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

Blackburn Rovers · Rotherham United · Championship predictions

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Danny WardRotherham United · 0-1
  • 22'Goal · Craig ConwayBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 29'Goal · M. EmnesBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers
  • 46'Goal · Ben MarshallBlackburn Rovers · 3-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Joe MattockRotherham United
  • 66'Yellow card · Isaiah BrownRotherham United
  • 70'Yellow card · Tom AdeyemiRotherham United
  • 83'Goal · Danny WardRotherham United · 3-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Stephen KellyRotherham United
  • 90+2'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 4-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 0, Rotherham United 1.

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