Exeter City 0-4 Rotherham United: result and report
League One · Saturday 31 January 2026
Result
Exeter City 0-4 Rotherham United
League One · Saturday 31 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Exeter City 0-4 Rotherham United: match report
Exeter City were beaten by Rotherham United 0-4 in the League One on Saturday 31 January 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Jamal Baptiste opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Exeter City did not score. Rotherham United scored through Jamal Baptiste (28'), Joe Rafferty (71'), Harry Gray (72') and Shaun McWilliams (75').
Discipline: Exeter City received 3 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Exeter City were 12th on 37 points from 27 and Rotherham United 23rd on 28 points from 27. Exeter City went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Rotherham United 23rd with 41.
Exeter City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamal Baptiste of Rotherham United (8.4), ahead of Shaun McWilliams (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Exeter City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Ethan Brierley
- 28'Goal · Jamal Baptiste
- 71'Goal · Joe Rafferty
- 72'Goal · Harry Gray
- 75'Goal · Shaun McWilliams
- 83'Yellow card · Josh Magennis
- 86'Yellow card · Ilmari Niskanen
- 90+7'Yellow card · Ar'jany Martha
Head-to-head
Team news
Exeter City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Joe Whitworth, Pierce Sweeney, Jack Fitzwater, Luca Woodhouse, Ilmari Niskanen, Ethan Brierley, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Liam Oakes, Reece Cole, Jayden Wareham, Carlos Gomes
Rotherham United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cameron Dawson, Joe Rafferty, Jamal Baptiste, Zak Jules, Reece James, Kian Spence, Dan Gore, Shaun McWilliams, Joe Powell, Harry Gray, Sam Nombe