Rotherham United 2 Brighton 0: Millers inflict Brighton's first case of travel sickness this season
The out-of-form Seagulls may be faltering after a superb start to the campaign, but they were still undefeated on the road in the league until they came up against the impressive Millers.
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Hide AdNeil Redfearn’s men scored a goal in either half through Danny Ward and Matt Derbyshire to register a third successive home win and ease their relegation worries.
In keeping a clean sheet, they extended Brighton’s drought to six games without a goal and ensured that Chris Hughton’s men are now winless in eight games in all competitions.
Rotherham were the better team from the off without creating anything clear-cut. But they began to get sight of goal and Derbyshire had two chances before a deserved breakthrough in the 45th minute.
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Hide AdJoe Mattock surged down the left and whipped in a cross which Seagulls defender Lewis Dunk was unable to cut out and Ward volleyed in from 12 yards.
It capped a miserable 45 minutes from the Seagulls, who managed just one off-target shot.
They should have been level in the 52nd minute. Dale Stephens was sent clean through, but somehow he put his shot wide.
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Hide AdThe visitors began to lay siege on Rotherham’s goal, but the hosts grabbed a second four minutes from time, Bruno Saltor heading a ball straight into the path of Derbyshire who netted.
Rotherham United: Camp, Facey (Richardson 75), Broadfoot, Belaid, Mattock, Grant Ward, Green, Smallwood, Newell, Derbyshire, Danny Ward (Clarke-Harris 75). Unused substitutes: Cairns, Collins, Wood, Ledesma, Thorpe.
Brighton: Stockdale, Saltor, Greer (Crofts 83), Dunk, Ridgewell, Knockaert, Stephens, Kayal, Murphy (LuaLua 73), Wilson (Zamora 63), Hemed. Unused substitutes: Maenpaa, Baldock, Calderon, Goldson.
Referee: O Langford (W Midlands).