[ 10 Oct 26 ] Rotherham Utd v GILLS Match Thread

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- The sides last met in April 2022 when Rotherham won promotion and relegated the Gills at the same time. The Gills edge the wins by 24 victories to 22 and just 15 of the 61 meetings have been drawn, the last coming 10 meetings ago in 2012.
- Rotherham have won the last 4 meetings, scoring 11 goals and conceding 1. The have also won 6 of the last 7, scoring 19 goals in the process. The Gills have won 1 of those 7, a 3-1 win at Rotherham in October 2017.
- The Gills have won 1 and lost 1 of their previous 2 visits to Rotherham, have won 2 and lost 2 of the last 4 and have won 3 and lost 3 of the previous 6. There were 22 goals in those 6 games. The Gills haven't witnessed a draw in 10 trips to Rotherham during which they have won 4 times.
- Rotherham have lost their last 2 league and cup games and are winless in 4 matches. They have won 1 of their last 8 games and 3 of the previous 25. After no defeats in 13 games last season, the Millers then lost 25 of the 40 league and cup games played since.
- Rotherham are unbeaten at home in the league in 5 games, winning 1 and drawing 4. In the last 10 home league games, Rotherham have drawn 7 of them with the previous defeat coming at home to Luton back in April.
- Rotherham have conceded 8 leads in the league, the most in League 2 this season. Only 2 have come in home games however they have come in both of their previous 2 league games at home.

[Sat 10th October 2026] EFL Sky Bet League 2: Rotherham United v Gillingham FC
Opposition Manager: Alex Bruce. Matchday Team: Julian Eyestone, Josh Austerfield (Tom Bradshaw), Kieran Ngwenya, Ossama Ashley (Jamie Jellis), Kian Spence (Aaron Nemane), Denzel Hall, Sonny Aljofree, Jili Buyabu, Dominic Iorfa (Jayce Fitzgerald), Brandon Cover, [c] Paul Mullin
Opposition League Position: Sky Bet League 2 (17th)
Referee: William Davis
Attendance: 7,429 (565)

(15.00) Kick Off [ 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 ]
(15.16) GOAL! Rotherham United 1-0 Gillingham FC: Mullin
(15.24) Great save from Wright to tip a certain goal over the bar.
(15.33) GOAL! Rotherham United 1-1 Gillingham FC: Hale
(15.45) 2 minutes will be added to the half.
(15.47) Sillah spots the 'keeper off his line and goes for goal with the last kick of the half. It floats over the 'keepers head and onto the roof of the net.
(15.47) Half time 1-1

(16.02) The second half kicks off.
(16.05) Good position for Mullin to tap in but he mis-kicks the ball!
(16.17) GOAL! Rotherham United 1-2 Gillingham FC: Sillah
(16.23) Penalty! Sillah is brought down inside the box by the 'keeper.
(16.24) GOAL! Rotherham United 1-3 Gillingham FC: Hale (pen)
(16.29) Wright pushes a shot away and, on the rebound, Buyabu puts it over from close range. Then Nemane forces a strong save from the Gills 'keeper.
(16.32) Iorfa gets a yellow card for a foul on Waldock but it looked like an elbow to the face.
(16.45) Penalty! Tom Eaves has his shirt pulled inside the box.
(16.46) GOAL! Rotherham United 1-4 Gillingham FC: Eaves (pen)
(16.47) The fourth official signals for a minimum of EIGHT additional minutes.
(16.56) FULL TIME 1-4

Gills' League Position After Game: 4th
Match Report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cmwyv55j89jdt
Match highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN2UiRXuj-A