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Morecambe face a trip to Rotherham United at Don Valley Stadium on Tuesday evening,
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2007, with Rotherham U. running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 16 Aug | Morecambe | 1 - 3 | Rotherham U. | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Mar | Morecambe | 5 - 1 | Rotherham U. | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 20 Oct | Rotherham U. | 3 - 1 | Morecambe | LGE2 |
| 1979/1980 | Tue 27 Nov | Rotherham U. | 0 - 2 | Morecambe | FAC |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 24 Nov | Morecambe | 1 - 1 | Rotherham U. | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Rotherham United have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These games have seen the The Millers score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 2.
The Shrimps have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Shrimps's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Rotherham U. find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 33 points from their 30 matches. Morecambe's 44 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rotherham U. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Morecambe | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Morecambe are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Rotherham U.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rotherham U. | 5 games since last home draw. |
| Morecambe | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 9 games since last defeat. |