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Premier League Huddersfield Town come up against another familliar face in the form of recently relegated league one side Rotherham United.

The two sides met last season in the Championship, but saw their seasons go in two very different directions, one took the low road down to Wembley, the other took a different low road to the league below. The two have also enjoyed different starts the season, one is unbeaten and are joint top of their league the other has had a rather bitty start and are sitting in the lower mid table region of their league. Have a wild guess at which is which...

I'm sure you know which is which. Rotherhams start has been indifferent, starting their campaign off with a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Fleetwood Town before moving onto the first round of the Carabooboo cup where they scraped past Lincoln 2-1. They were handed this glamourous tie as a reward and celebrated in style against Southend, running out 5-0 winners, On loan striker Kiefer 'Sutherland' Moore scored a first half hattrick in the process. A bit more than 24 hours later the side lost on penalties in the pointless trophy against Manchester City Infants. The Millers come into the game on the back of a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Peterborough, or something like that, they dont like us anyway.



In regards to transfers, Rotherham have had a rather busy summer with 10 players joining them as they try to bounce back to the Championship at the first time of asking.

Amongst those that have joined the millers include the afore mentioned Kiefer Moore, who joined on loan from Ipswich Town. He joined Ipswich last season, but found the step up to the Championship a bit too much.

Another man to join them is former MK Dons and Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Darren Potter as well as full back Shaun Cummings from Milwall and striker Jamie Proctor from Bolton. A lot of their transfers seem rather similar to how we used to do it back in league one and upon arrival to the Championship. It feels a lot different being able to spend more money than we've ever thought possible and long may it continue!



On the other side, 11 players have departed the club, the majority of whom have left as free agents, with players including former Nottingham Forest and Southampton striker Dexter Blackstock and former Spurs Full back Stephen Kelly. But the major departure comes in the form of former town 'favorite' Danny Ward, who left to join former Town manager Neil Warnock at Cardiff City, joining fellow ex town men Anthony Pilkington, Lee Peltier and Sean Morrison.



The game on Wednesday will have a completely different feel to the electric vibe from Sunday. Only three stands will be open, the Kilner Bank stand will be closed for the tie, and one would imagine that it will have a little more of a exhibition game feel to it. Tickets are priced at £12 for the Riverside Upper, £10 Riverside lower and £8 for the Fantastic Media stand.

Last season Rotherham finished rock bottom in the league, but there were many teams who played poorer football than they, the two meetings between the sides last season were tight affairs with Town coming out on top on both occasions.

The first meeting between the sides came in September, where Elias Kachunga got Town off to a flyier, before former Town man Ward poked past Ward... before wantaway striker Nahki Wells notched a second goal before half time, it was another standard Town performance where they came out on the right side of a 2-1 result.



The second meeting came at the New York Stadium, where Town edged the fixture 3-2, an injury time winner coming from the boot of prolific goalscorer Tommy Smith. Twice the home side took the lead through goals from Semi Ajayi and Tom Adeyemi, but Joe Lolley and Elias Kachunga restored parity before Smith struck the winning blow.



Wednesday night could see Town make a number of changes, with the likes Joel Coleman, Michael Hefele, Scott Malone and Danny Williams making their first starts of the season and getting valuable game time under their belts. The game could also see Depoitre return to the side following his strange omission on Sunday, whilst young hopefulls Jordan Williams and Ramarni Edmonds Green may also get a spot in the squad.

For me, this could be a decent chance to get to Wembley again, but emphasis has got to be on the league this season, regardless of the start we've had, we have to ensure that we are safe come May and needless injuries would not help the cause.

Therefore, my team would be

Coleman
Smith, Hefele, J Williams/Green Malone
D Williams, Whitehead/Booty
Quaner, Lolley, Rajiv
Depoitre

with a bench consisting of some of the younger lads along with the likes of Kachunga, Mounie and Ince should they be required, I'd still suggest that Town would come out on top.