Birmingham City 4-2 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 18 October 2016
Result
Birmingham City 4-2 Rotherham United
Championship · Tuesday 18 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-1
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Birmingham City 4-2 Rotherham United: match report
Birmingham City won against Rotherham United 4-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 18 October 2016. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Michael Morrison opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Michael Morrison (15'), Lukas Jutkiewicz (35'), Jacques Maghoma (43') and David Cotterill (84', penalty). Rotherham United scored through Danny Ward (31') and Jon Taylor (56').
Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 5th on 20 points from 12 and Rotherham United 24th on 6 points from 12. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 23.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David Cotterill of Birmingham City (8.8), ahead of Daniel Ward (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Michael Morrison
- 31'Goal · Danny Ward
- 35'Goal · Lukas Jutkiewicz
- 43'Goal · Jacques Maghoma
- 54'Yellow card · Darnell Fisher
- 56'Goal · Jon Taylor
- 77'Yellow card · Dominic Ball
- 80'Yellow card · Jacques Maghoma
- 84'Penalty goal · David Cotterill
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
A. Legzdiņš, Jonathan Spector, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, David Cotterill, Stephen Gleeson, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Jacques Maghoma, Clayton Donaldson, Lukas Jutkiewicz
Rotherham United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Lee Camp, Stephen Kelly, Kelvin Wilson, Dominic Ball, Darnell Fisher, Will Vaulks, Jon Taylor, Lee Frecklington, J. Forster-Caskey, Isaiah Brown, Daniel Ward