Rotherham United 2-0 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 25 October 2023

Result

Rotherham United 2-0 Coventry City

Championship · Wednesday 25 October 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Rotherham United · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Rotherham United 2-0 Coventry City: match report

Rotherham United won against Coventry City 2-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 25 October 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Lee Peltier opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Lee Peltier (51') and Oliver Rathbone (90+3'). Coventry City did not score.

Discipline: Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards; Coventry City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 23rd on 6 points from 11 and Coventry City 17th on 15 points from 12. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 27 points, and Coventry City 9th with 64.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Coventry City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Viktor Johansson of Rotherham United (9.1), ahead of Oliver Rathbone (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rotherham United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Goal · Lee PeltierRotherham United · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · CafúRotherham United
  • 66'Yellow card · Dexter LembikisaRotherham United
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Bobby ThomasCoventry City
  • 90+3'Goal · Oliver RathboneRotherham United · 2-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Rotherham United 0, draws 1, Coventry City 3.

Team news

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

Viktor Johansson, Dexter Lembikisa, Sean Morrison, Lee Peltier, Cohen Bramall, Oliver Rathbone, Christ Tiéhi, Cafú, Fred Onyedinma, Jordan Hugill, Arvin Appiah

Coventry City line-up (3-5-2)

Ben Wilson, Joel Latibeaudiere, Kyle McFadzean, Luis Binks, Milan van Ewijk, Josh Eccles, Ben Sheaf, Jay Dasilva, Yasin Ayari, Matty Godden, Ellis Simms