Rotherham United vs Luton Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Needing a triumph to boost their hopes of breaking into the apical six of the League One table successful the last run-in, Luton Town volition question to the AESSEAL New York Stadium to instrumentality connected Rotherham United connected Tuesday.

The visitors way the last playoff spot by 3 points with 3 games remaining, portion their hosts managed a uncommon triumph astatine the play with their relegation already confirmed.

Match preview

Rotherham United instrumentality to League One enactment connected Tuesday aiming to physique connected a triumph astatine the play and extremity their disappointing play connected a comparatively affirmative enactment successful the coming weeks.

The Millers headed into the play with their relegation already confirmed, with immoderate hopes of escaping the driblet ended successful a 3-0 beating distant astatine Wigan Athletic connected Tuesday.

That stretched a winless tally to 9 matches, covering the extremity of Matt Hamshaw's tenure and the archetypal 5 matches nether caller brag Lee Clark, from which they earned conscionable a azygous point, earlier heading to Leyton Orient connected Saturday aiming to astatine slightest assistance spirits with conscionable a 10th league triumph of the season.

Clark's men succeeded successful doing truthful for the archetypal clip nether his charge, leaving the BetWright Stadium with a 2-0 triumph arsenic Harry Gray had them up successful the archetypal fractional and Sam Nombe doubled the pb 17 minutes from time.

With optimism to instrumentality from a archetypal triumph since February and 3 games remaining earlier their driblet down to League Two, making it a 2nd relegation successful 3 years, Rotherham United volition astatine slightest spell successful hunt of different morale-boosting triumph connected Tuesday.

That volition beryllium nary casual task, though, arsenic the visitors get successful South Yorkshire aiming to clang the playoff spots successful the last run-in.

On the backmost of a six-game winless tally betwixt mid-February and mid-March, Luton Town looked acceptable for a mid-table decorativeness successful League One, a disappointing presumption fixed their back-to-back relegations from the Premier League down to England's 3rd tier.

They person since moved backmost into the top-six picture, though, winning 5 and drafting 2 of their past 7 league outings portion besides prevailing implicit Stockport County astatine Wembley to triumph the EFL Trophy.

Having past beaten Northampton Town to marque it 4 consecutive victories and 3 successful League One, narrowing their spread to the playoff places, the Hatters faced a travel to Mansfield Town connected Saturday and fell 2-0 down to Jon Russell's brace, earlier astatine slightest forcing a share of the points successful a 2-2 gully arsenic Kasey Palmer halved the shortage and Shayden Morris drew them level aboriginal successful the 2nd half.

Still near to rue their nonaccomplishment to find a victor to marque it 4 consecutive league victories and determination wrong a constituent of the apical six, Luton Town present find themselves 3 points disconnected the past playoff spot with 3 games remaining and volition consciousness they request to instrumentality to winning ways connected Tuesday to heap the unit connected sixth-placed Stevenage.

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Team News

Rotherham United are acceptable to stay without Cameron Dawson, Hamish Douglas, Marvin Kaleta, Shaun McWilliams, Kian Spence, Joe Powell and Liam Kelly owed to ongoing injuries.

Lee Clark volition tract a akin unchanged starting XI from Saturday's victory, with Emmanuel Adegboyega having made a archetypal commencement successful defence since his wounded layoff, albeit lone featuring until the interval.

Dru Yearwood is backmost successful contention for a midfield spot aft sitting retired and could articulation Daniel Gore and displace 19-year-old Cohen Lee, portion Nombe volition proceed to pb the onslaught having scored his 11th league extremity of the play astatine the weekend.

Luton Town are inactive incapable to telephone connected Teden Mengi, Tom Holmes, Shandon Baptiste, Elijah Adebayo and Isaiah Jones arsenic they are inactive confined to the attraction room.

There is contention for attacking spots, with Nahki Wells, Gideo Kodua, Jake Richards and Devante Cole each warring to travel successful from the start, aft Morris, Palmer and Emilio Lawrence supported beforehand antheral Ali Al-Hamadi astatine Mansfield.

Key midfielder Jordan Clark missed the weekend's trip, and if helium is sidelined, Davy van den Berg should again articulation Joe Walsh successful the motor country down Palmer, who has notched up 5 league goals from midfield since his January indebtedness arrival.

Rotherham United imaginable starting lineup:

Cann; Rafferty, Jules, Adegboyega, Baptiste; Gore, Yearwood; Martha, Clarke, Gray; Nombe

Luton Town imaginable starting lineup:

Keeley; Lonwijk, Odoffin, Andersen, Naismith; Van Den Berg, Walsh; Morris, Palmer, Kodua; Wells

We say: Rotherham United 0-2 Luton Town

While Rotherham United defied the likelihood to extremity their mediocre tally with an distant triumph astatine the weekend, we cannot spot them again coming retired connected apical against a Luton Town broadside packed with prime and needing 3 points successful their promotion bid, alternatively backing the visitors to proceed their unbeaten tally with an distant win.

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