Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 September 2016
Result
Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Rotherham United
Championship · Saturday 17 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Rotherham United: match report
Blackburn Rovers beat Rotherham United 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 17 September 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Danny Ward opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Craig Conway (22'), M. Emnes (29'), Ben Marshall (46') and Sam Gallagher (90+2'). Rotherham United scored through Danny Ward (12') and Danny Ward (83').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 24th on 2 points from 7 and Rotherham United 21st on 6 points from 7. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 23.
Blackburn Rovers 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 Marvin Emnes of Blackburn Rovers (8.9), ahead of Daniel Ward (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Danny Ward
- 22'Goal · Craig Conway
- 29'Goal · M. Emnes
- 41'Yellow card · Corry Evans
- 46'Goal · Ben Marshall
- 58'Yellow card · Joe Mattock
- 66'Yellow card · Isaiah Brown
- 70'Yellow card · Tom Adeyemi
- 83'Goal · Danny Ward
- 90+1'Yellow card · Stephen Kelly
- 90+2'Goal · Sam Gallagher
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Jason Steele, Jason Lowe, Gordon Greer, Tommie Hoban, Derrick Williams, Ben Marshall, Josef Dvornik, Danny Guthrie, Craig Conway, Marvin Emnes, Sam Gallagher
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Lee Camp, Stephen Kelly, Dael Fry, Kelvin Wilson, Joe Mattock, Jon Taylor, Greg Halford, Tom Adeyemi, Scott Allan, Isaiah Brown, Daniel Ward