Preston North End 1-1 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 April 2017

Result

Preston North End 1-1 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 29 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Preston North End 1-1 Rotherham United: match report

Preston North End drew with Rotherham United 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 29 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Richard Smallwood opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Stevie May (41'). Rotherham United scored through Richard Smallwood (9').

Discipline: Preston North End received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 11th on 62 points from 44 and Rotherham United 24th on 21 points from 44. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 23.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darnell Fisher of Rotherham United (7.8), ahead of Semi Ajayi (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Preston North End wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Richard SmallwoodRotherham United · 0-1
  • 41'Goal · Stevie MayPreston North End · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Richard SmallwoodRotherham United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 1, Rotherham United 0.

Team news

Preston North End line-up (4-4-2)

Chris Maxwell, Tyias Browning, Alex Baptiste, Paul Huntington, Tommy Spurr, Tom Barkhuizen, Daniel Johnson, Alan Browne, Aiden McGeady, Jordan Hugill, Stevie May

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

Richard O'Donnell, Darnell Fisher, Semi Ajayi, Richard Wood, Joe Mattock, Lee Frecklington, Richard Smallwood, Will Vaulks, Jon Taylor, Tom Adeyemi, Jonson Clarke-Harris