Although Coventry have a FA Cup quarter-final date with Wolverhampton Wanderers to look forward to, Mark Robins will be frustrated by their drop-off in the league.
Fixtures against an in-form Preston North End outfit and West Bromwich Albion were certainly not easy games on paper, yet Robins would have expected to earn points from each of those encounters.
Instead, 3-0 and 2-1 defeats respectively have left Coventry with much work ahead if they wish to earn a playoff spot, with the Midlands outfit now five points adrift of sixth place.
Coventry are also in the peculiar position where they do not play a direct rival for the playoffs for the remainder of the campaign, putting extra pressure on taking advantage of matches such as this one.
While Coventry have lost just twice in 17 second-tier fixtures at the CBS Arena in 2023-24, they have only won seven, and that return will only encourage the visitors.
That is despite Rotherham having put together a seven-match losing streak in the Championship, resulting in them dropping a massive 19 points adrift of safety.
With just 11 matches remaining, the Millers are all but relegated back to League One, and has little choice but to go on the offensive in this game.
However, this is a Rotherham side have failed to win a single match on their travels in the Championship this season, collecting just four points and scoring only 13 goals.
Richardson’s side last avoided defeat on the road when they earned a 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough on January 20.