Cambridge United vs Millwall Betting Tips & Preview

Pre-match analysis, as published 23 August 2026

Millwall to win

Millwall head to the Abbey Stadium in the sort of form that makes this selection an easy one to back. The Lions have won three straight matches heading into this Carabao Cup second round tie, and while Cambridge United's solitary result on record was also a victory, there simply isn't enough recent evidence to suggest the U's can live with the momentum Millwall are carrying. The head-to-head record is split evenly over the last two meetings, but that history is now several seasons old and tells us little about where either side stands today. At odds of 2.18, backing Millwall isn't about chasing a price - it's about siding with the team that looks, on the balance of everything we know, the more likely winner.

Recent Form

Cambridge United's form line is thin on detail here, with just one completed fixture on record - a home win over Barnet earlier in August. That result is a positive one, but a single data point makes it hard to draw firm conclusions about where the U's are at heading into this tie.

Millwall, by contrast, arrive with a much fuller and more encouraging picture. Their last five outings show a draw and a defeat against Hull City back in May, before three consecutive wins to open the current campaign - a penalty shootout success away at Queens Park Rangers, a routine away win at Bristol City, and a home victory over Norwich City. That's a side building genuine momentum going into the trip to Cambridge, and it's hard to ignore three wins on the spin when assessing who goes into this one with the wind behind them.

Head-to-Head

The two clubs have met twice in the recent past, with the record split down the middle. Cambridge United won the first of those meetings, beating Millwall at home in August 2022, while Millwall returned the favour with a win of their own in August 2021 when the sides met at The Den. That leaves the head-to-head record at 1-0-1 in Cambridge's favour over that small sample, though with only two matches to go on, it's not a dataset that should carry much weight in predicting this one.

Team News

Cambridge United have one absentee on record - Shayne Francis Lavery remains out with a hamstring injury, a problem that has kept him sidelined since September 2024. There are no other unavailable players listed for the home side.

Millwall have two players missing. Tristan Crama is out with an ankle injury sustained this month, while Lukas Jensen continues his recovery from an Achilles tendon rupture that has kept him out since April 2025. Neither absence appears to have disrupted Millwall's recent run of results, given the form they've shown in the weeks since Crama's injury was picked up.