Millwall v Bristol City team news with nine outs and one doubt as Lions navigate FA Cup red card controversey
Millwall will turn to their number one goalkeeper again after a controversial red card against Crystal Palace.
It’s a return to Championship action for Millwall on Tuesday night after a dramatic weekend of FA Cup action which saw the Lions beaten by London rivals Crystal Palace.
A red card to shot-stopper Liam Roberts in that match got the football world talking and Alex Neil will hope to keep the focus on the pitch as he looks to make it four unbeaten in the league for Millwall.
Meanwhile, Bristol City are also going for that record with two wins and a draw in their last three. Here’s your Millwall v Bristol City team news.
Millwall team news
Milllwall will have a trio of players available for selection against Bristol City in midweek. Aaron Connolly, Tristan Crama and Benicio Baker-Boaitey were all cup-tied against Crystal Palace having played for Sunderland, Exeter City and Brighton already in the FA Cup.
Liam Roberts will serve the first of his three game suspension against Bristol City, having been shown a red card at Selhurst Park. That challenge on Jean-Phillipe Mateta was nasty and could yet be handed a further ban too. Roberts is second-choice in the league anyway with Lukas Jensen set to return to the starting XI.
Joe Bryan returned from injury against the Eagles and played the full 90 minutes. Ra'ees Bangura-Williams was also returned to the bench and had a cameo.
Macaulay Langstaff missed out at the weekend and seems unlikely to bounce back in time for Tuesday night. Neil said: “Langstaff not available at the moment. He has not been on the grass recently. He was training last week, had a little setback and then from there he’s been out.”
Zak Lovelace is out for the rest of the season after an operation. Ryan Leonard has a ‘significant calf injury’ and so too has Danny McNamara. Liverpool loanee Callum Scanlon is back at his parent club Liverpool following a significant injury.
Outs - Liam Roberts, Macaulay Langstaff, Zak Lovelace, Ryan Leonard, Danny McNamara, Callum Scanlon.
Bristol City team news
Bristol City full-backs Ayman Benarous and Ross McCrorie are set to miss out on the trip to The Den. Both those players have hamstring injuries but the former is finally back in first team training again.
Luke McNally won’t play again this season with an ACL injury suffered in February. There are also doubts over the availability of Josh Campbell-Slowey, who picked up a knock in training.
The teenager is yet to make his first team debut but was a regular in the squad before a recent calf injury. Bristol City boss Chris Hogg said: "He'd done a little bit. He actually had to come out of training yesterday so we're waiting for a little update on that.
"He's looked good Josh, he's obviously a young player that we're hoping will do well in the future. It's just the same as it was before. Muscular.
"We're as we are really for after the Millwall game really. I think at this point in the season when you do win, it's quite nice and it's quite refreshing when you come in and those bumps and bruises, when you don't pick up points are a big thing that become pretty minute. The lads have been great this week so we're running as we were."
Doubts - Josh Campbell-Slowey. Outs - Ayman Benarous, Ross McCrorie, Luke McNally.
In other news, Piers Morgan was one of the famous fans leading criticism of Liam Roberts for his ‘shameful’ tackle this weekend.