Birmingham City 1-1 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 September 2020

Result

Birmingham City 1-1 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 26 September 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Birmingham City 1-1 Rotherham United: match report

Birmingham City drew with Rotherham United 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 September 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Kieran Sadlier opened the scoring in the 87th minute. Birmingham City's goal came from Jérémie Bela (90', penalty). Rotherham United scored through Kieran Sadlier (87', penalty).

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 9th on 4 points from 2 and Rotherham United 16th on 3 points from 2. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 42.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Iván Sánchez of Birmingham City (7.8), ahead of Harlee Dean (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Birmingham City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+1'Yellow card · Angus MacDonaldRotherham United
  • 72'Yellow card · Ivan SunjicBirmingham City
  • 87'Penalty goal · Kieran SadlierRotherham United · 0-1
  • 90'Penalty goal · Jérémie BelaBirmingham City · 1-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Birmingham City 5, draws 2, Rotherham United 1.

Team news

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Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Neil Etheridge, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, George Friend, Kristian Pedersen, Iván Sánchez, Ivan Šunjić, Adam Clayton, Jérémie Bela, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Scott Hogan

Rotherham United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Pavel Kucera, Wes Harding, Michael Ihiekwe, A. MacDonald, Billy Jones, Chiedozie Ogbene, Shaun MacDonald, Ben Wiles, Mickel Miller, Matt Crooks, George Hirst