The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Stoke City are in the 10th position while the guesting Rotherham United worry at 17th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Stoke City form and stats
1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Stoke City have to build on here at Bet365 Stadium in the Championship.
In their previous game, the manager M. O'Neill led his Stoke City to a defeat in the Championship match away at Swansea City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bet365 Stadium. Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Brentford.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Stoke City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn zero and lost one.
The manager M. O'Neill will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Watford in only four days.
A decent goal production from Stoke in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Stoke defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Rotherham United form and stats
The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
Rotherham won their last game, 3-0 versus Sheffield Wednesday played at home. A 0-3 defeat away at Reading before that.
It was a convincing performance from Rotherham when Sheffield Wednesday were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Jamie Lindsay (2) and Daniel Barlaser scored their goals.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Rotherham playing away, we found six games. Results were zero away wins, four draws and two home wins.
After this away game Rotherham return home for a Championship game against Luton Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Rotherham United when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. 5 goals have been conceded by Rotherham in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Stoke won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Rotherham United has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneTop Goalscorers
  N. Powell 2 goals |  T. Campbell 2 goals |  S. Fletcher 2 goals |
Stoke City missing players
Rotherham United missing players
| Stoke City | Rotherham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 75 | 35 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 39 | 83 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 50% | 75% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 35% |
- All of Stoke City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rotherham United has the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Championship
- Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stoke City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stoke City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reading | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Millwall | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Watford | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Brentford | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 18 | Barnsley | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 21 | Derby County | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 5 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 5 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 1 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | -4 |