Both on the back of midweek victories, Rotherham United and Reading will square off at the New York Stadium on Saturday. The visitors have moved within two points of the top six in the League One table with back-to-back wins, while their visitors climbed up to 17th spot with a crucial three-point haul on the road. © Imago Rotherham United return to the New York Stadium on Saturday looking to make it back-to-back league wins for the first time since October 2022, having endured a tough start to life back in England's third tier after succumbing to relegation from the Championship last time around.
Aiming to bounce back up at the first time of asking under the management of Steve Evans , the South Yorkshire outfit earned just seven points from their first eight outings, only winning one of those and managing just six goals along the way. After that solitary victory, a 2-1 triumph over Huddersfield Town in late August, the Millers went winless in September, culminating in a disappointing 1-1 draw away at strugglers Shrewsbury Town last weekend as Jonson Clarke-Harris earned them a point with a 70th-minute penalty. Desperate to get back to winning ways and kickstart their campaign, Evans's men most recently visited basement side Cambridge United on Tuesday, and after the contest looked set to end in a goalless stalemate, only for Sam Nombe to snatch all three points with a close-range header in injury time.
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