Rotherham United 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 2 March 2019
Result
Rotherham United 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 2 March 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Rotherham United 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Rotherham United won against Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 2 March 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Semi Ajayi opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Semi Ajayi (2'), Ryan Williams (57') and Semi Ajayi (83'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Amari'i Bell (51') and Charlie Mulgrew (90+3', penalty).
Discipline: Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 22nd on 30 points from 34 and Blackburn Rovers 15th on 44 points from 34. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 22nd with 40 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Semi Ajayi of Rotherham United (8.5), ahead of Will Vaulks (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 2 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Semi Ajayi
- 8'Yellow card · Richard Smallwood
- 30'Yellow card · Clark Robertson
- 50'Yellow card · Joe Mattock
- 51'Goal · Amari'i Bell
- 57'Goal · Ryan Williams
- 83'Goal · Semi Ajayi
- 90+3'Yellow card · Michael Ihiekwe
- 90+3'Penalty goal · Charlie Mulgrew
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Marek Rodák, Billy Jones, Michael Ihiekwe, Clark Robertson, Joe Mattock, Semi Ajayi, Jon Taylor, Will Vaulks, Richie Towell, A. Forde, Michael Smith
Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Jack Rodwell, Charlie Mulgrew, Elliott Bennett, Richard Smallwood, Lewis Travis, Amari'i Bell, Bradley Dack, Adam Armstrong, Danny Graham