Rotherham United vs Sheffield United - prediction, team news, lineups

Rotherham United and Sheffield United volition proceed their preparations for the 2026-27 play connected Saturday, erstwhile they conscionable astatine the AESSEAL New York Stadium for a friendly.

The South Yorkshire sides person each made unbeaten starts to pre-season with 4 games each connected the board.

Match preview

Rotherham United instrumentality to pre-season enactment connected Saturday arsenic they proceed to cogwheel up for beingness successful League Two nether caller management.

They caput into England's 4th tier successful the midst of a slump, having suffered 2 relegations successful the past 3 seasons, dropping from League One past clip astir aft enjoying 12 consecutive seasons betwixt the 2nd and 3rd tiers.

The 2025-26 word was a peculiarly mediocre 1 for the Millers, who finished 22nd connected conscionable 41 points from their 46 games, 11 points adrift of safety.

That run started nether Matt Hamshaw and finished with Lee Clark astatine the helm, and they person since undergone respective changes with Steve McLaren taking implicit arsenic Director of Football and Alex Bruce taking the reins arsenic manager for their upcoming League Two term.

Now connected the backmost of draws against non-league Emley and Matlock Town and a 1-0 distant triumph implicit Alfreton Town connected Tuesday with Fabio Tavares connected the scoresheet, Rotherham United volition anticipation to up the strength and proceed an unbeaten tally against tougher absorption astatine the weekend.

Their visitors marque the abbreviated travel crossed South Yorkshire successful hunt of different triumph of their own, having made a affirmative commencement to their preparations for a 3rd consecutive Championship campaign.

Sheffield United were lone denied an contiguous instrumentality to the Premier League successful the playoff last successful 2024-25, but aft a turbulent summertime including the dismissal and September rehiring of Chris Wilder, they endured a disappointing run past clip around.

The Blades failed to prolong immoderate benignant of top-six bid and alternatively recovered themselves warring astatine the bottommost extremity of the part for ample parts, yet finishing 13th connected 60 points from 46 games acknowledgment to a final-day 2-1 distant triumph astatine Derby County.

Aiming for a much-improved bid successful 2026-27 and with the hopes of challenging for promotion erstwhile again, Wilder's men began pre-season with a triumph implicit Halifax Town and a gully with Chesterfield, earlier beating Levante 2-1 successful Spain and Huddersfield Town 3-1 down closed doors connected Tuesday, having fallen down and yet prevailed with Tom Cannon, Sam McCallum and Tahith Chong connected the scoresheet.

Sheffield United volition present bid to marque it 3 consecutive wins and transportation connected gathering up their mentation earlier heading to Germany for a last affable against Bochum adjacent play with the opening of the word looming.

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Team News

Alex Bruce rotated his Rotherham United squad heavy successful caller friendlies with galore trialists handed opportunities successful either half, but helium whitethorn power to a stronger lineup arsenic their pre-season hits its toughest trial yet.

The Millers person seen plentifulness of squad changes implicit the summertime truthful far, with Zak Jules, Joe Powell, Dru Yearwood, Shaun McWilliams and Jordan Hugill among those to depart aft their League One relegation.

They person strengthened too, though, with wide man Aaron Nemane, midfielders Jamie Jellis and Ossama Ashley and attacker Fabio Tavares arriving, and they could each commencement successful a full-strength XI connected Saturday with Tavares having got connected the scoresheet past clip out.

Chris Wilder fielded a beardown Sheffield United starting XI for Tuesday's affable with Huddersfield Town, earlier making rotations passim the contest, and Saturday should bring a akin lineup, with Harrison Burrows apt to miss retired again aft not featuring successful midweek.

Brentford loanee Romelle Donovan has featured heavy successful pre-season frankincense far, portion caller accomplishment Matt Doherty could marque a archetypal Blades quality with Jamal Baptiste besides backmost successful the fold successful defence aft spending past play connected indebtedness with Saturday's hosts.

Tom Cannon should proceed successful onslaught having scored doubly successful pre-season, portion Patrick Bamford remains their cardinal antheral astatine the apical extremity of the transportation having netted 12 goals successful 28 Championship appearances successful his debut Blades run past clip around.

Rotherham United imaginable starting lineup:

Cann; Rafferty, Adegboyega, Agbaire, Cover; Ashley, Jellis, Lee; Nemane, Tavares, Martha

Sheffield United imaginable starting lineup:

Cooper; Doherty, Tanganga, Baptiste, McCallum; Arblaster, Peck; Donovan, O'Hare, Cannon; Bamford

We say: Rotherham United 1-3 Sheffield United

While Rotherham United person been unbeaten successful pre-season frankincense acold and person managed to marque immoderate important additions to a struggling squad this summer, they look their toughest trial yet and whitethorn conflict to lucifer a beardown Sheffield United squad.

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