Swindon Town

Rotherham's afternoon at the County Ground went wrong after four minutes, when Jili Buyabu, chasing a loose ball with Jack Thomson, turned and jumped into him with his elbow raised. He was sent off for violent conduct. They held out until the end of the first half, and they took Swindon to the wire, but Ian Holloway's side won 2-1 in front of 7,515.

With an extra man, Swindon had the ball almost all afternoon. They had 74 per cent possession and 15 shots to Rotherham's three. For most of the first half, though, they struggled to make it count. Stephan Negru headed over from a corner, Julian Eyestone saved from Matty Virtue, and Billy Kirkman went close twice from distance. Mitchell Clark and Tom Nichols both headed just wide.