Fleetwood Town vs Rotherham United Prediction & Preview
Five points from their last six, each. Fleetwood Town and Rotherham United come into Saturday with records that match down to the line - one win, two draws, three defeats - and runs that look nothing alike. Fleetwood have not scored twice in any of those six games. Rotherham have conceded ten in theirs, four of them in a 1-4 home defeat by Gillingham 7 days before this fixture. League Two at Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood, and you can make your call on the Fleetwood Town vs Rotherham United match page.
The hard details:
- Fixture: Fleetwood Town v Rotherham United
- Competition: League Two
- Date: Saturday 17 October 2026
- Kick-off: 12:30 BST
- Venue: Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood
Fleetwood Town cannot find a second goal
Fleetwood Town have scored two or more in none of their last six matches, taking five points from one win, two draws and three defeats, and they reached this weekend off a 1-1 home draw with Walsall 7 days before the Rotherham United game.
Five goals in six is the number that explains Matt Lawlor's season so far. Before Walsall there was a 0-1 defeat away at Salford City, a 1-2 home loss to Rochdale and a 1-3 beating at Barnet, and the only win in the run was the 1-0 EFL Cup tie against Sheffield United at Highbury, 31 days before this fixture. The sixth game was a 1-1 draw away at Newport County.
They have won 1 of their last 3 at home and 0 of 3 away. One clean sheet, one blank.
Rotherham United keep giving goals away
Rotherham United have conceded ten goals across their last six games and taken five points from them, and Alex Bruce's side have won 0 of their last 3 at home, although two of those three were drawn.
Gillingham is the result that stands out, but the 3-3 draw with Salford City at the New York Stadium 35 days before this match points the same way. In between, a 1-1 draw with Crewe Alexandra. The away form reads better: 0-1 at Exeter City, 1-0 at Northampton Town and 0-1 at Bristol Rovers, every one of them decided by a single goal.
Rotherham have failed to score in 2 of 6. They have won 1 of 3 on the road, and that was the Northampton game.
What happens where these two runs meet
Two sides on five points from their last six, neither of them capable of turning one goal into two with any regularity, meeting at a 12:30 BST kick-off on Saturday 17 October 2026. Both sides scored in 4 of Fleetwood's last six and in 3 of Rotherham's. Three or more goals in the game came up in 2 of 6 for each of them.
So the goals tend to arrive, but in ones.
Team news
Fleetwood are missing midfielders Andy Cannon and Kane Thompson-Sommers, with Lawlor saying "three centre midfielders being out at the moment really harms us", though he is hoping to have Crispin McLean back for some minutes and Conor Haughey has just completed 90 minutes on international duty following his own return (Fleetwood Town); Lawlor also rates the opposition, calling Rotherham "an unbelievably athletic team" who "recruited really well in the summer" (Fleetwood Town), while Rotherham have a fresh hamstring problem for Marvin Kaleta, four games into his comeback (Rotherham Advertiser).
Fleetwood Town vs Rotherham United prediction
Our prediction for Fleetwood Town v Rotherham United in League Two at Highbury Stadium on Saturday 17 October 2026 is a 1-1 draw. Fleetwood have not managed a second goal in any of their last six, which caps what a home win can look like, and Rotherham's three away games in their own run were all one-goal affairs. Both sides scored in four of Fleetwood's last six. Two teams on five points apiece, both of them finding one goal and stopping there, is a 1-1 waiting to happen.
Our prediction: Fleetwood Town 1-1 Rotherham United
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