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Wigan pack their bags to visit Rotherham United at Millmoor Ground on Saturday evening, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. Only 2 defeats have been registered in the 9 games, with 3 ending in victory.
The previous match played between the two at Millmoor Ground was within the last three years, in November 2000, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2000/2001 | Sat 21 Apr | Wigan | 0 - 2 | Rotherham | LD2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 04 Nov | Rotherham | 1 - 1 | Wigan | LD2 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 13 Feb | Wigan | 1 - 1 | Rotherham | LD2 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 05 Sep | Rotherham | 2 - 3 | Wigan | LD2 |
| 1990/1991 | Tue 26 Mar | Wigan | 2 - 0 | Rotherham | DIV3 |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 15 Sep | Rotherham | 5 - 1 | Wigan | DIV3 |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 13 Jan | Rotherham | 1 - 2 | Wigan | DIV3 |
Recent respective form guides
Rotherham United are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Merry Millers in those games, with 5 conceded.
The Latics have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. Just 5 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 2 have been let in at the wrong end.
Rotherham see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division One, showing a record of 5 points from their 4 games played so far, Wigan's 7 points from 4 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rotherham | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Wigan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Latics's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Rotherham, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rotherham | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. |
| Wigan | 5 games since last defeat. |