League One
WolvesWolverhampton Wanderers6RotherhamRotherham United4

Wolves 6-4 Rotherham United

Wolves striker Nouha Dicko

Wolves scored two last-gasp goals to beat Rotherham in an incredible game and close in on the League One title.

Wolves looked to be coasting as Nouha Dicko's close-range double and a Dave Edwards strike saw them respond to Kieran Agard's early headed opener.

Agard's second and Dicko's hat-trick goal made it 4-2 after half-time, but the Millers levelled late on through Joe Skarz and Agard's third.

But a dramatic finale saw Sam Ricketts and Kevin McDonald shots earn victory.

Brentford's win over Preston North End means Wolves still need four points to be certain of the championship, but because of their vastly superior goal difference one more victory will realistically be enough.

The hosts fell behind when Agard's header from Michael O'Connor's corner drifted past goalkeeper Carl Ikeme.

But the Millers, who were already assured of their play-off place, were second best thereafter and could not cope with the attacking quality from Kenny Jackett's side.

Dicko, who scored six goals in six games for Rotherham when on loan from Wigan earlier this season, stabbed home a cross from Bakary Sako to level and fired in a second from 10 yards.

It was 3-1 when Scott Golbourne found Edwards, whose well-placed shot was his third goal in as many games.

Agard's shot on the turn gave the visitors hope but that hope seemed to be quickly over as Dicko converted an Edwards cross for his treble.

Rotherham came again and looked to have earned an unlikely point when James Tavernier's 84th-minute cross was volleyed in by Skarz and Agard completed his hat-trick four minutes later.

But Wolves skipper Ricketts blasted home from 20 yards for the ninth goal of a remarkable afternoon's entertainment at Molineux.

And McDonald completed the scoring from close range in time added on.

Line-ups

Wolves

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 13Ikeme
  • 18Ricketts
  • 26Golbourne
  • 11McDonald
  • 6BatthBooked at 77mins
  • 5Stearman
  • 27Jacobs
  • 14Evans Substituted forHenryat 45'minutes
  • 40DickoBooked at 80mins
  • 4Edwards Substituted forDohertyat 90+2'minutes
  • 10Sako Substituted forPriceat 70'minutes

Substitutes

  • 2Doherty
  • 7Henry
  • 9Clarke
  • 19Price
  • 20McAlinden
  • 23Ebanks-Landell
  • 31McCarey

Rotherham

Formation 4-4-1-1

  • 21Collin
  • 27TavernierBooked at 75mins
  • 3SkarzBooked at 82mins
  • 10O'Connor Substituted forHitchcockat 77'minutes
  • 20Morgan
  • 4ArnasonBooked at 80mins
  • 22AgardBooked at 89mins
  • 36Smallwood
  • 9Revell Substituted forThomasat 65'minutes
  • 28Vuckic Substituted forPringleat 69'minutes
  • 37Adams

Substitutes

  • 1Shearer
  • 2Brindley
  • 5Davis
  • 15Milsom
  • 18Pringle
  • 26Thomas
  • 35Hitchcock
Referee:
Fred Graham
Attendance:
30,110

Match Stats

Home TeamWolvesAway TeamRotherham
Possession
Home56%
Away44%
Shots
Home13
Away19
Shots on Target
Home7
Away10
Corners
Home2
Away10
Fouls
Home9
Away8

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 6, Rotherham United 4.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 6, Rotherham United 4.

  3. Goal!

    Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 6, Rotherham United 4. Kevin McDonald (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nouha Dicko.

  4. Post update

    Attempt missed. Michael Jacobs (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.

  5. Post update

    Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Danny Batth.

  6. Substitution

    Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Matt Doherty replaces David Edwards.

  7. Post update

    Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Danny Batth.

  8. Goal!

    Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 5, Rotherham United 4. Sam Ricketts (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by David Edwards.

  9. Booking

    Kieran Agard (Rotherham United) is shown the yellow card.

  10. Goal!

    Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, Rotherham United 4. Kieran Agard (Rotherham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Tavernier.

  11. Goal!

    Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, Rotherham United 3. Joe Skarz (Rotherham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicky Adams.

  12. Booking

    Joe Skarz (Rotherham United) is shown the yellow card.

  13. Post update

    Foul by Joe Skarz (Rotherham United).

  14. Post update

    Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  15. Post update

    Foul by Kári Arnason (Rotherham United).

  16. Post update

    David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  17. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Wes Thomas (Rotherham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

  18. Booking

    Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.

  19. Goal!

    Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, Rotherham United 2. Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Edwards.

  20. Post update

    Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Danny Batth.

As It Stood

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Wolves 43 29 9 5 82 29 53 96
2 Brentford 43 27 9 7 67 37 30 90
3 Leyton Orient 43 23 11 9 79 41 38 80
4 Rotherham 43 22 13 8 81 55 26 79
5 Preston 43 21 16 6 63 41 22 79
6 Peterborough 43 21 4 18 64 55 9 67
7 Swindon 43 18 9 16 61 55 6 63
8 Port Vale 43 18 6 19 58 70 -12 60
9 Sheff Utd 42 16 11 15 43 43 0 59
10 MK Dons 43 17 7 19 58 58 0 58
11 Walsall 43 14 15 14 46 44 2 57
12 Crawley 42 14 13 15 46 50 -4 55
13 Bradford 43 12 17 14 53 51 2 53
14 Bristol City 43 12 17 14 66 65 1 53
15 Gillingham 43 15 6 22 57 74 -17 51
16 Oldham 42 13 11 18 47 57 -10 50
17 Coventry 43 16 11 16 72 74 -2 49
18 Colchester 43 11 13 19 48 60 -12 46
19 Tranmere 43 12 10 21 51 75 -24 46
20 Crewe 43 12 10 21 52 79 -27 46
21 Carlisle 42 11 11 20 42 68 -26 44
22 Notts County 43 13 4 26 60 76 -16 43
23 Shrewsbury 43 9 14 20 39 55 -16 41
24 Stevenage 43 10 9 24 42 65 -23 39
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