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Millwall's Shaun Hutchinson headed his fifth goal of the season to claim all three points at Deepdale

Shaun Hutchinson hit a late winner as Millwall beat promotion-chasing Preston North End in stormy conditions at Deepdale.

The unmarked Hutchinson headed home with only 12 minutes remaining in a game of few chances.

Preston thought they had equalised in stoppage time but Millwall keeper Bartosz Bialkowski did well to keep out Paul Gallagher's shot.

Bristol City's loss to Leeds keeps Preston Championship in the play-offs, while Millwall rose to 10th in the table.

Preston - who came into the fixture unbeaten in their past five home league games against Millwall - started the brighter, with Daniel Johnson seeing a shot well-saved by Bialkowski and David Nugent striking a close-range effort over.

But Millwall grew into the game and Lilywhite's keeper Declan Rudd did well to keep things level in the 30th minute, saving Jayson Molumby's shot which deflected wickedly off Bradshaw.

The Lilywhites dominated possession in the second half, but had few opportunities against Gary Rowett's side.

Millwall's Tom Bradshaw had looked certain to put the visitors in front just after the hour mark, but his shot when through on goal clipped the top of the crossbar.

The Lions then deservedly went in front through Hutchinson and Connor Mahoney nearly doubled their lead on 82 minutes when his shot was parried away by Preston keeper Declan Rudd.

And the visitors held out for their first league double over Preston since the 1967-68 campaign.

Preston manager Alex Neil told BBC Radio Lancashire:

"We started really brightly. We had two or three good chances. I felt for the first 30 minutes we were really good.

"With 30 minutes to go I thought, 'Do we go for it or do we settle for a point?' I made two aggressive substitutes to try and go for it. But we never really got a hold of it.

"It didn't really work if I'm being honest. We struggled to influence the game in the final 15 minutes."

Millwall manager Gary Rowett:

"We played really well overall. I was happy with the goal-scoring opportunities we created. We worked really hard to limit Preston to very few chances to score.

"I know there were a few calls for offside against Hutchinson for his goal, but we have just watched it back and I do not think there is a case there.

"We have come through a very tough run of games and, if we can keep this form going, then we can stay within a shout of the play-offs at the end of the season."