Rotherham United vs Reading - prediction, team news, lineups

Two sides with lone pridefulness near to play for volition conscionable connected Saturday erstwhile Rotherham United invited Reading to the New York Stadium.

The hosts presently beryllium 22nd successful the League One table and were officially relegated past week, portion the visitors are 10th and 9 points disconnected the playoffs.

Match preview

Rotherham's relegation to League Two was confirmed past Wednesday aft they were thumped 3-0 by Wigan Athletic, with manager Lee Clark questioning his players' committedness aft the game.

The Millers did extremity a 9 lucifer winless tally past Saturday with a 2-0 triumph implicit Leyton Orient, but they were past beaten 2-0 by Luton Town connected Tuesday.

Clark felt his broadside "played with a small spot of a fearfulness factor" against Luton and volition beryllium hoping for an improved show successful their last location game.

However, it is worthy noting that Rotherham person the third-worst location grounds successful the part this play and person lone beaten Reading doubly successful their past 13 meetings.

Reading's hopes of making the playoffs are fundamentally implicit aft they mislaid their past 3 games against Lincoln City, Doncaster Rovers and Cardiff.

Manager Leam Richardson has travel nether immense unit arsenic a result, but proprietor Rob Couhig has publically backed the erstwhile Wigan boss.

The Royals volition beryllium hopeless to get backmost to winning ways against Rotherham and Richardson volition instrumentality assurance from the information Reading's show against Cardiff was "night and day" compared to their show against Doncaster.

However, Reading person a mediocre caller grounds distant from home, with conscionable 1 triumph successful their past 5 games.

Rotherham United League One form:

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Reading League One form:

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Team News

Rotherham are missing the likes of Cameron Dawson, Hamish Douglas, Marvin Kaleta, Shaun McWilliams, Kian Spence, Joe Powell and Liam Kelly owed to ongoing injuries.

As a result, Clark is not expected to marque galore changes, with Sam Nombe acceptable to pb the enactment with enactment retired wide from Arjany Martha and Harry Gray. 

Reading, meanwhile, are acceptable to beryllium without Derrick Williams, Jack Stevens, Benn Ward, Randell Williams, Kamari Doyle, Charlie Savage, Andy Yiadom, Mamadi Camara, Mark O'Mahony, Ben Elliott and Will Keane done injury.

Top scorer Jack Marriott did marque his instrumentality disconnected the seat against Cardiff aft missing the past 10 games with a hamstring problem, but it is improbable helium volition commencement against Rotherham.

Rotherham United imaginable starting lineup:

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

Reading imaginable starting lineup:

Pereira; Burns, O'Connor, Dorsett; Nyambe, Wing, Rinomhota, Roberts; Kyerewaa, Lane; Ehibhatiomhan

We say: Rotherham United 0-0 Reading

Both sides person been successful mediocre signifier and are struggling with injuries and we are expecting a tight, hard-fought crippled arsenic a result. 

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