Preview: Rotherham United vs. Bolton Wanderers - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams with opposing aims successful League One are acceptable to travel unneurotic connected Saturday day erstwhile relegation-threatened Rotherham United big playoff-hopeful Bolton Wanderers astatine the AESSEAL New York Stadium.

The hosts are 16th successful the standings with 28 points from 23 games, portion the visitors are 10th successful the league array with 37 points from their archetypal 23 outings.

Match preview

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Rotherham earned promotion into the Championship aft finishing 2nd successful League One successful 2021-22, but they survived conscionable 2 years successful the 2nd tier earlier suffering relegation backmost into the 3rd division.

They person struggled upon their instrumentality to League One, with Steve Evans's broadside presently sitting 16th successful the array with 28 points from 23 games, aft 7 wins, 7 draws and 9 defeats, leaving them conscionable 8 points supra the driblet zone.

A caller upturn successful signifier has helped Rotherham enactment much region betwixt themselves and the bottommost four, with the Millers drafting 2 and winning 1 of their past 3 matches.

Evans volition beryllium hopeful that his squad tin proceed that improved signifier with different affirmative effect present arsenic helium looks to proceed extending the spread betwixt themselves and the relegation zone, but a hard matchup with Bolton awaits them.

After finishing 5th and 3rd successful League One successful the past 2 seasons, Bolton would person been aiming to erstwhile again unafraid astatine slightest a playoff spot successful hunt of a instrumentality to the Championship for the archetypal clip since 2018-19.

However, they person truthful acold failed to scope the aforesaid heights from the past 2 campaigns, with the Trotters sitting 10th successful the array with 37 points from 23 matches, aft 11 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.

That does permission Bolton trailing the apical six by lone 4 points, but their inconsistent tally of results successful caller weeks has seen them autumn further down the playoff places.

Ian Evatt's broadside person managed conscionable 2 wins successful their past six matches, suffering 3 defeats and a draw, but a melodramatic precocious comeback against Exeter City, with goals successful the 88th and 91st minutes to unafraid a 2-1 triumph from a 1-0 deficit, would person boosted their assurance up of this game.

Rotherham United League One form:

Bolton Wanderers League One form:

Team News

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The hosts are expected to tract a akin starting broadside to the 1 that has remained undefeated successful their past 3 outings, securing 2 draws and 1 triumph successful that time.

Rotherham person struggled for goals truthful acold this season, with their apical scorer, Jonson Clarke-Harris boasting conscionable six goals successful 18 appearances, and Evans volition beryllium hoping for much from his apt onslaught concern of Clarke-Harris and Sam Nombe here.

As for Bolton, Chris Forino is anticipated to beryllium the lone absentee owed to wounded issues, with the defender retired of enactment since a 5-1 nonaccomplishment to Arsenal successful September, leaving Evatt with nary caller wounded concerns to contend with.

Elsewhere, a superb comeback triumph against Exeter City successful their past outing could mean Evatt opts to sanction the aforesaid starting squad successful this game, with goalscorers Aaron Collins and Aaron Morley apt to start.

Rotherham United imaginable starting lineup:
Phillips; Rafferty, Odofin, Jules, James; MacDonald, Humphreys, Powell; McWilliams, Clarke-Harris, Nombe

We say: Rotherham United 1-2 Bolton Wanderers

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