Cardiff 1 Millwall 1 – Zohore misses prove costly as Lions chalk up another Championship draw

Millwall were forced to settle for a 13th draw of the Championship season – but it could have been so different if Kenneth Zohore had taken one of two excellent chances.

The Lions went ahead in the ninth minute when Aden Flint turned into his own net from a Jed Wallace cross.

West Brom loanee Zohore had two big opportunities for the visitors but failed to get any kind of clean connection on an excellent Wallace cross in the first half.

He was played into the penalty area by Maikel Kieftenbeld soon after the restart, only for Alex Smithies to get a touch with his right leg to put it past the far post.

Cardiff levelled with 19 minutes remaining. Harry Wilson produced a fine pass with the outside of his boot and Kieffer Moore finished across Bartosz Bialkowski.

Millwall defended resolutely for the most part in what became an aerial bombardment at times.

Kieftenbeld cleared a Moore header off the line and the City scorer also headed an excellent close-range chance over too.

Cardiff full-back Joe Bennett was also guilty of doing the same. He was unmarked from Joe Ralls’ quality delivery but again could not keep his effort down.

The Lions’ goal had a touch of fortune about it. Sean Morrison’s header invited Wallace to surge down the left and his cross was met at the near post by Flint, who could only prod into his own net.

Zohore’s first sighting of goal on 39 minutes would have capped off a counter. Danny McNamara timed a sliding challenge impeccably in his own penalty area and sent Wallace down the right. The Millwall attacker did everything right with his low delivery, but the Danish striker got his finish all wrong.

Millwall extend their unbeaten run to three matches and face league leaders Norwich City next at The Den on Tuesday.