Bury 0-3 Rotherham United

Rotherham continued their fine festive form by winning 3-0 at rock-bottom Bury to go eighth in League One.

The Shakers looked set for a third straight defeat after early goals by David Ball and Rotherham captain Lee Frecklington.

Will Vaulks then fired home after 83 minutes to make it 10 points from 12 for the Millers, who are now two points outside the play-off places.

The visitors went in front after five minutes as Tom Aldred cleared Ryan Williams' cut-back as far as Ball, who curled inside the far post from 12 yards.

Bury replied with Nicky Ajose flashing a low shot across goal but the Millers doubled their lead after 10 minutes.

Anthony Forde's corner found Frecklington in the centre of the box and the Rotherham midfielder powered a free header inside the far post.

Williams' low strike was then turned wide by Leo Fasan, while Jay O'Shea and Danny Mayor fired wide as Bury improved slightly after the break.

But centre-half Vaulks fired in a superb strike from the corner of the box as the Millers went four unbeaten for the first time this season.

Match report supplied by Press Association.

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Line-ups

Bury

• 38Fasan
• 14Edwards
• 15Aldred
• 20Whitmore
• 3Leigh
• 26O'Shea
• 18LaurentBooked at 47mins
• 8DawsonBooked at 8minsSubstituted forBunnat 71'minutes
• 30Ince
• 10Mayor
• 11Ajose

Substitutes

• 4Tutte
• 7Maguire
• 12Williams
• 13Reilly
• 23Skarz
• 33Bunn
• 42Maloney

Rotherham

• 13Rodák
• 2Emmanuel
• 4Vaulks
• 5Ajayi
• 3Mattock
• 7FordeBooked at 90mins
• 8Frecklington
• 17TowellSubstituted forWoodat 70'minutes
• 23WilliamsBooked at 25minsSubstituted forNewellat 58'minutes
• 10Ball
• 21YatesSubstituted forMooreat 78'minutes

Substitutes

• 1O'Donnell
• 6Wood
• 19Clarke-Harris
• 20Ihiekwe
• 22Newell
• 24Moore
• 25Cummings

Referee:

Anthony Backhouse

Attendance:

4,630

Match Stats

Home TeamBuryAway TeamRotherham

Possession

Home51%

Away49%

Shots

Home12

Away12

Shots on Target

Home2

Away4

Corners

Home6

Away7

Fouls

Home8

Away10

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Bury 0, Rotherham United 3.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Bury 0, Rotherham United 3.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt blocked. Semi Ajayi (Rotherham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Posted at 90'+4'

Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Alex Whitmore.

Posted at 90'+4'

Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Greg Leigh.

Posted at 90'+3'

Will Vaulks (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+3'

Foul by Danny Mayor (Bury).

Booking

Posted at 90'+2'

Anthony Forde (Rotherham United) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Will Vaulks (Rotherham United).

Posted at 90'+1'

Josh Laurent (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 86'

Corner, Bury. Conceded by Marek Rodák.

Posted at 86'

Attempt saved. Nicky Ajose (Bury) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Goal!

Posted at 83'

Goal! Bury 0, Rotherham United 3. Will Vaulks (Rotherham United) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.

Substitution

Posted at 78'

Substitution, Rotherham United. Kieffer Moore replaces Jerry Yates.

Posted at 78'

Corner, Bury. Conceded by Joe Newell.

Posted at 73'

Attempt missed. Danny Mayor (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.

Posted at 72'

Attempt blocked. Josh Laurent (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Substitution

Posted at 71'

Substitution, Bury. Harry Bunn replaces Stephen Dawson.

Substitution

Posted at 70'

Substitution, Rotherham United. Richard Wood replaces Richard Towell because of an injury.

Posted at 70'

Corner, Bury. Conceded by Semi Ajayi.

Posted at 68'

Attempt missed. Lee Frecklington (Rotherham United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 63'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Posted at 62'

Delay in match Richard Towell (Rotherham United) because of an injury.

Posted at 62'

Corner, Bury. Conceded by Will Vaulks.

Posted at 62'

Attempt blocked. Rohan Ince (Bury) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

Posted at 60'

Foul by Joe Newell (Rotherham United).

Posted at 60'

Philip Edwards (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 58'

Substitution, Rotherham United. Joe Newell replaces Ryan Williams.

Posted at 58'

Attempt missed. Danny Mayor (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.

Posted at 58'

Attempt blocked. Nicky Ajose (Bury) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.

Posted at 57'

Attempt blocked. Ryan Williams (Rotherham United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.

Posted at 57'

Joshua Emmanuel (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 57'

Foul by Danny Mayor (Bury).

Posted at 56'

Attempt missed. Jay O'Shea (Bury) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses the top left corner following a corner.

Posted at 56'

Corner, Bury. Conceded by Joe Mattock.

Posted at 54'

Attempt missed. Jay O'Shea (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 53'

Foul by Jerry Yates (Rotherham United).

Posted at 53'

Jay O'Shea (Bury) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 47'

Will Vaulks (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Booking

Posted at 47'

Josh Laurent (Bury) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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