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Fleetwood Town vs Rotherham: match report

Fleetwood Town hosted Rotherham United at Highbury Stadium on Saturday 17 October 2026, in the EFL League Two (round 11). Steven Copeland is the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.0.

Result and scorers

Fleetwood Town 2-0 Rotherham. Goals: Shaun Rooney 46' for Fleetwood Town; Ronan Coughlan 80' for Fleetwood Town.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 38' Yellow card: Brandon Cover (Rotherham)
  • 46' Goal: Shaun Rooney (Fleetwood Town)
  • 62' Yellow card: Hamish Douglas (Rotherham)
  • 65' Yellow card: Mark Helm (Fleetwood Town)
  • 66' Yellow card: Ronan Coughlan (Fleetwood Town)
  • 80' Goal: Ronan Coughlan (Fleetwood Town)
  • 89' Yellow card: Klaidi Lolos (Rotherham)
  • 89' Yellow card: Jay Lynch (Fleetwood Town)
  • 90'+1' Yellow card: Dominic Iorfa (Rotherham)
  • 90'+1' Yellow card: Lewis Mccann (Fleetwood Town)
Match stats (contains the result)
54.3%Possession45.7%
15Shots8
5Shots on target0
9Corners6
9Fouls14
5Offsides2
0Saves3
4Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Fleetwood Town 3-1-4-2

Coach: Matt Lawlor

  1. 1 Jay Lynch GK
  2. 26 Shaun Rooney DEF
  3. 6 Rhys Bennett DEF
  4. 5 Finley Potter DEF
  5. 4 Harrison Neal MID
  6. 14 Lewis McCann MID
  7. 15 Adam Murphy FWD
  8. 10 Mark Helm MID
  9. 24 Jake Batty DEF
  10. 17 Ched Evans FWD
  11. 19 Ronan Coughlan FWD

Bench

  • 9 Will Davies FWD
  • 27 Crispin McLean MID
  • 16 Conor Haughey DEF
  • 29 Raffaele Cirino MID
  • 22 James Pradic GK
  • 28 Josh Robertson MID
  • 20 Aaron Loupalo-Bi FWD

Rotherham 3-4-1-2

Coach: Alex Bruce

  1. 13 Julian Eyestone GK
  2. 27 Dominic Iorfa DEF
  3. 14 Sonny Aljofree DEF
  4. 26 Hamish Douglas DEF
  5. 12 Denzel Hall MID
  6. 28 Brandon Cover MID
  7. 22 Jamie Jellis MID
  8. 24 Jili Buyabu MID
  9. 4 Josh Austerfield MID
  10. 10 Paul Mullin FWD
  11. 9 Tom Bradshaw FWD

Bench

  • 23 Aaron Nemane MID
  • 8 Kian Spence MID
  • 15 Jayce Fitzgerald MID
  • 25 Klaidi Lolos MID
  • 1 Ted Cann GK
  • 2 Joe Rafferty DEF
  • 5 Kieran Ngwenya DEF
Previous meetings
  • Tuesday 27 August 2024: Fleetwood Town 2-1 Rotherham United
  • Saturday 15 January 2022: Fleetwood Town 1-0 Rotherham United
  • Saturday 11 September 2021: Rotherham United 2-4 Fleetwood Town
  • Saturday 21 December 2019: Rotherham United 2-2 Fleetwood Town
  • Saturday 7 April 2018: Rotherham United 3-2 Fleetwood Town