- Founded 1885
- Stadium The Den
- Manager Alex Neil
- Competition Championship 2026-27
- Goals 18
- Goals Conceded 18
- Yellow Cards 21
- Total Red Cards 1
Millwall Squawka Score ratings 2026/27
A year on from a third-place finish and 83 points, Millwall are 12th with a goal difference of exactly zero. Alex Neil’s side have won three of eight and lost three, and the defensive rigidity that defined last season – 18 clean sheets, the best record in the division – has not travelled: 15 conceded in eight is more than anyone in the top half. Below, we take a look at Millwall’s most-used XI so far and how each player has performed, based on the Squawka Score rating system.
The Squawka Score is a metric developed to assess a player’s performance relative to other players in the same position. It is shown as a percentage, and it is worth knowing that 66% is average rather than 50% – a 70% is a good afternoon and 85% or above marks out one of the best players on the pitch. Each score is calculated from a range of per-90-minute statistics, taking in the obvious numbers such as goals and assists alongside some more obscure ones that are far more position-specific. A player’s season figure is simply the average of his match ratings.
One note on the Championship: the division does not carry expected-goals data, so these ratings are built on volume and quality of actions – shots, big chances, duels, clearances, passes into the box – rather than xG and xA.
GK: Max Crocombe – 60% – Thirteen saves from five starts and no clean sheets to his name. Crocombe has not had much protection, but the goalkeeping position is one of several where Millwall look less settled than a year ago.
RB: Jordi Osei-Tutu – 58% – The lowest rating in the side. Four starts and 326 minutes have produced a big chance missed and very little else. Right-back has been Millwall’s most unsettled position.
RCB: Caleb Taylor – 72% – The best defender at the club. Sixteen interceptions leads the squad, with 41 duels won, 29 aerials, 38 clearances, nine blocked shots, two goals and an assist from every available minute. Three clean sheets, and the 15 conceded on his watch says more about those around him.
LCB: Jake Cooper – 66% – The captain has 50 clearances and 10 blocked shots, both club-leading figures, with 26 aerial duels won and a club-high 52 progressive passes. Cooper remains the organising presence and has played all but eight minutes of the season.
LB: Zak Sturge – 62% – Twelve tackles won leads the club, along with 21 possessions regained in his own third, 34 passes into the penalty area and an assist. Sturge has been busy on both sides of the ball without dominating either.
RCM: Jenson Metcalfe – 60% – A season of extremes. Fourteen chances created and four clear-cut both lead the club, as do 49 passes into the penalty area and 23 corners, and he has two assists. Against that: 21 fouls, three yellow cards, a red card and two errors leading to shots, all club worsts. Enormously influential and enormously undisciplined.
LCM: Derek Mazou-Sacko – 57% – Four starts, 336 minutes and eight tackles won. Too small a sample to judge and the lowest rating in the side, which reflects the minutes as much as the performances.
AM: Lyndon Dykes – 74% – Millwall’s best player and an unusual one. Four goals, a converted penalty and five shots on target, but the eye-catching figures are 57 duels won and 49 aerial duels won – both club highs from a player nominally operating as a No.10. Dykes is doing a centre-forward’s physical job from deeper.
RW: Mark Sykes – 66% – A goal and 13 chances created, three of them clear-cut, from five starts. Sykes has been a productive outlet on the right and 15 possessions regained in the middle third shows he works without the ball too.
LW: Camiel Neghli – 70% – Two goals, two assists and 14 chances created, with a club-leading 72 passes into the final third and 22 possessions regained in the middle third. Neghli has been the most complete attacking player in the side and has featured in all eight games.
ST: Taïryk Arconte – 67% – Three goals from a club-high 16 shots, with 38 touches in the opposition box, also the most in the side. Four big chances missed is the frustration – a better conversion rate and Millwall would be several places higher.
Millwall’s set-piece specialists
- Penalties: Lyndon Dykes
- Free-kicks: Jenson Metcalfe, Romain Esse
- Corners: Jenson Metcalfe, Luke Cundle
Jenson Metcalfe has taken 23 of Millwall’s corners to Luke Cundle’s 6. Jenson Metcalfe has had two of the direct free-kicks. Lyndon Dykes has converted from the spot.
Millwall FAQs
How have Millwall started the 2026/27 season?
Middlingly. Millwall are 12th on 11 points from eight games, with three wins, two draws and three defeats, and have scored and conceded 15. The defensive record that defined last season has not carried over.
Who is Millwall’s best player this season?
Lyndon Dykes on 74%, with four goals and more duels and aerial duels won than anyone else at the club. Caleb Taylor is next on 72%.
Where did Millwall finish in the 2025/26 Championship season?
Millwall finished third in the Championship with 83 points (24 wins, 11 draws, 11 losses), marking their highest league finish in over two decades.
Who is the Millwall manager?
Alex Neil is the head coach of Millwall. The experienced Scottish manager took charge in December 2024 and guided the Lions to a top-three finish in his first full season at The Den.
Who is the current Millwall captain?
Jake Cooper is the Millwall club captain. The central defender signed a long-term contract extension in early 2026 and leads the side as one of the club’s all-time appearance holders.