Fleetwood Town 2-0 Rotherham United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 October 2026

Result

Fleetwood Town 2-0 Rotherham United

League Two · Saturday 17 October 2026, 11:30 UTC · Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood · half-time 0-0

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Fleetwood Town 2-0 Rotherham United: match report

Fleetwood Town won against Rotherham United 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Highbury Stadium. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Shaun Rooney opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Fleetwood Town's goals came from Shaun Rooney (46') and Ronan Coughlan (80'). Rotherham United did not score.

Discipline: Fleetwood Town received 4 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fleetwood Town were 16th on 11 points from 10 and Rotherham United 20th on 10 points from 10. In the current table Fleetwood Town are 16th on 17 points and Rotherham United are 22nd on 12 points.

Fleetwood Town lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Rotherham United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Shaun Rooney of Fleetwood Town (7.7), ahead of Finley Potter (7.4).

Going into the match Fleetwood Town's last five read D-L-L-L-D and Rotherham United's L-L-D-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Brandon CoverRotherham United
  • 46'Goal · Shaun RooneyFleetwood Town · 1-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Hamish DouglasRotherham United
  • 65'Yellow card · Mark HelmFleetwood Town
  • 66'Yellow card · Ronan CoughlanFleetwood Town
  • 80'Goal · Ronan CoughlanFleetwood Town · 2-0
  • 89'Yellow card · Klaidi LolosRotherham United
  • 89'Yellow card · Jay LynchFleetwood Town
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Dominic IorfaRotherham United
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Lewis McCannFleetwood Town

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
16Fleetwood Town144551818017DWLLW
22Rotherham United142661825-712LLDDL

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Fleetwood Town line-up (3-1-4-2)

Jay Lynch, Shaun Rooney, Rhys Bennett, Finley Potter, Harrison Neal, Lewis McCann, Adam Murphy, Mark Helm, Jake Batty, Ched Evans, Ronan Coughlan

Rotherham United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Julian Eyestone, Dominic Iorfa, Sonny Aljofree, Hamish Douglas, Denzel Hall, Brandon Cover, Jamie Jellis, Jili Buyabu, Josh Austerfield, Tom Bradshaw, Paul Mullin

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