Brentford 4-2 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 25 February 2017
Result
Brentford 4-2 Rotherham United
Championship · Saturday 25 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Brentford 4-2 Rotherham United: match report
Brentford beat Rotherham United 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 25 February 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jota Peleteiro opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Brentford's goals came from Jota Peleteiro (13'), Nico Yennaris (78'), Jota Peleteiro (90+2', penalty) and Jota Peleteiro (90+5'). Rotherham United scored through A. Belaïd (67') and Anthony Forde (87').
Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Brentford were 16th on 40 points from 32 and Rotherham United 24th on 17 points from 33. Brentford went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 23.
Brentford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jota Peleteiro of Brentford (9.4), ahead of Aymen Belaïd (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Brentford wins, 0 draws and 2 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Jota Peleteiro
- 16'Yellow card · Jon Taylor
- 34'Yellow card · Nico Yennaris
- 67'Goal · A. Belaïd
- 78'Goal · Nico Yennaris
- 87'Goal · Anthony Forde
- 90+2'Penalty goal · Jota Peleteiro
- 90+5'Goal · Jota Peleteiro
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (4-3-3)
Daniel Bentley, Maxime Colin, John Egan, Andreas Bjelland, Rico Henry, Konstantin Kerschbaumer, Ryan Woods, Nico Yennaris, Jota Peleteiro, R. Sawyers, Florian Jozefzoon
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Lewis Price, Stephen Kelly, Semi Ajayi, Aymen Belaïd, Ben Purrington, Jon Taylor, Richard Smallwood, Will Vaulks, Joe Newell, Tom Adeyemi, Daniel Ward