Burnley 2-0 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 February 2016

Result

Burnley 2-0 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 20 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Burnley · Rotherham United · Championship predictions

Burnley 2-0 Rotherham United: match report

Burnley won against Rotherham United 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 20 February 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sam Vokes opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Burnley's goals came from Sam Vokes (27', penalty) and Scott Arfield (86'). Rotherham United did not score.

Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burnley were 2nd on 58 points from 31 and Rotherham United 22nd on 26 points from 31. Burnley went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Rotherham United 21st with 49.

Burnley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burnley win, 0 draws and 0 for Rotherham United.

Going into the match Burnley's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Rotherham United's D-L-L-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · C. BurkeRotherham United
  • 27'Penalty goal · Sam VokesBurnley · 1-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Andre GrayBurnley
  • 68'Yellow card · Ben MeeBurnley
  • 85'Yellow card · Richard SmallwoodRotherham United
  • 86'Goal · Scott ArfieldBurnley · 2-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Burnley 1, draws 0, Rotherham United 0.

Team news

Burnley expected line-up (4-4-2)

Tom Heaton, Michael Duff, Ben Mee, Kieran Trippier, Jason Shackell, Scott Arfield, David Jones, George Boyd, Danny Ings, Lukas Jutkiewicz

Rotherham United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Kirk Broadfoot, Joe Skarz, Craig Morgan, Danny Collins, Lee Frecklington, Ben Pringle, Richard Smallwood, Paul Taylor, A. Revell