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Millwall are looking to continue their impressive run of form when they welcome Championship leaders Sunderland to The Den on Saturday.

The Lions are unbeaten in their last seven games (W4 D3), while the Black Cats are undefeated in eight (W4 D4) but have drawn three on the bounce.

• Millwall have lost just one of their last seven league games against Sunderland (W2 D4) despite both scoring and conceding eight goals during that run.

• Sunderland have won just one of their last 12 away league games against Millwall (D5 L6). Each of the last three such matches between the pair at the Den have finished 1-1.

• Millwall have won their last three home league games, winning all three 1-0. They last won four in a row at The Den in October 2022, while they last did so with a clean sheet each time in March 2010 in League One.

• Sunderland have picked up 31 points in 15 Championship games this season (W9 D4 L2), their best start to a season at this level since 1998-99 (also 31 points) when they eventually won the league.

• Millwall's Casper De Norre is the only Championship player this season to make both 30+ tackles (31) and 30+ interceptions (30).

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Millwall manager Neil Harris says the international break will be a good chance for them to rest and prepare for their next Championship game, against leaders Sunderland.

The Lions have Romain Esse (England Elite squad), Mihailo Ivanovic (Serbia) and George Saville (Northern Ireland) away on international duty but Harris says the rest of the squad will get some time off.

"Good luck to the ones representing their country, we're very proud of them," Harris told BBC Radio London.

"For the rest of the lads it'll be a fine balance between recuperation and game time so when we get around to Sunderland we're at it."

Millwall are unbeaten in their past seven Championship games, with five wins, leaving them in eighth place.

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The Millwall manager, Neil Harris says the defensive structure of his team is a big part of their recent success.

Wednesday night's 1-0 win over Leeds was their fourth successive victory by that scoreline.

"That's a brilliant result for us, we knew the intensity was going to be higher than against Burnley on Sunday," Harris told BBC Radio London.

"For us it's about discipline, being as organised and structured as we can be and then finding a way to score at the other end. I'm very proud of the players this evening."

The four wins in a row have taken Millwall from 21st place up to fifth in the Championship table ahead of their trip to Stoke on Saturday.

"It just shows what momentum can give you, what a top culture can give you and identifying what our strengths are as a team and a club," said Harris.

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Millwall have won three games on the bounce to lift themselves up to seventh, including an impressive 1-0 win over Burnley on Sunday. The Lions are unbeaten in five and have lost just once in their last eight.

Leeds United are unbeaten in eight games (W5 D3) following a comfortable 3-0 victory at home to Plymouth on Saturday. The Whites are second in the Championship, three points behind leaders Sunderland going into the midweek round of fixtures.

• Millwall have only once lost consecutive home league games against Leeds, doing so in defeats in 2005-06 and 2007-08.

• Leeds are looking to win four consecutive league games against Millwall for the first time since doing so between 2005 and 2008.

• Millwall have won five of their last eight home midweek league games (L3), including each of the last two by a 1-0 scoreline.

• Leeds are unbeaten on the road in the Championship this season (W2 D4), keeping four clean sheets – it's their longest start to league season without a defeat away from home since 2018-19, while they last enjoyed a longer such start in 1998-99 in the Premier League (first seven).

• Leeds manager Daniel Farke has lost eight of his last 13 away games in London in English league football (W3 D2), with his sides conceding 26 goals in that time.

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