Rotherham United vs Wigan Athletic. Carabao Cup First Round.
New York StadiumAttendance3,017.
Rotherham United 3
- J Proctor (37th minute, 64th minute)
- S Ajayi (42nd minute)
Wigan Athletic 1
- J Vaughan (74th minute)
Rotherham 3-1 Wigan: Jamie Proctor nets twice as Millers advance
Report and highlights from Carabao Cup first round clash
Wednesday 15 August 2018 08:48, UK
Jamie Proctor banished almost a full year of injury misery as he netted a brace in Rotherham's 3-1 victory over Championship rivals Wigan in the first round of the Carabao Cup.
The striker missed the bulk of last season with a cruciate ligament injury but had a sweet return to first-team football as he scored either side of Semi Ajayi's header.
Rotherham took their first clear-cut chance of the game after 37 minutes when Sean Raggett's header was drilled into the bottom corner by Proctor.
The Latics, who had made eight changes, sprung into life after falling behind, with Jamie Walker striking just wide and Callum McManaman forcing a save from Lewis Price.
But the Millers went in at the break two ahead with Ajayi thundering a header in from Anthony Forde's 42nd-minute corner.
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Wigan's best opportunities to get back into the game came either side of the half-time whistle with Gary Roberts rattling the crossbar and Walker forcing Price into a diving save.
Proctor secured Rotherham's passage through with the third in the 64th minute by glancing in a cross from Billy Jones and Wigan struck a consolation in the 74th minute when James Vaughan headed in Roberts' cross.