Tonight we welcome Oldham Athletic to the New York Stadium for our second game in the EFL Trophy group stage.

Remember if the game finishes all square tonight, we go to penalties. In the event of that happening, both teams would get one point, with the winner of the shoot-out receiving an additional point.

The Boss
Micky Mellon, appointed Oldham manager on 13/10/2023, led the Latics to promotion via the play-offs last season.

They played for both clubs
Paul Warne, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Liam Kelly, Guy Branston and Paul Green. Ben Pringle also had a brief loan spell with Oldham.

Recent Form
Currently sitting just below mid-table in L2, Oldham were beaten 3-1 away at Notts County on Saturday. That was their first defeat away from home in the league this season.

Latest Odds
Millers Even
Draw 23/10
Oldham 21/10

Recent Meetings
L1 Oldham 1 v 1 Rotherham (13/01/2018)
(Ryan Wiliams)

L1 Rotherham 5 v 1 Oldham (23/09/2017)
(Ihiekwe, Keiffer Moore x 2, Forde, Jerry Yates)

Summary
Last time out in this competition Oldham made 10 changes from their previous league game and were beaten 1-5 by Manchester City Academy. It tends to be the norm in this competition so I would imagine they'll be making changes again and giving some of their fringe a further chance.

As for the Millers, I understand Ted Cann is suffering from concussion so won't feature tonight. That's a shame given we've only seen him once all season. But putting that aside, hopefully we'll see the likes of Hamish Douglas or maybe one or two of the other youngsters. I also think Dru Yearwood could do with getting some minutes on the pitch this evening.

Back to the game itself, a win tonight would give us an excellent chance of progression to the knock-out stages so let's hope for a positive result.

Enjoy the game. UTM.