Millwall vs Gillingham. Carabao Cup First Round.
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Millwall win 3-1 on penalties.
Monday 13 August 2018 15:21, UK
Millwall boss Neil Harris must decide whether to rotate his squad as they welcome Gillingham to the New Den in the first round of the Carabao Cup.
The Lions have drawn their opening two Sky Bet Championship fixtures and will be keen to chalk up a first win of the campaign.
Summer arrivals Murray Wallace and Jiri Skalak are still waiting for their full debuts and could be named in the starting XI. Byron Webster may also feature having returned to training after 11 months out with a serious knee injury.
Gillingham make the short trip west on the back of a 100 per cent start to their Sky Bet League One season. Back-to-back wins have put Steve Lovell's side in a strong early position and he too may feel the need to make alterations for the cup competitions.
One player who definitely will not be involved in the clash is midfielder Dean Parrett. The former Tottenham youngster was forced off in Saturday's 3-1 win over Burton with a hamstring problem.
Millwall have progressed from three of their four League Cup ties with Gillingham (1972-73, 1988-89 and 2006-07), losing the other in 2001-02.
Gillingham have lost six of their last eight away trips to the Den in all competitions (W1 D1).
Millwall have progressed from 11 of their last 13 League Cup matches against sides from a lower division, only failing to do so in 2012-13, losing 1-4 on penalties to Crawley Town, and a 2-1 defeat to Barnet in August 2015.
This is Gillingham's seventh consecutive away League Cup match (W3 L3 of previous six) - they've lost the last two by an aggregate score of 0-7 (0-5 v Spurs in September 2016, 0-2 v Reading in August 2017).
Current Gillingham manager Steve Lovell played for the Gills in their League Cup visit to the Den in September 1988 - a 3-0 win for Millwall via a brace from Neil Ruddock and a Teddy Sheringham goal.
