Millwall vs Brighton & Hove Albion preview - Dunne banned for Lions

Posted Monday, March 16, 2015 by PA

Millwall captain Alan Dunne is suspended for the visit of Brighton.

The long-serving defender was shown his 10th yellow card of the season during the latter stages of Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Bolton and starts a two-match ban, so Mark Beevers could come in at centre-half.

Interim boss Neil Harris was able to welcome back three players from injury for his first game in charge with Shaun Cummings (thigh) playing the full match, Paris Cowan-Hall (leg) coming on for the last 20 minutes and Stefan Maierhofer (quad) an unused sub.

That leaves just Nicky Bailey (back), Lee Martin (foot) and Carlos Edwards (knee) in the treatment room.

Brighton, 10 points clear of the second-bottom Lions, are also depleted at the back through suspension as centre-half Lewis Dunk begins a two-match ban for collecting his 10th yellow card of the campaign against Wolves on Saturday.

Greg Halford or Aaron Hughes will step in alongside skipper Gordon Greer, who is walking a disciplinary tightrope himself on nine bookings.

Midfielder Dale Stephens could be rested having completed his first 90 minutes of the season at the weekend following a long-term ankle injury.

Sam Baldock, Andrew Crofts (both knee), Kemy Agustien (thigh) and Solly March (calf) remain on the sidelines.