Week 31 brings us a match on Feb 5th, where Rotherham United hosts Accrington Stanley in a meeting of these two League One teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Rotherham United is fresh off their 5-0 blowout win against Doncaster Rovers. Mikel Miller scored the first goal for Rotherham United in the 8th minute, then Ben Wiles added another in the 16th minute In the end, Doncaster Rovers couldn’t muster any offence and Rotherham United ran away with the shutout win. Rotherham United looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while accrington Stanley sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Morecambe. Jonah Ayunga scored the first goal for Morecambe in the 14th minute, then Jonah Ayunga added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Cole Stockton . Accrington Stanley is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Accrington Stanley was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Sean McConville scored the first goal for Accrington Stanley in the 76th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rotherham United couldn’t manage to score, and Accrington Stanley took the shutout win.
Colby Bishop has been the most effective weapon for Accrington Stanley lately. The English attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Michael Smith has been the most prolific scorer on Rotherham United in the last five matches with two goals.