Fulham 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 13 December 2016
Result
Fulham 2-1 Rotherham United
Championship · Tuesday 13 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Fulham 2-1 Rotherham United: match report
Fulham won against Rotherham United 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 13 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Joe Newell opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Fulham's goals came from Stefan Johansen (32') and Floyd Ayité (54'). Rotherham United scored through Joe Newell (19').
Discipline: Fulham received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Fulham were 13th on 26 points from 20 and Rotherham United 24th on 10 points from 20. Fulham went on to finish that season 6th with 78 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 23.
Fulham lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stefan Johansen of Fulham (8.9), ahead of Lewis Price (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Fulham wins, 2 draws and 0 for Rotherham United.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read D-W-L-D-W and Rotherham United's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Joe Newell
- 32'Goal · Stefan Johansen
- 54'Goal · Floyd Ayité
- 67'Missed penalty · Chris Martin
- 90+1'Yellow card · Richard Wood
Head-to-head
Team news
Fulham line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Button, Kazım Nas, Tomas Kalas, Michael Madl, Ryan Sessegnon, Stefan Johansen, K. McDonald, Sone Aluko, Tom Cairney, Floyd Ayité, Chris Martin
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Lewis Price, Darnell Fisher, Richard Wood, Aymen Belaïd, Joe Mattock, A. Forde, Tom Adeyemi, Will Vaulks, Joe Newell, Isaiah Brown, Daniel Ward