Summary

  • Fine Humphrys strike put Wigan ahead

  • Rathbone thunders an equaliser for Rotherham

  • Millers stay six points clear at top of League One

  • Second-placed Latics have two games in hand

  • Championship: Bournemouth v Nottm Forest off due to storm damage

  1. Postpublished at 11 mins

    Rotherham 0-0 Wigan

    Jason Kerr trips Michael Smith just outside the Wigan penalty area on the right.

    Dangerous position this for the hosts to try and exploit a set-piece delivery...

  2. Postpublished at 10 mins

    Rotherham 0-0 Wigan

    Callum Lang makes a strong run down Wigan's left and tussles with Dan Barlaser in a contest we might see a lot of this evening.

    Wigan looking determined to drive forward in possession and take the game to the lead leaders.

    Josh Magennis just gets caught a yard offside as Gavin Massey tried to slide a through ball to him from the right.

  3. Postpublished at 7 mins

    Rotherham 0-0 Wigan

    Max Power unleashes a trademark long throw-in for Wigan for the first time tonight but Rotherham are able to head it clear.

    Curtis Tilt then concedes a free-kick in Rotherham's penalty area as he backs in to Michael Smith.

  4. Postpublished at 3 mins

    Rotherham 0-0 Wigan

    Rotherham making the brighter start of the two sides and they force an early corner.

    Michael Smith almost got his foot on the end of a fizzing ball in from the left by Shane Ferguson.

    Wigan deal with the early set-piece though.

  5. KICK-OFFpublished at 1 min

    Rotherham 0-0 Wigan

    And we're under way as Callum Lang gets proceedings off and running for Wigan.

  6. Postpublished at 19:48 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2022

    Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic (19:45 GMT)

    Rotherham v WiganImage source, PA Media

    Referee Jeremy Simpson is in charge of proceedings this evening and he co-ordinates a minute's applause before kick-off in memory of former Rotherham player Roy Lambert, a 1961 League Cup finalist with the club, who passed away recently.

    Brilliantly observed by all....

  7. Postpublished at 19:44 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2022

    Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic (19:45 GMT)

    Almost time to get going at the New York Stadium. Decent turnout bearing in mind the conditions.

    Here come the two teams...

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:42 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2022

    Tweet using #bbcefl

    If you're tuning in to our slice of League One action this evening, do say hello using #bbcefl

    What do you make of these two sides at the top of the division? Streets ahead of the rest or just the form horses?

  9. Form guidepublished at 19:40 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2022

    Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic (19:45 GMT)

    Paul WarneImage source, Rex Features

    Rotherham come into tonight's match in red-hot form with six successive wins.

    One defeat in the past eight as well for the Millers has seen them seemingly plot a course for an immediate return to the Championship.

    Wigan meanwhile have recorded back-to-back wins after losing at Sheffield Wednesday earlier this month.

    That is their only defeat in the past 15 league games as Leam Richardson's squad look like they are dealing with the fixture backlog that threatened to engulf their season a few weeks ago.

  10. Team newspublished at 19:38 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2022

    Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic (19:45 GMT)

    New York StadImage source, Rex Features

    Oli Rathbone replacing Ben Wiles in the Rotherham midfield is the only change Paul Warne makes from the win at Sheffield Wednesday.

    Wigan boss Leam Richardson meanwhile makes four changes from the midweek win over Crewe.

    Curtis Tilt, Jason Kerr, Gavin Massey and Stephen Humphrys come into starting line-up. Tendayi Darikwa, Gwion Edwards, Will Keane and Kelland Watts all drop to the bench.

    Rotherham XI: Vickers; Harding, Wood (capt), Ihiekwe; Ogbene, Wiles, Rathbone, Barlaser, Ferguson; Smith, Ladapo.

    Subs: Johansson, MacDonald, Osei-Tutu, Bola, Odoffin, Lindsay, Kayode.

    Wigan XI: Amos; Kerr, Whatmough, Tilt, Massey, Naylor, Power (capt), McClean, Lang, Humphrys, Magennis.

    Subs: Jones, Darikwa, Watts, Rea, Shinnie, Edwards, Keane.

  11. Postpublished at 19:38 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2022

    Teams going through their final preparations, so let's show you how these two will line-up...

  12. Wet, but not as windy as others have had it todaypublished at 19:37 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2022

    Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic (19:45 GMT)

    BBC local radio

    As mentioned, it's been a bit of blowy one up and down the country today.

    I've been busy tethering down more items in my garden than I ever thought possible plus thanking my lucky stars that a roof tile decided to fall inches away from my car.

    Meanwhile, it's looking wet and a bit breezy in Rotherham before kick-off thanks to this video from our colleagues at BBC Radio Sheffield.

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  13. "Here's what you could have won..."published at 19:35 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2022

    Bournemouth P-P Nottingham Forest

    Vitality StadiumImage source, Rex Features

    Well, we find ourselves in south Yorkshire tonight when originally the plan had been to major on a match down on the south coast.

    However, Storm Eunice had other ideas about that and sadly Bournemouth against Nottingham Forest in the Championship this evening was postponed at 16:00 GMT following structural damage to the Vitality Stadium.

    It's not the only match that hasn't survived the elements either tonight or this weekend.

    More details can be found here.

  14. As it stands at the toppublished at 19:33 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2022

    Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic (19:45 GMT)

    L1 top 6Image source, BBC Sport

    Paul Warne's Rotherham sit six points clear at the top coming into this evening's fixture off the back of a 2-0 win at south Yorkshire neighbours Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday.

    But Wigan have two games in hand on their hosts after a 2-0 home win against Crewe on Tuesday.

    Can the Latics make it three wins from three this evening in the first of two huge away games, with a trip to Wycombe to come on Tuesday?

  15. "Concrete jungle where dreams are made of"published at 19:31 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2022

    Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic (19:45 GMT)

    New York StadiumImage source, Getty Images

    That's right Alicia Keys and Jay-Z fans, we're in New York tonight.....

    OK, we're at the New York Stadium in Rotherham to be more precise rather than the city that never sleeps, but there is most definitely a blockbuster Broadway fixture on the agenda.

    We've got first against second in League One on the way as leaders Rotherham United host chasers Wigan Athletic.

    The Millers are in the driving seat as things stand but the Latics are on their tails with games in hand.

    Could be a huge result for either side in the context of their automatic promotion hopes if they can get a W.