- Millwall have the home advantage and are the favorites to edge this tie after a hard-fought 0-0 draw in the first leg.
- Hull City are an open, attacking team, pressing high and playing at pace with pacey wide players.
- Millwall are organised, defensively solid and pragmatic, typically lining up in a compact 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-2.
Millwall are the home favorites
Millwall are the odds-on favorite for this game at 1.82, while Hull City are available at 4.16 and the draw at 3.7 looks too short, given that the aggregate score is 0-0 with a place at Wembley on the line.
The Lions finished third in the 2025-26 Championship with their club-record points tally of 83, but they had the consistency to grind out wins and were solid throughout the season.
The Millwall vs Hull City prediction is shaped by the fact that they created more than enough chances to win at Hull in the 0-0 draw in the first leg, but Ivor Pandur was great in goal for the Tigers and they held firm. The aggregate is 0-0 and it will take just one goal for either side to make an instant impact in the return leg at The Den.
Hull are high on the counter
Hull City finished 6th in the table with 73 points, a tally that was only good enough for the Championship play-offs thanks to the strength of the second-tier in England this season. However, a strong late-season run saw them edge ahead of other clubs in the playoff race.
Sergej Jakirović has instilled tactical discipline and counter-attacking sharpness in this side in his first season in England and the Tigers will be a real threat on Monday night.
Oli McBurnie has 17 Championship goals this term and leads the line for Hull, with the big forward in red-hot form heading into this tie. His strength and aerial ability will be key to Hull’s success on set pieces, while Joe Gelhardt adds pace and link-up play, the supporting forward also having double-digit goal involvements this season. For those interested in placing a wager, our Millwall vs Hull City betting tips highlight McBurnie as a player to watch.
Tight, tense and tactical
This will be a cagey, tense affair with Wembley the prize for the victors and, with the odds for under 2.5 goals at 1.74, it’s tempting to back this fixture to go under 2.5 goals.
However, there is a lot to play for and these two sides have very different ways of playing, so there could be some end-to-end action, too. For this Millwall vs Hull City preview, note that the last three games between these two have produced two 3-1 away wins, and a 0-0 draw in the opening leg of this play-off, so there’s no strong case to make for either team.
Lions can dig out the win
Alex Neil has been a revelation at Millwall, getting the Lions to be pragmatic, patient and organised, which has served them well on their march to the play-offs. The Millwall vs Hull City prediction leans towards a highly tactical battle, as they have pace on the flanks, with Josh Coburn and Mihailo Ivanovic providing width and movement on the break.
Tristan Crama is a solid defender and dominant in the air, while Femi Azeez is a clever creative outlet from the right of Millwall’s 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-2, with 11 goals and double-digit assists to his name.
The visitors will be looking for a counter-attacking game and the Den will be rocking for this play-off second leg with both sides going in with momentum and a taste for promotion. The final Millwall vs Hull City prediction is that this is a chess match between pragmatism and adventure, with set pieces and transitions likely to decide it.
Back Millwall to squeeze out a win in a low-scoring game, in a similar vein to the 0-0 draw in the first leg.
