Both aiming to break into the top half of the League One table, Stevenage and Rotherham United will do battle at the Lamex Stadium on Sunday.
With two league games remaining, the two sides sit 14th and 13th respectively, three points behind 12th-placed Barnsley.
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Stevenage head into their final home game of the League One season on Sunday in search of a return to winning ways to keep their hopes of a top-half finish alive.
Following a ninth-placed finish in their first season back in England's third tier last time around, the Boro currently find themselves 14th having earned 55 points from their 44 games, having won 15 and lost 19 of those.
Their campaign has been built on a solid defensive record, with only seven sides conceding fewer than the 48 goals they have allowed, while only two teams have scored fewer than the 40 they have managed.
Alex Revell's men now go into their final two games of the campaign having won just two and lost six of their last 10 outings, having beaten Bristol Rovers 1-0 on Easter Monday thanks to Jamie Reid's goal, only to host champions Birmingham City on Thursday and succumb to a one-goal loss of their own as Alex Cochrane netted the winner 15 minutes from time.
Stevenage will now return to action on Sunday aiming to end their home campaign on a high and leapfrog the visitors with a victory.
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They take on a side who are also aiming to bounce back from a defeat last time out, having again slipped into a tricky run following an improvement under new management.
Following their relegation from the Championship last time around, Rotherham United have endured a disappointing first season back in England's third tier, also picking up just 55 points from their 44 games, with Steve Evans departing after 38 of those when they sat on 45 points.
Matt Hamshaw then took temporary charge and has since been handed the permanent reins at the New York Stadium, having started by overseeing three straight victories over Northampton Town, Blackpool and playoff-chasing Bolton Wanderers.
The Millers have failed to turn that hot streak into a sustained top-half bid since, though, going on to lose to Stockport County and play out a 3-3 draw with Mansfield Town, before they visited Wigan Athletic on Monday and left empty-handed as James Carragher scored the only goal.
Now sitting 13th and three points behind Yorkshire rivals Barnsley, Rotherham United will at least aim to end an underwhelming campaign on a positive note with another pair of wins under Hamshaw to crack the top half.
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Stevenage continue to deal with several injury issues, as goalkeeper Murphy Cooper, defender Kane Smith, midfielders Jake Forster-Caskey and Nick Freeman and attacker Dan Kemp will all remain sidelined.
In the absence of top scorer Kemp, Jordan Roberts, Jamie Reid and Louis Appere may again line up in attack, although Jake Young will hope to return from the outset.
Daniel Phillips should again join key man Harvey White in the engine room, while Dan Sweeney, Charlie Goode and Lewis Freestone should line up in an unaltered back three.
Rotherham United are also still hit by injuries, with Zak Jules, Sean Raggett, Alex MacDonald, Dan Gore and Andre Green among those confined to the treatment room.
Sam Nombe should lead the line, having netted a team-high tally of 13 goals so far this season, while Jonson Clarke-Harris will hope to displace Joshua Kayode and join Nombe and Mallik Wilks up top.
Shaun McWilliams will also hope to come in from the start, after Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu and Joe Powell partnered up in the middle of their 3-4-3 setup on Monday with Louie Sibley taking up a left wing-back role.
Stevenage possible starting lineup:
Ashby-Hammond; Sweeney, Goode, Freestone; Wildin, Phillips, White, Butler; Appere; Roberts, Reid
Rotherham United possible starting lineup:
Phillips; Humphreys, Odoffin, James; Rafferty, Powell, Ruddock Mpanzu, Sibley; Wilks; Nombe, Clarke-Harris
We say: Stevenage 1-2 Rotherham United
Rotherham United have seen their momentum slow down in recent weeks, but the Millers do appear to have turned a corner under Matt Hamshaw and have the quality to end their season on an improved note starting with an away win.
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Sam Varley
