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Millwall boss Alex Neil spoke to BBC Radio London after his side's 1-0 win against Watford:

"I thought it was a big game for us because if we win it, it's deemed a good start for us.

"We're two points off second [place], we've still got a lot of players to come back to strengthen the squad even more and we've got a lot of young lads who have done great for us just to get on the pitch and show that they're capable. We're pleased."

On Camiel Neghli's goal and the potential penalty:

"It's easy to sit at the side and say he should have saved it. At the end of the day, I don't really care how it goes in, as long as it goes in.

"What I do think is we [should have] had a stonewall penalty in the second half – that was a ridiculous decision from my perspective.

"I need to see it back but if I'm wrong I'll be amazed. Clean through, it should have been a sending-off and a penalty for me.

"And at that stage the game's completely different and we run out probably comfortable winners."

Millwall will seek to pick up their first points of the season at The Den on Monday night when Watford visit (20:00 BST).

The Lions have picked up all seven of their points on the road so far and battled back to grab late levellers in their past two games, at Charlton last Saturday and at Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup on Tuesday, only to bow out on penalties.

The Hornets have taken one point from their two games on the road in the league, scoring only once, but could leapfrog their hosts if they can pick up their first win on their travels this season.

• Millwall have won four of their past six league matches against Watford (D1 L1), twice as many as they'd won in their previous 18 against the Hornets (W2 D4 L12).

• Watford won 3-2 away at Millwall last season and are looking for consecutive away league wins at the Lions for the first time since January 2012.

• All seven points Millwall have earned this season have been in away games (W2 D1), losing both at the Den so far. The Lions last lost their first three home games in a season back in 2015-16.

• Watford have won just two points in their last eight away league matches (D2 L6) since a 1-0 win at Middlesbrough in February.

• Since making his first Championship start for Millwall on 23 August, only Norwich's Mirko Topic (25) has won possession more often than Massimo Luongo (22), with the Australian also ranking first for possession won in middle third (15) and second for fouls (9) in this timeframe.

Alex Neil hailed Millwall's grit and determination after a much-changed Lions side took Crystal Palace to penalties at Selhurst Park before exiting the EFL Cup in the third round.

Ryan Leonard's injury-time header sent the tie to spot-kicks but two Lions efforts were saved as their South London rivals went through to round four.

Boss Neil told BBC Radio London: "I thought we were terrific. I thought it was an unbelievable performance.

"We have got six or seven first team players missing which would obviously help contribute a lot, tonight we made eight changes, we lose the keeper in the warm-up and lose Dan Kelly after 20 minutes, it's certainly been challenging.

"We've got two young lads in the middle, we drilled them in a different shape in one day and for them to take all that on board and deliver the sort of performance they did against Premier League opposition speaks volumes of them in terms of grit and determination - all the things you'd expect of a Millwall team."

Palace made only four changes from the side which drew with Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday and Neil added: "They had a lot of first team players playing.

"We go to the last minute, regardless of who we are playing, we keep pushing and trying and I thought we deserved to take it to penalties.

"You're just hoping we can step up and it'll be our night but unfortunately it wasn't.

"It gives us confidence in ourselves of what we are capable of. There's not a lot wrong (so far this season). We've got seven or eight players missing, once we get them back we'll be a lot stronger and we'll win games."

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Millwall head coach Alex Neil after his side's 1-1 draw with Charlton Athletic:

"Half-time was probably the angriest I've been since I've been here – because we were rubbish in the first half. It was the basics we were short on.

"The sending off-helped but the turning point in our favour was when we went an extra man in the middle and took a striker off. We got a foothold in the game.

"It's a constant dilemma I've had to fight against. Last season playing a front two paid huge dividends for us. But having another midfielder out there made us look more dangerous.

"We deserved our goal. We know we can play better. If you're not playing at your best then the one thing is to make sure you don't lose.

"There is still a bit of frustration for me because we should've played better in the first half."

Charlton will be looking to break a winless run of nearly 30 years against London rivals Millwall on Saturday (12:30 BST).

The Addicks are winless in their last four in all competitions whereas their visitors have won three of their last five games but are arriving at The Valley off the back of a 2-0 defeat by Wrexham.

• Charlton are winless in their last 12 league meetings with Millwall (D5 L7) since doing the double over them in the second tier in 1995-96.

• Millwall are unbeaten in each of their last six league visits to Charlton (W3 D3), keeping a clean sheet on each of the last five occasions.

• Having lost each of their last two league games, Charlton could lose three in a row for the first time since October last season.

• Millwall have won both of their away league games so far this season; they last won their first three of a league campaign in 1995-96 in the second tier.

• Coming into this weekend's games, only bottom side Sheffield United (2%) have a lower shot conversion rate than both Charlton (3.8%) and Millwall (4.7%)

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Millwall boss Alex Neil says Saturday's Championship game against Charlton is the "main priority" despite their EFL Cup meeting with Crystal Palace next week.

The Lions have won two and lost two of their opening four league fixtures, but have struggled in front of goal, scoring just three times.

Their last game before the international break was a 2-0 home defeat by Wrexham.

"(I'm) A little bit frustrated with the last game, but we've had plenty of time to go over it and put it to bed, we've got a lot of other important games to focus on, no more so than the next two, two sort of local derbies with Charlton and Crystal Palace," Neil told BBC Radio London.

"To be fair to this point, our only focus has been Charlton, we've not even thought on or discussed Palace at the moment because Charlton is our main priority."

Millwall have a good record against Charlton having not lost to them in almost 30 years.

"I'm looking forward to the game, it should be a sell out, a good atmosphere, we know we need to go and try and get all three points on the board," Neil added.

"I'm always a little bit nervous when we have a great record against teams because you don't want to be the guy that doesn't win that next game, but for us, we're confident going into the match.

"I think it's well documented that we're not at full strength, but it doesn't mean we can't go there and get a result."

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Nick Hart
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Football's capacity to depress your weekend is unparalleled in the world of sport.

Certainly Millwall's frustrating home loss to Wrexham left a downbeat mood around the Millwall scene on Saturday and Sunday, ahead of the first international break of the season.

It would be tempting to put the 2-0 loss down to bad luck or poor refereeing, but the truth is that enough chances to score were created by the injury-hit Lions - they just weren't taken.

The Welsh visitors defended well enough to handle a Millwall forward line that has yet to score a goal at The Den in 180 minutes (more including additional time) of football.

Thankfully, our two wins have come on the road and in a very "Millwall" style at proverbial difficult places to go.

But finding a way to break down determined and well-organized visitors has to be the number one priority for Alex Neil and his team.

It's too early in the season to start calling "crisis" but the combination of an increasing number of injuries to key players and a toothless attack is making me more than a little itchy and scratchy.

Here's hoping new signings on deadline day and hopefully the return to fitness of some of the training ground casualties will ease my sense of discomfort.

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Alex Neil's Millwall will be looking to make it three wins in four Championship matches as they host Wrexham on Saturday (15:00 BST).

Phil Parkinson's Red Dragons are still searching for their first win after returning to the second tier of English football after they let a two goal lead slip to Sheffield Wednesday last weekend.

• This will be the first league meeting between Millwall and Wrexham since April 2001 in the third tier; the Lions are unbeaten across their past six against the Red Dragons (W2 D4).

• Wrexham have lost two of their past three away league games against Millwall (D1), as many defeats as across their prior 10 visits combined (W4 D4).

• None of Millwall's past 16 league games have ended level (W10 L6), their longest streak without a draw since between February and May 2009 (17 in a row).

• Through the opening three matchdays of the 2025-26 Championship season, no side has faced more shots than Wrexham (65) – 15 more than any other side in the competition.

• Since returning to the EFL in 2023-24, Wrexham are unbeaten across their four away league games against sides from London (W1 D3), though in the second tier they've failed to win on any of their past seven visits to the capital (D2 L5).