Rotherham United 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 12 August 2023
Result
Rotherham United 2-2 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 12 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Rotherham United 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Rotherham United drew with Blackburn Rovers 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 12 August 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Hakeem Odofin opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Hakeem Odofin (23') and Fred Onyedinma (48'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Sammie Szmodics (75') and Sammie Szmodics (78').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 27 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 53.
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 Adam Wharton of Blackburn Rovers (8.1), ahead of Ryan Hedges (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rotherham United wins, 3 draws and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 15'Missed penalty · Sammie Szmodics
- 23'Goal · Hakeem Odofin
- 33'Yellow card · Cafú
- 34'Yellow card · Matthew Taylor
- 38'Yellow card · Sammie Szmodics
- 45+1'Yellow card · Dexter Lembikisa
- 48'Goal · Fred Onyedinma
- 49'Yellow card · Fred Onyedinma
- 50'Second yellow · Fred Onyedinma
- 55'Yellow card · Viktor Johansson
- 75'Goal · Sammie Szmodics
- 78'Goal · Sammie Szmodics
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)
Viktor Johansson, Dexter Lembikisa, Cameron Humphreys, Tyler Blackett, Cohen Bramall, Hakeem Odoffin, Cafú, Oliver Rathbone, Ben Wiles, Jordan Hugill, Fred Onyedinma
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Adam Wharton, Dilan Markanday, Sammie Szmodics, Tyrhys Dolan, Harry Leonard