Middlesbrough 1-1 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 January 2024

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 20 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Middlesbrough · Rotherham United · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 1-1 Rotherham United: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Rotherham United 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 January 2024. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Cafú opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Marcus Forss (82'). Rotherham United scored through Cafú (59').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 10th on 39 points from 27 and Rotherham United 24th on 18 points from 27. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 27.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcus Forss of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Jordan Hugill (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 4 for Rotherham United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Yellow card · Sean MorrisonRotherham United
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Hayden HackneyMiddlesbrough
  • 59'Goal · CafúRotherham United · 0-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Viktor JohanssonRotherham United
  • 73'Yellow card · Sam ClucasRotherham United
  • 82'Goal · Marcus ForssMiddlesbrough · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 2, Rotherham United 4.

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tom Glover, Luke Ayling, Dael Fry, Matt Clarke, Lukas Engel, Dan Barlaser, Hayden Hackney, Isaiah Jones, Morgan Rogers, Finn Azaz, Sam Greenwood

Rotherham United line-up (5-4-1)

Viktor Johansson, Lee Peltier, Hakeem Odoffin, Sean Morrison, Sebastian Revan, Cohen Bramall, Jamie Lindsay, Christ Tiéhi, Sam Clucas, Cafú, Jordan Hugill