Barnsley 4-0 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 27 August 2016
Result
Barnsley 4-0 Rotherham United
Championship · Saturday 27 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Barnsley 4-0 Rotherham United: match report
Barnsley beat Rotherham United 4-0 in the Championship on Saturday 27 August 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
Marc Roberts opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Barnsley's goals came from Marc Roberts (54'), Adam Hammill (57'), Tom Bradshaw (86') and Ryan Kent (90+1'). Rotherham United did not score.
Discipline: Barnsley received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Barnsley were 14th on 5 points from 4 and Rotherham United 23rd on 4 points from 4. Barnsley went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 23.
Barnsley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to M. Roberts of Barnsley (8.9), ahead of Andy Yiadom (8.2).
Going into the match Barnsley's last five read D-D-W-L and Rotherham United's W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 54'Goal · Marc Roberts
- 55'Yellow card · Josh Scowen
- 57'Goal · Adam Hammill
- 86'Goal · Tom Bradshaw
- 90+1'Yellow card · Joe Newell
- 90+1'Goal · Ryan Kent
Team news
Barnsley line-up (4-4-2)
Adam Davies, Andy Yiadom, M. Roberts, A. MacDonald, Aidan White, Ryan Kent, Josh Scowen, C. Hourihane, Adam Hammill, Marley Watkins, Sam Winnall
Rotherham United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lee Camp, Darnell Fisher, Dominic Ball, Kelvin Wilson, Stephen Kelly, Will Vaulks, J. Forster-Caskey, Jon Taylor, Scott Allan, Isaiah Brown, Daniel Ward