Rotherham United 3, Lincoln City 0

Lincoln City head coach Michael Skubala is looking for his side to bounce back from Saturday’s defeat to Rotherham United when they take on Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers in the coming week.  

City suffered only the fourth defeat of the season as Skubala made five changes to the side that took on Salford City in the Emirates FA Cup last weekend with Tom Hamer, Sonny Bradley, Tom Bayliss, Rob Street and Justin Obikwu all coming into the starting XI.

The Imps head to Oakwell on Tuesday evening looking to confirm their place as group winners in the Vertu Trophy before they host Rovers at the LNER Stadium on Saturday, November 15 

He said: “We’ve got two games coming up in the next week. Tuesday will be an opportunity for some of the lads to show what they can do again and hopefully some of them will take their chance.  

“Then we have a huge game against Doncaster Rovers at home. We’re looking forward to being back in front of our own fans and it is a big game for us.  

“Football can change quickly. We have to do more and keep moving forward, and next week we have a big opportunity to put it right.”  

On Saturday he opening period was end to end with the Imps forcing a couple of early corners, and they did have the ball in the back of the net in just the sixth minute but Justin Obikwu's effort was ruled out for offside.

The home side struck first when Reece James collected the ball from Dan Gore before lining up a long-range shot from outside the area, which beat George Wickens after a high bounce off the pitch just in front of him.

Rotherham doubled their lead just after the half hour mark. A well-worked corner from Joe Powell created space for Ar'Jany Martha who powered home from outside the area. The Millers sealed the game on the hour mark when a clearance from the left found Denzel Hall whose powerful effort found the bottom far corner.

Skubala made three changes to look to change the match with Ivan Varfolomeev, James Collins and Oscar Thorn all sent on. The Imps pushed to get back into the game, but couldn’t make chances count.

Attendance: 8,912 (1,534 away)

Picture: Vaughan Photography

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