Rotherham United 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 30 September 2014
Result
Rotherham United 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Tuesday 30 September 2014, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Rotherham United 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Rotherham United won against Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 30 September 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.
Kári Árnason opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Kári Árnason (5') and L. Becchio (32'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 19th on 8 points from 9 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 14 points from 9. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 19th with 49 points, and Blackburn Rovers 9th with 67.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.
Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read L-D-L-D-L and Blackburn Rovers's D-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Grant Hanley
- 5'Goal · Kári Árnason
- 21'Yellow card · Lee Frecklington
- 32'Goal · L. Becchio
- 40'Yellow card · Shane Duffy
- 59'Yellow card · Corry Evans
Team news
Rotherham United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Adam Collin, Joe Skarz, Kirk Broadfoot, Craig Morgan, Kári Árnason, Paul Green, Lee Frecklington, Ben Pringle, John Swift, A. Revell, Paul Taylor
Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
J. Kean, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Jason Lowe, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best