Exeter City vs Rotherham United - prediction, team news, lineups

In the ninth circular of League Two fixtures this season, 2 newly-relegated sides volition quadrate disconnected arsenic Exeter City invited Rotherham United.

A dilatory commencement leaves the hosts sat 21st successful the League Two table, portion their visitors are 4 points amended disconnected successful 13th spot.

Match preview

Exeter City caput into the play successful hunt of conscionable a 2nd triumph of the play successful League Two pursuing their relegation past clip around.

They arrived successful the 4th tier hoping to bounce back, but the Grecians are yet to get going, winning 1 and losing 4 of their archetypal 8 league matches portion lone scoring 4 goals.

That solitary triumph came successful August, and their lone triumph successful the 8 games since came successful the EFL Trophy past period earlier the past 4 matches produced 3 losses and a draw.

After sharing the points successful League Two with Tranmere Rovers and falling successful an EFL Trophy punishment shootout to Cheltenham Town, Matt Taylor's squad visited Bristol Rovers connected Saturday and near empty-handed arsenic Fabrizio Cavegn scored the lone extremity of the crippled astir the hr mark.

Now sat 21st with conscionable six points connected the board, and having failed to people successful their past 4 league games, Exeter City volition beryllium hopeless to kickstart their play with a location triumph connected Saturday.

They conscionable Taylor's erstwhile nine who person besides experienced a comparatively dilatory commencement to beingness backmost successful the 4th tier aft relegation.

Following a 2nd driblet successful 3 years, Rotherham United find themselves successful 13th spot aft 8 League Two games, having won 2 and mislaid 2 of those.

The Millers are, astatine least, unbeaten successful their past 4 games successful each competitions, firstly being held to a 3-3 gully astatine location to Salford City earlier visiting Northampton Town and putting 3 points connected the committee successful a 1-0 victory.

Then connected the backmost of an EFL Trophy punishment shootout triumph distant astatine York City, Alex Bruce's broadside hosted Crewe Alexandra past play and fell down to an aboriginal ain goal, earlier they were capable to instrumentality a stock of the points arsenic Paul Mullin levelled connected the changeable of fractional time.

Now sat 13th, but lone trailing seventh spot by 3 points astatine this aboriginal stage, and seemingly showing signs of beingness nether Bruce, Rotherham United volition anticipation to proceed their dependable betterment with different distant League Two triumph aft getting past Northampton successful their past crippled connected the road.

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Team News

Exeter City are inactive without Ed Turns, who is yet to diagnostic this season, portion Sonny Cox has besides missed the past 4 matches done injury.

New accomplishment Danny Rose has been fixed the motion up beforehand successful caller weeks, arsenic the Grecians question to lick their attacking struggles, portion Gwion Edwards, Reece Cole and Ethan Sutherland lined up successful enactment past clip out.

Charlie Cummins has been a mainstay successful midfield this play and should again beryllium joined by Jake Doyle-Hayes.

Rotherham United proceed to woody with a agelong wounded list, with Lenny Agbaire, Klaidi Lolos, George Sebine and Jamie Jellis each sidelined, portion Fabio Tavares and Ewan Otoo were besides sidelined past weekend.

They whitethorn beryllium unchanged from past week's gully if Tavares and Otoo are inactive out, with caller accomplishment Dominic Iorfa apt to proceed successful a backmost 3 alongside Denzel Hall and Sonny Aljofree contempt his ain extremity past clip out.

Paul Mullin volition proceed to pb the line, having scored 4 League One goals since his summertime arrival.

Exeter City imaginable starting lineup:

Bycroft; Samuel, Taylor, Fitzwater, Woodhouse; Cummins, Doyle-Hayes; Edwards, Cole, Sutherland; Rose

Rotherham United imaginable starting lineup:

Eyestone; Hall, Iorfa, Aljofree; Nemane, Spence, Ashley, Austerfield, Buyabu; Bradshaw, Mullin

We say: Exeter City 0-1 Rotherham United

Exeter City person struggled to set and reverse their fortunes successful League Two since relegation, peculiarly successful attack, portion their visitors are starting to amusement much encouraging signs, and we backmost the Millers to travel retired connected apical against their erstwhile brag astatine the weekend.

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