London rivals Crystal Palace and Millwall meet this weekend in the FA Cup fifth round.
Only about eight miles separate the two clubs but this is only their second meeting in 12 years thanks in part to the Eagles’ establishing themselves as top-flight stalwarts as the Lions flitted between Championship play-off hopeful and mid-table dwellers - plus two seasons in League One.
Their last meet came in 2022, also in the FA Cup, which Palace won 2-1 thanks to first-half goals from Michael Olise, now at Bayern Munich, and Jean-Phillipe Mateta, now one of the Premier League’s star strikers.
Palace will be confident of their chances on Saturday having lost just one of their last 10 games against lower-league opposition.
Date, kick-off time and venue
Crystal Palace vs Millwall is scheduled for a 12.15pm BST kick-off on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
The match will take place at Selhurst Park, in southeast London.
Where to watch Crystal Palace vs Millwall
TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on BBC One.
Live stream: Fans can catch the contest live online via the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer.
Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport’s live blog, with expert analysis from Dom Smith at the ground.
Crystal Palace vs Millwall team news
Oliver Glasner is expected to pick a strong team for this FA Cup tie with a week’s rest afterwards before facing Ipswich in the Premier League. Cup keeper Matt Turner should start but it should otherwise be a fairly full-strength team. Will Hughes is suspended after picking up his 10th yellow card of the season.
There are slight concerns over Marc Guehi’s fitness ahead of the game, but the centre-back will be assessed in training. Eddie Nketiah scored his first league goal of the campaign last time out so will be pushing to displace Mateta, while former Lions star Romain Esse could get an opportunity off the bench.
For Millwall, there will be without three cup-tied players in Aaron Connolly, Tristan Crama and Benicio Baker-Boaitey. The win at Derby also served up a couple of fitness issues, with left-back Joe Bryan forced off with a cut to his foot while Ra'ees Bangura-Williams missed out entirely. The pair, along with Ryan Leonard remain doubts.
Crystal Palace vs Millwall prediction
Just like this time last season, Crystal Palace are kicking into gear at the right time and warmed up for this cup tie by knocking four past Aston Villa. Millwall could scarcely have been drawn against Palace at a worse time.
Confidence is high at Selhurst, but Millwall will be relatively hopeful of pulling off a cupset having beaten Championship leaders Leeds in the last round despite slightly concerning performance against relegation fodder Derby last time out.
Crystal Palace to win, 2-0.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Crystal Palace wins: 30
Draws: 30
Millwall wins: 38
Crystal Palace vs Millwall match odds
Crystal Palace to qualify: 1/10
Millwall to qualify: 11/2
Odds via Betfair (subject to change).
