Wycombe Wanderers 0 Rotherham United 1 - Late strike Michael Ihiekwe seals winning start for Millers

TIMELY: Rotherham United's Michael Ihiekwe (centre left) celebrates scoring his side's late winner at Adams Park. Picture: Adam Davy/PA

A LATE, LATE header from Michael Ihiekwe helped Rotherham United get their Championship campaign off to a perfect start with a 1-0 win at fellow promoted side Wycombe Wanderers.

The home team had shaded the best chances of the match, with Daryl Horgan shooting over from close range and Darius Charles hitting the crossbar, but Ihiekwe’s late header saw Rotherham mark their return to the Championship after a one-year absence with three points.

Wycombe’s starting line-up for their first match in the second tier featured eight players from their League One play-off final victory two months ago, but it was new signing Horgan who should have opened the scoring as early as the second minute.

A long ball over the top found Scott Kashket, who squared to Horgan inside the six-yard box. The former Hibernian man was unmarked but was always stretching and could only put the ball over the bar.

Rotherham United's Michael Ihiekwe (right) celebrates after the final whistle at Adams Park. Picture: Adam Davy/PA

Joe Jacobson was Wycombe’s top scorer in League One last season and almost turned provider on the half-hour mark.

Kashket had looked dangerous early on and after he was fouled on the left, Jacobson swung a free-kick into the box which fell to Charles, who turned and stuck out a foot only to see his effort cannon back off the underside of the bar.

The ball was cleared as far as Alex Pattison and his low drive was kept out by former Wycombe loanee Jamal Blackman in the Rotherham goal.