'I like - Millwall boss Alex Neil explains what he admires about Swansea City

Millwall are back in action on Saturday when they take on Swansea City in South Wales, hoping to make it back-to-back wins. The Lions picked up their first home league win of the season last weekend when they narrowly defeated Watford.

Meanwhile, Swansea suffered their second defeat of the season, coming up short against Birmingham City. That defeat means the Welsh club welcome Millwall side-by-side with the Lions in the table, just two points behind at this still early stage.

Up until the last game, Swansea were seven unbeaten across all competitions, including a Carabao Cup win over Premier League side Nottingham Forest. Saturday’s clash should be an interesting one between two resolute sides, and Millwall boss Neil says he likes the look of the Welsh club.

“[It will be] a tough one,” Neil said in his pre-match press conference. “I like Swansea. They’ve got a very similar press to us. I thought the game here was really tight [last season]. We won 1-0, but there was not a lot in it.

“I’ve watched quite a lot of their games already, prepping for other teams because they’ve played a lot of teams that we’ve played, like Sheffield United and a lot of other teams that we’ve played, even Watford. They’ve been good. So it’ll be a tough game, but, yeah, we’ll be ready.”

Millwall harbour playoff hopes this season and this is the sort of tricky test they need to get a point or three from consistently if they are to go one better than last season. In fact, the next three games fall into that category, with clashes against Coventry City and West Brom following this one heading into the international break.

Swansea injury latest

Swansea boss Alan Sheehan has also been speaking ahead of welcoming Millwall. On his side’s defeat last weekend, he said: “This is the first time we have tasted defeat since the first day of the season. If we can keep [putting that sort of run together], that will be great - but we have to bounce back now."

On the injury front, Sheehan added: “The squad is looking good, we have got guys getting back up to speed. Ricardo (Santos) played some minutes for the under-21s and so did Bobby Wales.

“Jay Fulton is back in full training now. Ishe (Samuel-Smith) has felt something in his groin in training, but we will hope he will be available for Saturday. I think that means we are close to having everyone available, we have a busy week coming up but all focus is on Millwall right now.”

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