Hull host Millwall in the first leg of their 2025-26 Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Semi-Final.
Hull finished the league campaign in sixth place after a final-day win over Norwich to secure their spot in this play-off, whilst Millwall finished third and missed out on automatic promotion by a single point.
Team News
Hull have no fresh injury concerns to report following their 2-1 victory at home to Norwich on the final day of the regular season.
Cody Drameh (quad), Eliot Matzo (ACL), Toby Collyer (hamstring), Amir Hadziahmetovic and Nathan Tinsdale (both knee) remain absent.
Millwall could welcome Josh Coburn back after he missed their final-day victory at home to Oxford United – due to a hip injury.
Joe Bryan (muscle), Lukas Jensen (Achilles), Dan Kelly (hamstring), Caleb Taylor (foot) Benicio Boaitey-Baker (groin) and Massimo Luongo (knee) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Hull host Millwall at MKM Stadium on Friday 8 May at 8pm BST, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- This is Hull’s first play-off meeting against Millwall within the EFL Play-Offs, but have lost one of their last eight meetings against Alex Neil’s Lions (W4, D3, L1).
- Millwall have won one of their last five visits to Hull (W1, D1, L3).
- Hull have never lost consecutive home meetings against Millwall in all competitions.
- Hull have kept a single clean sheet in their last 12 matches (W3, D4, L5), which came at home to Coventry in a 0-0 draw on Easter Monday.
- Femi Azeez has scored three goals in two of Millwall’s last three matches.
Prediction
Having lucked into that last play-off spot by virtue of that win over Norwich and Wrexham’s slip-up, Hull now need to make this leg count because this is a favourable tie given their head-to-head form against Millwall, but their defence is their biggest inner threat given its fragility.
Millwall meanwhile might not be the biggest club on paper in these play-offs but they’ve punched above their weight this season, so I hope that they can use the pain of not going up automatically by one point as motivation but they ideally need to get something from this leg given their poor form against Hull.
Nevertheless I am expecting a tough scrap because neither team will want to lose this crucial first leg and a draw might actually suit Millwall, as it will put them in the driving seat especially given manager – Alex Neil’s experience in these EFL play-offs.
Prediction: Hull 1-1 Millwall
Result: Hull 0-0 Millwall