Femi Azeez Scores Twice as Millwall Finish Third United Match

Femi Azeez scored twice as Millwall won the united match 2-0 against Oxford United at The Den on Saturday, but third place was not enough for automatic promotion. Ipswich’s 3-0 win over QPR sent them and Coventry up, leaving Millwall to enter the play-offs.

Azeez Settles The Den

Millwall needed one player to break the deadlock, and Azeez did it in the 34th minute with his 10th goal of the season. He then added a second three minutes into the second half, finishing at the back post to put the result beyond Oxford.

Oxford had started with a chance through Will Lankshear after 11 minutes, but Millwall answered quickly. Mihailo Ivanovic headed Zak Sturge’s cross shortly after that opening scare, and the home side kept driving the game toward the finish it wanted.

Oxford United Pressed Early

The visitors were already relegated, but they still created one moment that might have changed the afternoon. Mark Harris had a header kept out by Anthony Patterson, stopping Oxford from halving the deficit and giving Millwall a late problem.

That save preserved the clean sheet and kept the margin at two. For Oxford, the defeat closed out a season that had already ended in relegation, while Millwall’s own final-day job became one of waiting on the other scoreline that mattered more than their own.

Millwall Face Hull Next

Alex Neil’s side had gone into the final day with hopes of automatic promotion, but the table did not bend their way. Millwall finished third in the Sky Bet Championship and reached the Championship play-offs for the first time since 2002.

Neil said, "It's been a brilliant season, the lads have been absolutely first class." He also said, "I thought we won the game comfortably today - the only bit I will probably look at it we probably should have scored more goals." The next task is Hull in the play-off semi-finals, with the season now carried into one more two-legged fight.