Cardiff City 5-0 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 18 February 2017
Result
Cardiff City 5-0 Rotherham United
Championship · Saturday 18 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Cardiff City 5-0 Rotherham United: match report
Cardiff City won against Rotherham United 5-0 in the Championship on Saturday 18 February 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.
K. Harris opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from K. Harris (11'), Junior Hoilett (45+3'), Craig Noone (49'), K. Zohorè (54') and K. Zohorè (83'). Rotherham United did not score.
Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 12th on 44 points from 32 and Rotherham United 24th on 17 points from 32. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 23.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kenneth Zohore of Cardiff City (8.3), ahead of Sean Morrison (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 11'Goal · K. Harris
- 45+3'Goal · Junior Hoilett
- 49'Goal · Craig Noone
- 54'Goal · K. Zohorè
- 63'Yellow card · Anthony Forde
- 81'Yellow card · Aymen Belaid
- 81'Yellow card · A. Belaïd
- 83'Goal · K. Zohorè
Head-to-head
Team news
Cardiff City line-up (4-4-2)
Allan McGregor, Matthew Connolly, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Jazz Richards, Craig Noone, Aron Gunnarsson, Joe Ralls, Kadeem Harris, Rhys Healey, Kenneth Zohore
Rotherham United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Richard O'Donnell, Stephen Kelly, Joel Ekstrand, Richard Wood, Ben Purrington, Richard Smallwood, Jon Taylor, Will Vaulks, Joe Newell, Joe Mattock, Dexter Blackstock