Match File ... a focus on Rotherham United's Saturday opponents, Northampton Town

Rotherham United head to Northampton Town on Saturday seeking to extend a long winning sequence against the Cobblers.

The Millers have triumphed in the seven clashes between the two clubs in a run stretching back 14 years.

Rotherham last tasted defeat against Town in August 2012 when they went down 2-1 at Sixfields Stadium, with Ben Pringle scoring their goal.

Experienced midfielder Connor Evans is expected to be available for Town after being out with a back issue.

Another midfield man, Sam Hoskins, is set to add to his 450-plus games that put him second on Northampton's all-time appearances list.

One to watch

Tyrese Fornah joined Northampton from Derby County last summer and has been a regular starter for the Cobb. The midfielder has featured in every match this season. Now aged 27, he started out at Nottingham Forest and has had loans at Plymouth Argyle, Shrewsbury Town, Reading and Salford City. His move to Derby in 2023 didn't really work out and he left after two seasons at Pride Park. Born in Canning Town and a Sierra Leone international, he has made more than 200 career appearances.

Form guide

Northampton: LLDDWL

After a 1-0 home win over Newport County on September 5, the Cobblers went down 2-0 at Shrewsbury Town last Saturday.

Millers: LDWDLD

Rotherham have won 20 of the 46 contests between the club since 1963 and Northampton have triumphed 12 times.

Past matches

Jan 27 2026, League One: Millers 2 Northampton 1

Harry Gray, Emmanuel Adegboyega

Oct 11 2025, League One: Northampton 1 Millers 2

Joe Rafferty, Josh Benson

Apr 1 2025, League One: Northampton 0 Millers 2

Pelly Mpanzu, Sam Nombe

Dec 14 2024, League One: Millers 3 Northampton 0

Jonson Clarke-Harris 2, Andre Green

Mar 17 2018, League One: Northampton 0 Millers 3

Michael Smith, David Ball, Richie Towell

Sep 30 2017, League One: Millers 1 Northampton 0

Kieffer Moore

Last clash

Emmanuel Adegboyega marked his Millers debut with a late headed winner at AESSEAL New York Stadium last January as the home side came back from a goal down to win 2-1. Rotherham old boy Tom Eaves had scored for Northampton in the first half before Leeds United loanee Harry Gray's first goal in red and white levelled the scores.

Opposition boss

Chris Hogg is in his first management role, having taken the Northampton hot-seat last May following the departure of Kevin Nolan. A centre-half with Hibernian in his playing days, he distinguished himself as a coach and assistant boss when he hung up his boots in 2015. The Middlesbrough-born 41-year-old began his coaching journey in Ipswich Town's academy and then moved to Newcastle United's under-23 set-up. From there, he went on to be assistant head coach of MK Dons, Oxford United, Bristol City and Norwich City under Liam Manning.

Man in the middle

Since becoming an EFL referee in 2019, Will Finnie has taken charge of well over 200 matches across the Championship, League One, League Two and knockout competitions. The Bedfordshire official made his second-tier bow in April 2024 in Millwall’s 3-1 victory over Cardiff City, and his last experience of the Millers came February 2022 when they won 1-0 at Plymouth Argyle through a Michael Smith goal. This season, he has issued 18 yellow cards and sent off three players in six outings.

The odds

The bookmakers are offering 2/1 on Rotherham winning away from home for the first time this season. A Northampton win is 23/20 and a draw is 9/4.