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SWINDONPossessionMillwall 50%Swindon 50%Attempts on targetMillwall 0Swindon 0Attempts off targetMillwall 0Swindon 0CornersMillwall 0Swindon 0FoulsMillwall 0Swindon 0Coca Cola League One Play-Off FinalVenue: Wembley Stadium Date: Saturday, 29 May Kick-off: 1500 BSTCoverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio 5 live, BBC local radio, Final Score & highlights on The Football League Show
Millwall's hopes of victory in League One's play-off final have taken a blow with the news that player of the year Alan Dunne is out with a foot injury.But winger Chris Hackett has recovered from the groin problem that kept him out of the semi-final games.
Swindon skipper Gordon Greer misses out following his sending-off in the semi-final second leg against Charlton.
But the Robins are boosted by the return of goalkeeper David Lucas who has recovered from a shoulder injury.
Millwall are looking to go one better than last season when they lost at Wembley to Scunthorpe - the fifth time they have missed out in the Football League play-offs.
Skipper Neil Harris told BBC London: "It's not a nice record for the club to have.
Harris aims to end Millwall's play-off jinx
"Surely the law of averages says your luck has to change sooner or later, but it's up to us to make it happen.
"We've got the same bunch of players we had last year which we believe is to our advantage with the experience of Wembley and the big occasion.
"The times before that were with different players and different managers so they don't reflect on us as a group."
Millwall had the upper hand over Swindon when the sides met in the league three weeks ago, winning 3-2.
Earlier in the season the teams drew 1-1 at the County Ground.
Swindon boss Danny Wilson told BBC Wiltshire: "We've had two very tough games against each other and there was a cigarette paper between us on both occasions.
"I don't envisage it being any other way on Saturday.
"They are going to be very difficult to beat because they don't concede many goals.
"It's very difficult to call. On the day there might be a little bit of individual brilliance which will change the game."
Head to head
• This is the 95th time these clubs are meeting in a competitive match. Millwall have won 37 of the previous 94, Swindon 30, with 27 drawn.
• Millwall have won two and drawn two of the last four against the Robins. This season they drew 1-1 at the County Ground, and won 3-2 at the New Den.
• Swindon did the double over the Lions in the 2007/08 League One season. Those are the only victories in 10 meetings since March 1995.
• This is their first clash in a play-off game.
MILLWALL
• Making a second attempt in as many years to reach the Championship, via the play-off final at Wembley. Twelve months ago, the Lions lost by the odd goal in five against Scunthorpe, the decider being netted in the 85th minute by Martyn Woolford.
• Yet to concede a goal in these play-offs, having held Huddersfield to a goalless draw in West Yorkshire, and beaten them 2-0 at the New Den in the semi-finals.
• This is their sixth attempt to win promotion through the play-offs and only the second time they have reached the final. In 13 play-off games, they have won just two, drawn four and lost seven.
• Avoided defeat in 15 of their last 17 competitive games this season, 11 of which were won.
• Finished the regular league season in third spot, one point outside the automatic promotion places.
• The club finishing immediately outside the automatic spots in this division, has gone on to gain promotion through the play offs on five occasions since 1991, including in two of the last three seasons.
• This has been their fourth season in League One after relegation in 2006.
• In addition to last season's disappointment, Kenny Jackett also lost a play-off final as a manager in 2006, when Barnsley won on penalties to deny Swansea promotion to the Championship.
• Steve Morison's goal in the play-off semi-finals took his total for the season to 23, the club's leading scorer. He has twice been a Wembley winner (and scorer) for Stevenage.
• David Forde has kept goal for all but one of Millwall's 56 games this season.
• Gary Alexander, who scored twice for the London club in last season's play-off final, is set to play against his former club. Jack Smith is also a former Swindon player.
SWINDON TOWN
• Qualified for their first trip to Wembley in 17 years, by beating Charlton in a penalty shoot-out in the play-off semi-finals.
• Looking to gain promotion through the play-offs for the third time in their history.
• Went up to the second tier in the first ever play-offs in 1987.
• Ossie Ardiles' side beat Sunderland 1-0 in the Division Two final at Wembley on 28 May 1990, with a goal from Alan McLoughlin. But they did not go up, as days later the Football League demoted them after they admitted to 36 breaches of league rules.
• Three years later, Swindon beat Leicester 4-3 in the Division One play-off final at Wembley. Glenn Hoddle's side almost threw away a three-goal lead in front of nearly 74,000, and had to rely on a late penalty from Paul Bodin. It earned a one-year stay in the Premier League, under John Gorman.
• Swindon finished in fifth, two places and three points inferior to Millwall.
• Since 1991 when the play-offs assumed their current format, the club finishing three places below the automatic promotion spots has been promoted to the second tier only twice (Sheffield Wednesday in 2005, and Barnsley in 2006).
• Hoping to rise out of League One after a three-year stay.
• Last promoted to the second tier in 1996, where they stayed for four seasons.
• This is the third play-off campaign for manager Danny Wilson. He was unsuccessful with Bristol City in 2003 and 2004.
• Billy Paynter is the club's top scorer with 29 goals, including four in his last four.
• Between them, Paynter and Charles Austin have scored 49 of Swindon's 83 goals.
• Jon-Paul McGovern has played in all but one of Swindon's 55 games this season.
• Gordon Greer is set to make in his 250th club career appearance, and McGovern his 300th.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Millwall's hopes of victory in League One's play-off final have taken a blow with the news that player of the year Alan Dunne is out with a foot injury.But winger Chris Hackett has recovered from the groin problem that kept him out of the semi-final games.
Swindon skipper Gordon Greer misses out following his sending-off in the semi-final second leg against Charlton.
But the Robins are boosted by the return of goalkeeper David Lucas who has recovered from a shoulder injury.
Millwall are looking to go one better than last season when they lost at Wembley to Scunthorpe - the fifth time they have missed out in the Football League play-offs.
Skipper Neil Harris told BBC London: "It's not a nice record for the club to have.
Harris aims to end Millwall's play-off jinx"Surely the law of averages says your luck has to change sooner or later, but it's up to us to make it happen.
"We've got the same bunch of players we had last year which we believe is to our advantage with the experience of Wembley and the big occasion.
"The times before that were with different players and different managers so they don't reflect on us as a group."
Millwall had the upper hand over Swindon when the sides met in the league three weeks ago, winning 3-2.
Earlier in the season the teams drew 1-1 at the County Ground.
Swindon boss Danny Wilson told BBC Wiltshire: "We've had two very tough games against each other and there was a cigarette paper between us on both occasions.
"I don't envisage it being any other way on Saturday.
"They are going to be very difficult to beat because they don't concede many goals.
"It's very difficult to call. On the day there might be a little bit of individual brilliance which will change the game."
Head to head
• This is the 95th time these clubs are meeting in a competitive match. Millwall have won 37 of the previous 94, Swindon 30, with 27 drawn.
• Millwall have won two and drawn two of the last four against the Robins. This season they drew 1-1 at the County Ground, and won 3-2 at the New Den.
• Swindon did the double over the Lions in the 2007/08 League One season. Those are the only victories in 10 meetings since March 1995.
• This is their first clash in a play-off game.
MILLWALL
• Making a second attempt in as many years to reach the Championship, via the play-off final at Wembley. Twelve months ago, the Lions lost by the odd goal in five against Scunthorpe, the decider being netted in the 85th minute by Martyn Woolford.
• Yet to concede a goal in these play-offs, having held Huddersfield to a goalless draw in West Yorkshire, and beaten them 2-0 at the New Den in the semi-finals.
• This is their sixth attempt to win promotion through the play-offs and only the second time they have reached the final. In 13 play-off games, they have won just two, drawn four and lost seven.
• Avoided defeat in 15 of their last 17 competitive games this season, 11 of which were won.
• Finished the regular league season in third spot, one point outside the automatic promotion places.
• The club finishing immediately outside the automatic spots in this division, has gone on to gain promotion through the play offs on five occasions since 1991, including in two of the last three seasons.
• This has been their fourth season in League One after relegation in 2006.
• In addition to last season's disappointment, Kenny Jackett also lost a play-off final as a manager in 2006, when Barnsley won on penalties to deny Swansea promotion to the Championship.
• Steve Morison's goal in the play-off semi-finals took his total for the season to 23, the club's leading scorer. He has twice been a Wembley winner (and scorer) for Stevenage.
• David Forde has kept goal for all but one of Millwall's 56 games this season.
• Gary Alexander, who scored twice for the London club in last season's play-off final, is set to play against his former club. Jack Smith is also a former Swindon player.
SWINDON TOWN
• Qualified for their first trip to Wembley in 17 years, by beating Charlton in a penalty shoot-out in the play-off semi-finals.
• Looking to gain promotion through the play-offs for the third time in their history.
• Went up to the second tier in the first ever play-offs in 1987.
• Ossie Ardiles' side beat Sunderland 1-0 in the Division Two final at Wembley on 28 May 1990, with a goal from Alan McLoughlin. But they did not go up, as days later the Football League demoted them after they admitted to 36 breaches of league rules.
• Three years later, Swindon beat Leicester 4-3 in the Division One play-off final at Wembley. Glenn Hoddle's side almost threw away a three-goal lead in front of nearly 74,000, and had to rely on a late penalty from Paul Bodin. It earned a one-year stay in the Premier League, under John Gorman.
• Swindon finished in fifth, two places and three points inferior to Millwall.
• Since 1991 when the play-offs assumed their current format, the club finishing three places below the automatic promotion spots has been promoted to the second tier only twice (Sheffield Wednesday in 2005, and Barnsley in 2006).
• Hoping to rise out of League One after a three-year stay.
• Last promoted to the second tier in 1996, where they stayed for four seasons.
• This is the third play-off campaign for manager Danny Wilson. He was unsuccessful with Bristol City in 2003 and 2004.
• Billy Paynter is the club's top scorer with 29 goals, including four in his last four.
• Between them, Paynter and Charles Austin have scored 49 of Swindon's 83 goals.
• Jon-Paul McGovern has played in all but one of Swindon's 55 games this season.
• Gordon Greer is set to make in his 250th club career appearance, and McGovern his 300th.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.