home soil and there was enough in the first leg to suggest the south Londoners can seal their place in the Wembley final.

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Lukas Jensen, Caleb Taylor, Daniel Kelly and Massimo Luongo all continue to be absent for Millwall.

Barry Bannan is pushing for a start after an impressive cameo role off the Lions' bench at the MKM Stadium on Friday.

Hull are still without the services of Eliot Matazo, Amir Hadziahmetovic and Cody Drameh but no fresh injury concerns have been reported ahead of this trip to The Den, so Sergej Jakirovic could name an unchanged side.

Match odds

Millwall won 13 of their 23 home matches in the Championship regular season and they are 8/11 to secure another victory at the Den on Monday.

Hull won 3-1 on their last visit to this venue in December and they are 7/2 to follow up that success with another win this week. The Tigers are unbeaten in their last four visits to the Den where the draw is an 11/4 shot.

Millwall to win to nil @ 7/4

Millwall finished ten points clear of Hull in the Championship regular season and the paie entered the play-offs in completely contrasting form.

The Lions lost just two of their final 14 fixtures in the second tier and their record of 13 home wins from 23 matches this term was bettered only by promoted pair Coventry and Ipswich.

Hull, on the other hand, scraped into the top six only on the final day and have won just two of their last 10 matches. Their last visit to the Den yielded a 3-1 win, but they were dominated by Millwall in the opening leg of this tie in East Yorkshire on Friday, and away from home, it is hard to see them beating the Lions this week.

The Lions had 61.5 per cent of the possession but managed just two shots on target in the first leg, while they won the corner count 5-0 to further highlight the balance of play.

Roared on by a hostile home crowd at the Den a Millwall win to nil looks the best bet for this decider.

The south Londoners have kept four clean sheets in their last six matches and a cagey encounter could fall their way.

Under 2.5 goals @ 4/5

Play-off matches are often tight affairs, as shown by the first leg, and this deciding match of this semi-final is unlikely to be any different.

Hull will head to south London looking to keep things tight and they managed just one shot on target in the first leg at home.

Six of the last nine meetings between these two have featured under 2.5 goals so that looks a solid alternative bet for this encounter.

Millwall are fancied to have the edge in this clash and one or two goals may be all it takes to finish the job.

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