Rotherham United v Mansfield Town: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

League One rivals Rotherham United and Mansfield Town begin their bids to reach Wembley in the EFL Trophy when they meet at the AESSEAL New York Stadium for their opening group game on Tuesday.

How to watch Rotherham United v Mansfield Town and TV channel

This EFL Trophy fixture will be broadcast on Sky Sports+ in the UK.

Rotherham United v Mansfield Town kick-off time, date and venue

Rotherham v Mansfield kicks off at 19:00 BST on Tuesday 20th August and the match will be played at the AESSEAL New York Stadium in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

Rotherham United v Mansfield Town stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

Rotherham have had the upper hand in this rivalry with 31 wins in the teams' 64 meetings, while Mansfield have won 17 times and there have been 16 draws.

The teams were separated by two divisions last season but are both in League One this term after the Millers were relegated from the Championship and the Stags were promoted from League Two.

The teams have not met in a competitive match for 16 years, but Rotherham will resume the rivalry on a run of three successive wins after triumphing in both League Two meetings and a match in this competition in the 2007/2008 season.

Mansfield have taken four points from their first two league games of the season while Rotherham have drawn one and lost one so far.

Rotherham United v Mansfield Town head-to-head record (H2H)

Rotherham wins	31
Draws	16
Mansfield wins	17

*H2H stats refer to all competitions

Rotherham United v Mansfield Town team news

Rotherham United team news

Millers manager Steve Evans has said he will make changes to his team for this match.

Joe Rafferty, Sean Raggett, Joe Hungbo and Zak Jules all missed Saturday's draw with Bristol Rovers due to injuries or lack of fitness and may not be risked until they are fully ready. Mallik Wilks was on the bench after signing on loan from Sheffield Wednesday and could make his debut.

Mansfield Town team news

Midfielder Louis Reed was able to recover from an Achilles issue to play against Burton, when Will Evans was the only change to Nigel Clough's team, but the Stags boss is likely to mix things up again for this match.

Rhys Oates, Alfie Kilgour, George Maris, Baily Cargill and Frazer Blake-Tracy all missed the Burton match due to injuries.