Sunderland vs. Millwall surprising score prediction from a Sky Sports pundit

On Saturday afternoon, Sunderland will play Millwall in the Championship.

This weekend, Sunderland makes their Stadium of Light comeback after two successful road games.

Pierre Ekwah scored the game’s only goal as Sunderland defeated West Brom 1-0 at The Hawthorns following a scoreless draw with Leeds United.

With just one loss in their previous six Championship games and three wins, Mike Dodds’ team is currently only a few points below Bristol City in 12th place, but still being in 13th place overall.

Under Neil Harris, Millwall has established a six-point cushion between them and the relegation zone.

They’ve certainly improved in recent weeks and come into this game on the back of two-straight wins, against Leicester City and then Cardiff City last time out.

Sunderland vs Millwall H2H

Sunderland has defeated Millwall 16 times in their club’s history, with 13 losses and 12 draws.

The Den hosted a 1-1 draw between these two teams in December, which happened to be Tony Mowbray’s final game as the team’s manager.

And in their most recent meeting on Wearside, which took place in December 2022, the Black Cats prevailed 3-0 thanks to goals from Ellis Simms, Amad Diallo, and Alex Pritchard.

Since 2004, the Lions have not triumphed at the Stadium of Light, and that year also marked the final occasion that Millwall defeated Sunderland in all.

The result of the last five encounters between Millwall and the Black Cats has been a draw four times.

Sunderland vs Millwall score prediction

And despite Millwall’s poor recent record against Sunderland and away at the Stadium of Light, Sky Sports pundit David Prutton has tipped the Lions to come through this weekend.

He’s predicted a 1-0 win for Harris’ men; a win that could mathematically seal their Championship status for another year, depending on other results.

A win for Sunderland meanwhile could lift them into the top half of the table.

Mike Dodds has one thing right now

Sunderland certainly seemed to have turned a corner in the last few games.

Against Leeds and then West Brom, the Black Cats looked much more confident in a back-five shape, with the likes of Callum Styles impressing and proving why he was brought to the club.

Sunderland then, right now, have a bit of momentum.

They have a decent run of results to build upon and that’s something they’ve not had in a long time now.

So against Millwall who’ve been poor this season, but solid in recent weeks, Sunderland should really be winning, although it’s certainly going to be tough.

The Lions will no doubt set up defensively and try and snatch a goal on the break, with a 1-0 win for the Lions not sounding all that surprising.

It would certainly knock the wind out of Sunderland sails but if they play like they have done recently, they should get the win.

Kick off is at 3pm on Saturday,