Rotherham United 1-3 Birmingham City: result and report
Championship · Monday 22 April 2019
Result
Rotherham United 1-3 Birmingham City
Championship · Monday 22 April 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Rotherham United 1-3 Birmingham City: match report
Rotherham United lost to Birmingham City 1-3 in the Championship on Monday 22 April 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.
Matt Crooks opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Rotherham United's goal came from Matt Crooks (22'). Birmingham City scored through Jacques Maghoma (56'), Jota Peleteiro (63') and Kerim Mrabti (90+3').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 22nd on 40 points from 43 and Birmingham City 14th on 56 points from 43. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 22nd with 40 points, and Birmingham City 14th with 61.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jota Peleteiro of Birmingham City (8.4), ahead of Jacques Maghoma (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 2 draws and 4 for Birmingham City.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Semi Ajayi
- 22'Goal · Matt Crooks
- 50'Yellow card · Richard Wood
- 56'Goal · Jacques Maghoma
- 63'Goal · Jota Peleteiro
- 73'Yellow card · Will Vaulks
- 75'Yellow card · G. Gardner
- 90+3'Goal · Kerim Mrabti
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Marek Rodák, Billy Jones, Semi Ajayi, Richard Wood, Joe Mattock, Will Vaulks, Ryan Williams, Richie Towell, Matt Crooks, Joe Newell, Michael Smith
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Lee Camp, Maxime Colin, Harlee Dean, Michael Morrison, Kristian Pedersen, Jota Peleteiro, Gary Gardner, David Davis, Jacques Maghoma, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Ché Adams