Following away games at Blackburn and Sheffield Wednesday Williams’ side return to play in front of their home faithful for the first time since the international break.
Whilst the Swans’ excellent defensive record means they are 15th in the table, level on points with todays opposition, Williams’ side have not found the target in more than seven hours of Championship football after their midweek stalemate at Sheffield Wednesday.
However, the Swans have yet to lose a league game at the Swansea.com Stadium this season and face a Lions side yet to win on their travels in the Championship.
Williams is fully aware of the challenge that the opposition brings but fully backs his team to get the three points.
“As a group of staff, we’ve got to show them that we believe in them, that starts with me, and I do believe in them,” said Williams.
“Eventually when they start scoring goals, we’ll forget that they ever misfired.
“You know whenever you face Millwall you are in for a tough game.
“They are very organised, they are tough physically, they will be direct and challenge you in that way.
“They will not switch off for a moment and they will look to hurt us.
“They will be very bright and alert around second balls, and all those things in the world that a football team needs to do, all those fundamentals, they will do them very well.
“They have a very experienced manager who gets his message across to the players brilliantly, and therefore you know they are never going to be able to tickle their bellies.
“But we are unbeaten at home, we want to keep that going and we want that feeling going out on the pitch.
“If you go a certain number of games without losing, and hopefully winning more than you draw, you start to go out there and feel you are in the right place and the results are going to come.
“That is what happens with consistent performance, sustaining that is not easy but we certainly want to sustain this run at home and to be a tough place for people to come to.”
The Swans boast the third-best defensive record in the Championship with only Burnley and Sheffield United conceding fewer goals, whilst Williams’ side has enjoyed the largest average share of possession in the division.
The former Notts County boss has no doubt his players can find that final additional element to start turning his side’s fortunes around.
“The game works around your own box, the opposition box and in between is the flow of the game, how you use the middle of the pitch to create and deny,” continued the Swans boss.
“In our own box we have defended brilliantly so far, I think in between the two boxes we flow through the pitch to try and create box entries and to use that possession to stem the flow of opposition attacks.
“In the opposition box we need to improve, but I say it to the guys every day and now I am telling everyone who is listening, I am backing them.
“They are going to find that anticipation and feel a bit freer and more confident and start to score.
“I am confident and excited for that because a team that can defend, that can flow through the pitch, and can score goals is what we are aiming for. I know what happens with a team like that then.”
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