Stoke 0-1 Rotherham: The Millers impress in road win at Bet365 Stadium
Rotherham United banked all three points against the Stoke City in a 1-0 victory on Tuesday, at Bet365 Stadium. Both Stoke and Rotherham arrived on the back of wins. Stoke were keen to hang onto their position at the top of the table and extend their winning run after winning their previous two games against Preston North End away and Sheffield United at home, by 2-0 and 3-1 respectively. Rotherham were able to continue their winning streak after a 2-1 win against Huddersfield Town in their last match. Stoke are now in 16th place on the table and have 19 points while Rotherham sit in 10th with 21 points after 16 matches.
Rotherham started strong and were rewarded, when Oliver Rathbone gave them the lead after only 6 minutes, concluding the first half 1-0. Both teams unable to deliver anything further, the score remained at 1-0 at full time.
Substitutions for Stoke included Harry Clarke, Jacob Brown, Nick Powell, D’Margio Wright-Phillips and Jordan Thompson for Morgan Fox, Liam Delap, Dwight Gayle, Dujon Sterling and Tarique Fosu, respectively. Rotherham brought on Richard Wood, Tom Eaves, Conor Washington, Cohen Bramall and Scott High for Grant Hall, Georgie Kelly, Hakeem Odofin, Shane Ferguson and Oliver Rathbone.
The referee booked Ben Wiles, Grant Hall and Wes Harding for Rotherham.
Stoke next face Coventry City while Rotherham are at home to Hull City.
Technical card: | |
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Stoke City: | Morgan Fox (Harry Clarke, min.68), Liam Delap (Jacob Brown, min.71), Dwight Gayle (Nick Powell, min.71), Dujon Sterling (D’Margio Wright-Phillips, min.79) and Tarique Fosu (Jordan Thompson, min.79) |
Rotherham United: | Oliver Rathbone (Scott High, min.82), Ben Wiles, Grant Hall (Richard Wood, min.63), Wes Harding, Georgie Kelly (Tom Eaves, min.76), Hakeem Odofin (Conor Washington, min.76) and Shane Ferguson (Cohen Bramall, min.76) |
Stadium: | Bet365 Stadium |
Goals: | Oliver Rathbone (0-1, min. 6) |