Rotherham vs Sunderland

All the latest updates from the New York Stadium as Tony Mowbray's Black Cats look to continue their play-off challenge.

[Joe Gelhardt](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/joe-gelhardt) will score goals for [Sunderland](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/sunderland-afc) - and insists in the meantime his all-round contribution is proving just as valuable. [Black Cats](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/sunderland-afc) will jet out to Austin, Texas, on July 12 for a ten-day trans-Atlantic trip. [Ross Stewart](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/ross-stewart) and [Corry Evans](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/corry-evans) have been ruled out for the remainder of the season, and [Leeds United](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/all-about/leeds-united-fc) loanee [Joe Gelhardt](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/joe-gelhardt) is still looking for his first goal in red-and-white. Sunderland will then travel to North Carolina for their final friendly on Friday, July 21, at WakeMed Park with the opposition for that game yet to be confirmed. But he is getting into the right positions, getting on the end of chances, and only the woodwork denied him a goal at QPR last Tuesday. The The Black Cats head to Rotherham United tonight sitting in a play-off spot with just 14 games of the Championship campaign remaining, and on the back of a run that has seen them lose just one of their last ten league games. "He'll find the net for us. "He's been working really, really, hard and that's important. As I've said before, at Blackburn Rovers we were second on February 12 last season and ended up eighth. We've got one or two knocks from the weekend but we think they'll be alright, we'll do a fitness test before we go." "Niall Huggins is back training but he's a week or so away [from being in contention].

The Championship clash between Sunderland and The Millers will take place on Tuesday, February 21. Kick-off at The New York Stadium is at 7:45pm.

The Championship clash between Sunderland and The Millers will take place on Tuesday, February 21. What are the latest betting odds for Rotherham United vs Sunderland? When is Rotherham United vs Sunderland?

Rotherham boosted their Sky Bet Championship survival chances with a much-needed 2-1 win over Sunderland at the New York Stadium.

That goal changed the dynamic of the game and the visitors threw everything in search of a leveller. The Black Cats were determined to make a game of it and reduced the deficit five minutes later. He picked up the ball from Tariqe Fosu in the middle of the pitch and drove forward before unleashing a low 20-yard shot into the bottom corner.

Goals either side of the interval from skipper Ollie Rathbone and Shane Ferguson put the Millers in charge of the AESSEAL New York Stadium affair but Joe ...

Taylor reshuffled his defensive pack with Peltier drafted into one of the centre-half berths and Wes Harding introduced in the right-back slot. Nevertheless, the referee waved away home appeals for a spot kick. The Millers fans were on the edge of their seats with Roberts orchestrating affairs for the visitors, and Gelhardt almost broke home hearts when he got on the wrong side of a makeshift defence, to latch onto a dangerous cross but his tame header was snaffled by a grateful Johansson. Fosu got the better of a tussle with Neil on halfway before bursting away and the Brentford loanee spotted Ferguson in space, and he timed his pass to perfection, and the Northern Irish international took one touch to get the ball under his spell, and his second touch was the decisive one with a pinpoint, arrowed left-footed effort which whistled past the attentions of Patterson and the home fans were in jubilant mood, as the ball nestled in the Sunderland net. Weekend starters Cohen Bramall and Hakeem Odoffin had to settle for substitute berths. The Millers looked to have weathered the storm when Rathbone and Ogbene combined superbly, and Rotherham’s man of the moment clipped a centre which Hugill looked to get on the end of but he tumbled under the challenge of a Sunderland defender in the six-yard box.

Team selection, tactics, performance - everything went wrong for Sunderland as they lost 2-1 away at strugglers Rotherham United on Tuesday night.

Some poor performances tonight but Roberts was by far our most influential player once he came on, with Amad looking a better player for his introduction. Did put in a good ball that Gelhardt scored from but the striker had strayed offside. Would be disappointed to concede two very similar goals, both low and into the far corner but not sure he could have done much about either.

TONY MOWBRAY has made three changes to his Sunderland side for this evening's Championship game at Rotherham.

The other change to Sunderland's starting line-up sees Alex Pritchard return to the starting side in place of Patrick Roberts, who drops down to the bench. O'Nien will start at right-back in place of Trai Hume, while Cirkin replaces Aji Alese on the left of the back four. Two of the alterations come in the back four, with Luke O'Nien and Dennis Cirkin stepping into the starting XI.