Crystal Palace vs Millwall Prediction & Betting Tips - FA Cup
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by Devesh Jaganath in FA Cup Predictions
The fifth round of the FA Cup is set to play out this weekend, and kicking off Saturday’s fixtures will be Crystal Palace playing host to Millwall at Selhurst Park. The Eagles last progressed beyond round five of this competition in 2021-22 while the Lions last did so in 2018-19. Check out our match prediction below!
This match marks the eighth time that these two sides will meet in the FA Cup, with Palace progressing on three occasions while Millwall have got through four times. While this will be the 100th meeting between these teams across all competitions, the Lions are winless in the last four meetings, last beating the Eagles 3-0 on New Year’s Day back in 2011.
The hosts have progressed from each of their last three FA Cup fifth-round FA Cup matches and are the clear favourites at the books in this one as well. Let’s take a look at the key stats.
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Crystal Palace vs Millwall Form
Crystal Palace and Millwall Last Matches
4/6 (67%)
0/6 (0%)
2/6 (33%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
25 Feb 2025 - Premier League
22 Feb 2025 - Premier League
15 Feb 2025 - Premier League
10 Feb 2025 - FA Cup
2 Feb 2025 - Premier League
26 Jan 2025 - Premier League
3/6 (50%)
1/6 (17%)
2/6 (33%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
25 Feb 2025 - Premier League
15 Feb 2025 - Premier League
26 Jan 2025 - Premier League
12 Jan 2025 - FA Cup
4 Jan 2025 - Premier League
29 Dec 2024 - Premier League
5/6 (83%)
1/6 (17%)
0/6 (0%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
22 Feb 2025 - Premier League
10 Feb 2025 - FA Cup
2 Feb 2025 - Premier League
18 Jan 2025 - Premier League
15 Jan 2025 - Premier League
26 Dec 2024 - Premier League
3/6 (50%)
2/6 (33%)
1/6 (17%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
22 Feb 2025 - Championship
18 Feb 2025 - Championship
15 Feb 2025 - Championship
12 Feb 2025 - Championship
8 Feb 2025 - FA Cup
1 Feb 2025 - Championship
2/6 (33%)
2/6 (33%)
2/6 (33%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
15 Feb 2025 - Championship
1 Feb 2025 - Championship
21 Jan 2025 - Championship
18 Jan 2025 - Championship
13 Jan 2025 - FA Cup
1 Jan 2025 - Championship
4/6 (67%)
1/6 (17%)
1/6 (17%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
22 Feb 2025 - Championship
18 Feb 2025 - Championship
12 Feb 2025 - Championship
8 Feb 2025 - FA Cup
28 Jan 2025 - Championship
25 Jan 2025 - Championship
Crystal Palace vs Millwall Stats: Head to Head (H2H)
100 %
0 %
0 %
Average stats (last H2H results)
8 Jan 2022 - FA Cup
Crystal Palace - Millwall: Form Analysis
After a dismal start to the season, Crystal Palace have been playing some of their best football of late, capped off with a thumping 4-1 victory over Aston Villa at home in the league in midweek.
That result marked the Eagles’ fourth win in five games - a period during which they also beat Doncaster Rovers 2-0 on the road in the previous round of this competition.
The hosts’ only home game in the FA Cup was a 1-0 victory over Stockport County, though they have scored in nine consecutive matches at Selhurst Park across all competitions.
Crystal Palace have scored two or more goals in six of their last eight matches!
Meanwhile, Millwall have struggled to find their best form this season, currently in 12th place in the league standings and trailing the playoff places by six points after 34 games.
The Lions beat Dagenham & Redbridge at home and Leeds United away in their two previous rounds in this competition, while maintaining clean sheets in each of those wins.
The visitors have been tough to beat on the road of late, losing only one of their last eight away games across all competitions (W4 D3 L1). They also kept four clean sheets in their last six outings.
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Crystal Palace against Millwall Lineups: Starting 11
Formation : 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Formation : 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Substitutes
D. Henderson
DefenderN. Clyne
T. Mitchell
MidfielderM. Franca
A. Wharton
J. Devenny
R. Esse
D. Kamada
ForwardE. Nketiah
L. Jensen
Z. Sturge
M. Wallace
MidfielderR. Bangura-Williams
R. Wintle
G. Saville
G. Honeyman
A. Emakhu
M. Ivanovic
Missing players
C. Riad
MidfielderC. Doucoure
Crystal Palace & Millwall Squad Analysis
Oliver Glasner may be tempted to hand Eddie Nketiah a start in this match after the former Arsenal forward came off the bench and scored inside five minutes against Villa at the weekend.
However, Jean-Philippe Mateta has been one of the most in-form forwards in the Premier League lately, having scored four goals and provided an assist in his last four league matches.
Justin Devenny scored in the last round and could be one to watch in this match!
For Millwall, the duo of Jake Cooper and Japhet Tanganga will need to be at their best to deal with the threat posed by the likes of Mateta and Ismaila Sarr this weekend.
Two of Femi Azeez’s three goals this season came against Leeds United in the last round of this competition and he will likely lead the line here alongside the club’s top-scorer Mihailo Ivanovic.
Crystal Palace - Millwall Key Points
- Crystal Palace have won six of their last nine games.
- Crystal Palace have scored two or more goals in six of their last eight matches across all competitions.
- Crystal Palace have scored in 11 consecutive matches ahead of this one.
- Crystal Palace have scored two or more goals in two of the last three compeitive matches against this opponent.
- Millwall have only kept one clean sheet in their last four matches across all competitions.
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Our Crystal Palace vs Millwall Prediction
After stumbling out the starting blocks early in the season, the Eagles look to be in full flight of late and are proving to be a handful for even some of the top clubs in the Premier League.
Millwall are as dogged as they come and there’s no doubt they will put up a fight here, but we feel they will struggle to keep out Crystal Palace on their home patch in this one. Our Crystal Palace vs Millwall prediction is Crystal Palace over 1.5.
Crystal Palace vs Millwall Alternative Predictions
Jean-Philippe Mateta to score anytime
Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored four goals in his last five matches across all competitions, including in each of his last two home matches.
Crystal Palace vs Millwall - FAQs
The FA match between Crystal Palace and Millwall will be played on March 1 at 12:15 GMT.
The FA match between Crystal Palace and Millwall will take place at Selhurst Park in London.
The FA Cup match between Crystal Palace and Millwall will be broadcast live on BBC Sport in the UK.
Alternatively, you can keep up to the minute with all the action using our FA Cup livescore tool.
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