Rotherham United 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 January 2023

Result

Rotherham United 4-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 14 January 2023, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rotherham United 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Rotherham United beat Blackburn Rovers 4-0 in the Championship on Saturday 14 January 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Hakeem Odoffin opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Hakeem Odoffin (1'), Oliver Rathbone (52'), Shane Ferguson (76') and Conor Washington (90+3'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 21st on 27 points from 26 and Blackburn Rovers 3rd on 42 points from 26. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 69.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hakeem Odoffin of Rotherham United (7.8), level with Dan Barlaser (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 3 draws and 6 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Hakeem OdoffinRotherham United · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Oliver RathboneRotherham United · 2-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Oliver RathboneRotherham United
  • 76'Goal · Shane FergusonRotherham United · 3-0
  • 90+3'Goal · Conor WashingtonRotherham United · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rotherham United 1, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 6.

Team news

Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)

Viktor Johansson, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Cameron Humphreys, Leo Hjelde, Hakeem Odoffin, Dan Barlaser, Oliver Rathbone, Chiedozie Ogbene, Conor Washington, Shane Ferguson

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thomas Kaminski, Joe Rankin-Costello, Yuki Takahashi, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Tyler Morton, Jake Garrett, Ryan Hedges, Bradley Dack, Jack Vale, Sam Gallagher