Preview:Rotherham United vs Exeter City - prediction, team news, lineups

Rotherham United will be looking to snap their four-match winless run in League One when they welcome Exeter City to the New York Stadium.

The Millers have not tasted victory since the opening weekend of the season, while the Grecians are looking to bag their third win in four games.

Match preview

Rotherham kicked off the League One season on a high as two early goals from Sam Nombe helped the Millers to a 2-1 win over Port Vale.

Unfortunately for Matt Hamshaw and his men, that proved to be their one and only league victory so far this season – something they will be looking to change this weekend.

The Millers have since fallen to a 1-0 defeat to Stevenage, a 3-0 thumping at Cardiff City, a 2-2 draw with Wigan Athletic, and a 1-0 defeat away at Doncaster Rovers.

On top of all that, Rotherham have also suffered a couple of recent cup defeats, bowing out of the EFL Cup with a 2-1 loss at Barnsley and losing 1-0 to Bolton Wanderers in the EFL Trophy.

Exeter, on the other hand, are coming into Saturday’s game on the back of some impressive League One results.

The Grecians have won two of their last three league matches, beating Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 and thrashing Peterborough United 3-0 at home.

Sandwiched between those wins was a 2-0 defeat at Northampton Town, though generally speaking Exeter will be happy with their progress early in the season.

Gary Caldwell’s men are sitting 11th in the standings, boasting nine points to their name from their opening six matches, and a third win from four matches is the goal this weekend.

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Team News

Rotherham’s new addition, Lenny Agbaire, remains on the sidelines as he continues to undergo specialist treatment for his injury; the Millers boss expects the player to be out for “a number of weeks”.

Sam Nombe is also out of action after picking up severe hamstring damage against Stevenage - he is expected to be out for months rather than weeks.

Josh Benson remains a doubt, with the player set to complete a late fitness test ahead of the visit of Exeter.

The away side are still without Pedro Borges, who went through knee surgery in the summer and is continuing his recovery.

The club made three signings on deadline day, and they could play some part on Saturday. West Bromwich Albion forward Akeel Higgins and Bolton Wanderers winger Carlos Mendes Gomes joined on season-long loans, while Stockport County’s Danny Andrew arrived on a permanent deal.

Rotherham United possible starting lineup: Dawson; Jules, Raggett, Rafferty; Kelly; Powell, Gore, Kaleta, Hall; Hugill, Etete

Exeter City possible starting lineup: Whitworth; Turns, Fitzwater, McMillan; Rydel, Doyle-Hayes, Brierley, Niskanen; Aitchison; Wareham, Magennis

We say: Rotherham United 1-2 Exeter City

Rotherham have endured a poor run of results, and we are expecting that trend to continue when Exeter arrive at the New York Stadium.

The Grecians are in good form and were further boosted by an impressive deadline day. With that in mind, we are backing the visitors to pick up a big away win.

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