Millwall kept pace with sixth-placed Cardiff City in the race for the Championship Play-Offs with a 1-0 win over Blackburn Rovers.
Mason Bennett’s 20th minute goal was the difference, coming after good build-up play down the right between Mahlon Romeo and Jed Wallace with Bennett reacting quickest to Tom Bradshaw’s initial effort.
The Lions’ intensity in the opening period meant Rovers were continually pushed back and offered little going forward with Millwall keeper Bartosz Bialkowski a relative bystander.
Despite their dominance, Millwall failed to create too many clear cut chances of their own but could have extended their lead early in the second half when a powerful Jed Wallace strike was well saved by Rovers stopper Christian Walton.
And Blackburn’s lackadaisical performance was continued for the rest of the half with them failing to threaten the Lions’ goal barring a very late chance put wide by Joe Rankin-Costello.
The result, their first home victory since January, moves Millwall up to seventh in the table – two points behind Cardiff with just two games left.