Head2Head & Team News - Barnet (H)

Never will a squad be stretched to it's limits as much as Rotherham United's is likely to be in the coming month.

With no fewer than nine games in league and cup, starting with tomorrow's visit of lowly Barnet, boss Mark Robins has one of the nicer headaches amongst League Two managers of when to stick or twist with a much improved squad on recent seasons.

His hungry young players looked a touch jaded at Bournemouth last week after their heroics over Leeds United, the team seemingly everyone loves to hate, but after a week's rest they face a different test, probably similar to the recent win over Grimsby, in breaking down a Banret team with only one away win thus far and that sit just five points clear of the men from DVS and would in truth be delighted to take a point back to London.

Having settled into life in Sheffield *cough* quite nicely, unbeaten in eight at home has a nice ring to it, Rotherham will be confident of chalking up their fifth league win in that time to close the gap on the pack above them after their 17 point hit.

Danny Harrison is now fully fit and raring to go, whilst Nick Fenton is fine after a worrying scare when he limped out of the 0-0 draw at Dean Court as Mark Robins picks from a fully fit squad minus his four loanees Tom Cahill, Marc Newsham and Andy Todd - Peter Holmes will return from his month's stint at York next week.

Our visitors from Underhill have a treble boost as key men Adam Burchill, a scorer against Rotherham last season, John O'Flynn and Joe Devera look set to pass fitness tests ahead of their journey North.

Here's the head to head:

League Two Rotherham United v Barnet 18 October 2008, Don Valley, 3pm At Rotherham U. (6) At Barnet (6) Results Total % Results Total % Rotherham U. 3 50.00 Barnet 4 66.67 Barnet 1 16.67 Rotherham U. 1 16.67 Draws 2 33.33 Draws 1 16.67 Goals Total Av.pg Goals Total Av.pg Rotherham U. 10 1.67 Barnet 11 1.83 Barnet 5 0.83 Rotherham U. 8 1.33 On Neutral Ground (0) Overall (12 matches) Results Total % Results Total % Rotherham U. 0 0.00 Rotherham U. 4 33.33 Barnet 0 0.00 Barnet 5 41.67 Draws 0 0.00 Draws 3 25.00 Goals Total Av.pg Goals Total Av.pg Rotherham U. 0 0.00 Rotherham U. 18 1.50 Barnet 0 0.00 Barnet 16 1.33 Records Highest Aggregate 7 Barnet 2 - 5 Rotherham U. 1991/1992 Highest Rotherham U. score: 5 Barnet 2 - 5 Rotherham U. 1991/1992 Highest Barnet score: 4 Barnet 4 - 2 Rotherham U. 1998/1999 Season Date Home Score Away Competition 2007/2008 Sat 03 May Rotherham U. 1 - 0 Barnet League Two Sat 29 Sep Barnet 2 - 0 Rotherham U. League Two 1999/2000 Sat 22 Apr Barnet 1 - 0 Rotherham U. League Division Three Sat 16 Oct Rotherham U. 2 - 0 Barnet League Division Three 1998/1999 Tue 27 Apr Rotherham U. 1 - 1 Barnet League Division Three Sat 26 Sep Barnet 4 - 2 Rotherham U. League Division Three 1997/1998 Sat 10 Jan Barnet 0 - 0 Rotherham U. League Division Three Sat 09 Aug Rotherham U. 2 - 3 Barnet League Division Three 1993/1994 Sat 07 May Rotherham U. 1 - 1 Barnet League Division Two Sat 27 Nov Barnet 2 - 1 Rotherham U. League Division Two 1991/1992 Sat 22 Feb Rotherham U. 3 - 0 Barnet Fourth Division Sat 11 Jan Barnet 2 - 5 Rotherham U. Fourth Division