BRISTOL City secured a crucial win on Wednesday evening as they beat Preston North End 2-1 at Ashton Gate.
The Robins picked up all three points thanks to Rob Atkinson’s brace, with his eventual winner coming in the 90th minute to end their run of poor form.
It sets up Nigel Pearson’s side to build on their positive performance, although Millwall will be hoping to do the same thing after their victory against Middlesbrough last weekend.
Manager Gary Rowett doesn’t believe that their upcoming opponents will be affected by having to play in midweek, instead claiming that they’ll receive a significant confidence boost ahead of hosting the Lions on Saturday.
“If you have a Wednesday night game and you’ve just been away from home, maybe you’ve just been beaten, and you have a long journey back, it’s not a nice place to be,” he told NewsAtDen.
“When you played at home, you have no travelling, you’ve won a game to get yourself out of that little dip of results and you’ve won it in the 90th minute, there’s probably no better way to win it.
“I’m sure they’ll be very positive, I’m sure that playing Wednesday night and the fatigue element of that will be less of a factor having won the game, having won it in the way they did and at home.
“I don’t see it really being an issue, I don’t see anything that we can necessarily take massive advantage over, other than the fact that we’ve got to go there and play with a little bit of zip and freshness to see if we can cause they problems just like we did to Rotherham and Middlesbrough.
“Like I said, there has to be elements of your performance that you have to have in your team to win games away from home. We’ll be looking to make sure we’ve got them ready for Saturday.”
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