Wycombe Wanderers vs Rotherham United Prediction & Betting Tips

Rotherham United will be visiting Adams Park on Saturday for the Championship tie with home side Wycombe Wanderers.

Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Wycombe Wanderers v Rotherham United are shown on this page - plus the latest betting odds.

📏 Form Guide

Wycombe Wanderers WLWDWD

Wycombe Wanderers will play in this match following a 1-1 EFL Cup drawn result vs Brentford.

In that game, Wycombe Wanderers had 29% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Wycombe Wanderers was Daryl Horgan (76'). At the other end, Brentford had 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. Ethan Pinnock (32') scored for Brentford.

It has not been often in recent times where Wycombe Wanderers have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, The Blues have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals along the way. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, though.

Rotherham United DWDDLD

Previously, Rotherham United drew 1-1 in the EFL Cup tie with Salford City.

In that game, Rotherham United managed 61% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Rotherham United was Matt Crooks (90'). Salford City had 2 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Ian Henderson (84') was the scorer for Salford City.

Looking at their form, and Rotherham United have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in all. At the back, The Millers could really do with shoring things up.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 23/02/2009 tells us that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Rotherham United. They’ve not been able to register any wins whatsoever whereas Wycombe Wanderers have simply been better than them, running out winners in 67% of those matches played.

A total of 18 goals were scored between them in this period, with 11 of them from The Blues and 7 coming from The Millers. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The previous league clash between the two was League One match day 16 on 26/10/2019 when it ended Rotherham United 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers.

The referee was Neil Hair.

ℹ️ Team News: Wycombe Wanderers

Wycombe Wanderers manager Gareth Ainsworth will be thankful to have no fitness worries to speak of before this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group ready to go.

It seems likely that The Blues will probably use the 4-4-2 system in the match, handing starts to Ryan Allsop, Joe Jacobson, Darius Charles, Anthony Stewart, Jack Grimmer, Fred Onyedinma, Matthew Bloomfield, Curtis Thompson, Daryl Horgan, Josh Parker and Alex Samuel.

🗞️ Team News: Rotherham United

Thanks to a completely injury-free group ready to go, Rotherham United manager Paul Warne has zero fitness concerns to report coming into this game.

We reckon that The Millers seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-4-2 lineup, giving starts to Viktor Johansson, Wes Harding, Angus MacDonald, Michael Ihiekwe, Joe Mattock, Chiedozie Ogbene, Matt Crooks, Jamie Lindsay, Kieran Sadlier, Freddie Ladapo and Michael Smith.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Rotherham United and Wycombe Wanderers could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. That is why we are leaning toward a very close game with a 1-1 score draw at the end of this one.

Renata Leite, 23:14 07/09/2020