Kick-off: 15:00
Venue: Millmoor Ground
Attendance: 4321
Referee: Miller, N

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

88mins

Mark Hudson is replaced by Pablo Mills.

87mins

Goal!! Ben Wright scores for Lincoln.

78mins

Lincoln are replacing Shane Clarke with Dany N'Guessan.

74mins

Goal!! Marc Newsham scores for Rotherham.

69mins

Rotherham are replacing Adrian Pettigrew with Dale Tonge.

68mins

Jamie Forrester is being taken off, Ben Wright has come on in his place.

65mins

Goal!! Rotherham have scored with Mark Hudson putting it in the back of the net.

64mins

It's red. He's off. Mark Stallard has been sent off.

46mins

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

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

35mins

Goal!! Rotherham have scored with Marc Joseph putting it in the back of the net.

34mins

Shane Clarke goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

28mins

Derek Holmes is replaced by Marc Newsham.

25mins

Goal!! Louis Dodds scores for Lincoln.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, February 23rd, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Ten-man Lincoln City saw their winning streak halted as Rotherham came from behind to kick-start their promotion push.

The Yorkshire side trailed to a Louis Dodds goal but Marc Joseph levelled with a stunning volley.

Lincoln were hindered by a 63rd minute red card for Mark Stallard before Mark Hudson and Marc Newsham scored for Rotherham.

The Red Imps, looking to stretch their five-match winning streak, started in confident mood against a Rotherham side without a victory in six.

Dodds looked dangerous early on and blazed a first-time effort over the top after an accurate cross from Paul Green.

And home keeper Andy Warrington was forced to produce an excellent save to beat away a stinging shot from Jamie Forrester.

Stallard bulldozed his way through the home defence but then drilled a rising shot over the bar before Warrington was in action again to turn away an effort from Lenell John-Lewis.

In the 25th minute Dodds made the breakthrough when he stole in from the left and snapped up the ball as it broke to him before curling an inch-perfect low shot inside the post out of the reach of Warrington's dive.

Rotherham continued to be second best but then they produced an equaliser of impressive quality.

Ian Ross looked poised to shoot from a 25-yard free-kick. But in a brilliantly executed training ground exercise, he clipped the ball into the path of Joseph who met it right on cue with a sweet volley to beat Alan Marriott.

Lincoln were hampered by the dismissal of Stallard after 63 minutes for a sly back-heel that felled Joseph.

A minute later the home side made the extra man count when they grabbed the lead.

Lincoln had to scramble to stop the home side scoring from a corner with Joseph and Ryan Taylor seeing shots blocked. But the ball was forced out of the area only as far as Hudson who struck a low shot from the edge of the box that beat Marriott.

And in the 73rd minute Rotherham stretched their lead when substitute Newsham latched onto Taylor's throughball and slotted the ball past Marriott with cool precision.

Ben Wright pulled one back four minutes from the end but it was too little too late for City.

Rotherham United Team

Lincoln City Team

Rotherham United

Lincoln City

Corners

Fouls

Goal attempts

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