Rotherham United 2-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 21 April 2018
Result
Rotherham United 2-0 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 21 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Rotherham United 2-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Rotherham United beat Bristol Rovers 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 21 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Michael Smith opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Michael Smith (9') and Caolan Lavery (90'). Bristol Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Rotherham United received no yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 4th on 73 points from 43 and Bristol Rovers 12th on 56 points from 42. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 4th with 84 points, and Bristol Rovers 13th with 59.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 0 draws and 4 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read W-D-W-L-D and Bristol Rovers's D-D-L-W-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Michael Smith
- 77'Yellow card · Ellis Harrison
- 90'Goal · Caolan Lavery
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)
Marek Rodák, Richard Wood, Ben Purrington, Michael Ihiekwe, Josh Emmanuel, Will Vaulks, Matt Palmer, Jon Taylor, Richie Towell, Joe Newell, Michael Smith
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Sam Slocombe, Tom Lockyer, James Clarke, Marc Bola, Tony Craig, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Byron Moore, Kyle Bennett, Ellis Harrison, Tom Nichols