Bristol City 0-2 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 March 2021

Result

Bristol City 0-2 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 20 March 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bristol City 0-2 Rotherham United: match report

Bristol City were beaten by Rotherham United 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 20 March 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Michael Smith opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Bristol City did not score. Rotherham United scored through Michael Smith (44') and Richard Wood (74').

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

Going into the game Bristol City were 13th on 49 points from 37 and Rotherham United 23rd on 32 points from 33. Bristol City went on to finish that season 19th with 51 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 42.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Richard Wood of Rotherham United (7.7), ahead of Viktor Johansson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · Michael SmithRotherham United · 0-1
  • 74'Goal · Richard WoodRotherham United · 0-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Liam WalshBristol City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · George HirstRotherham United

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Bristol City 2, draws 3, Rotherham United 2.

Team news

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Bristol City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Bentley, Jack Hunt, Adrian Mariappa, Tomas Kalas, Steven Sessegnon, Han-Noah Massengo, Liam Walsh, Nahki Wells, Kasey Palmer, Callum O'Dowda, Famara Diédhiou

Rotherham United line-up (3-5-2)

Viktor Johansson, Michael Ihiekwe, Richard Wood, A. MacDonald, Wes Harding, Lewis Wing, Dan Barlaser, Matt Crooks, Ryan Giles, Freddie Ladapo, Michael Smith