Jones knows 'established' Lions will be a major test for Town under Gary Rowett

Town boss Nathan Jones is anticipating a difficult evening against a Millwall side who are now beginning to establish themselves as a Championship outfit once more.

After relegation from the division in 2015, the Lions spent two seasons in League One, before returning to the second tier thanks to a play-off final win over Bradford City.

They finished eighth in their first campaign back, then flirted with relegation the following year, ending up 21st, but were only two points adrift of the play-offs last term, with another eighth place.

Under Gary Rowett, Millwall have started the season impressively, sitting seventh, with two wins, two draws and just one defeat, that coming at Swansea City.

Jones said: “They’re starting to establish themselves as a Championship side, because they came down and spent a season or two there (League One) and then went back up.

“They’ve got a very experienced manager in Gary Rowett, who I know very well, so you know what you’re going to get.

“It’s going to be a real tough game, Gary’s got them playing very well and he’s done a fantastic job there.

“There are no real stars but that helps at times because he’s got a great working group that graft for him, so he knows what he’s going to get.

“They’re a tough, tough side and it’s a difficult place to go at the best of times.”

Luton themselves have made an excellent start to the campaign as well, as despite going down 2-0 at home to Stoke on Saturday, are in sixth, one place above their opponents.

Jones doesn’t want a repeat of the weekend though, when Town were undone by two quickfire goals in just the opening 10 minutes of the second half.

He added: “That’s the thing we’re disappointed with, as it turned in a ten-minute period.

“We debriefed and there were so many positives. I couldn’t have asked any more from them in terms of structure and following a game plan.

“Yes, we didn’t take opportunities in the first half when we got in and they have quality.

“One cross, one good back post run and they scored, and then the second goal is really disappointing.

“The first is disappointing but it’s a good goal from their point of view, but the second goal was calamitous and that’s the thing, because we were chasing the game and we don’t want to do that.

“We’ll learn from that and we are evolving now because we’re slightly different to the side that finished the season.

“Yes, we got good results, but now we want to really establish ourselves and we’re on the way to doing that.

“I felt sick actually at the end of the game because it was such a good performance for 80 per cent of the time, but that 20 per cent has cost us.

"That’s the level because Stoke have players that can do that.”