Rotherham United 2-4 Brentford: result and report
Championship · Saturday 19 January 2019
Result
Rotherham United 2-4 Brentford
Championship · Saturday 19 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Rotherham United 2-4 Brentford: match report
Rotherham United lost to Brentford 2-4 in the Championship on Saturday 19 January 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.
Kamohelo Mokotjo opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Jon Taylor (20') and an own goal by E. Konsa (73'). Brentford scored through Kamohelo Mokotjo (2'), Saïd Benrahma (53'), Kamohelo Mokotjo (75') and Neal Maupay (85').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Brentford received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 21st on 25 points from 27 and Brentford 17th on 31 points from 27. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 22nd with 40 points, and Brentford 11th with 64.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Brentford in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Saïd Benrahma of Brentford (8.8), ahead of Islom Ismoilov (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rotherham United wins, 0 draws and 5 for Brentford.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Kamohelo Mokotjo
- 20'Goal · Jon Taylor
- 53'Goal · Saïd Benrahma
- 73'Own goal · E. Konsa
- 75'Goal · Kamohelo Mokotjo
- 80'Yellow card · Jerry Yates
- 85'Goal · Neal Maupay
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Marek Rodák, Zak Vyner, Semi Ajayi, Clark Robertson, Joe Mattock, Will Vaulks, A. Forde, Richie Towell, Ben Wiles, Jon Taylor, Michael Smith
Brentford line-up (3-4-3)
Daniel Bentley, Ezri Konsa, J. Jeanvier, Yoann Barbet, Henrik Dalsgaard, R. Sawyers, Islom Ismoilov, Rico Henry, Ollie Watkins, Neal Maupay, Saïd Benrahma