Kick-off: 15:00
Venue: Millmoor Ground
Attendance: 6549
Referee: Tanner, S

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

81mins

Gary Hart is being taken off, Jake Robinson has come on in his place.

76mins

John Mullin is replaced by Marc Newsham.

64mins

The referee has booked Daniel Harding.

60mins

Rotherham are replacing Michael Proctor with Will Hoskins.

58mins

Brighton are replacing Chris McPhee with Kerry Mayo.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

42mins

Rotherham are replacing Chris Swailes with Rob Scott.

19mins

Own goal, Paul McLaren has put it in his own net.

17mins

The referee has booked Jamal Campbell-Ryce.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

A Paul McLaren own goal gifted struggling Brighton the win that gave their survival hopes a massive boost.

The Rotherham midfielder headed past his own keeper and sent 2,500 travelling fans cheering all the way back to the South Coast.

It left Millers boss Mick Harford still looking for his first win and the Yorkshire side without a Saturday home victory all season.

Brighton made a nervous start and when the breakthrough came it was thanks to a huge slice of good fortune.

Richard Carpenter fired a free-kick into the area after 19 minutes and McLaren reached it at the near post but glanced the header past his own keeper.

Gary Hart might have added a second after he tore into the area but Chris Swailes halted him with a tremendous tackle before keeper Mike Pollitt saved at the feet of Chris McPhee.

Brighton's luck held out seconds before half-time when Shaun Barker powered a header from McLaren's corner that beat Alan Blayney but scraped the bar on its way over.

Rotherham could have levelled a minute after the restart but Blayney turned away a goalbound header from John Mullin before Rob Scott headed wide.

Brighton should have put the game beyond Rotherham in a hectic late spell.

First Dean Hammond looked certain to seal the win but prodded a shot against the post from eight yards and then Leon Knight struck a blistering rising shot that beat Pollitt but cannoned against the bar.

But the woodwork worked in Brighton's favour at the other end when a Barker header hit the post.

Rotherham United Team

Brighton and Hove Albion Team

Rotherham United

Brighton and Hove Albion

Corners

Fouls

Goal attempts

Shots off target

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