Rotherham United 2-2 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 14 September 2016

Result

Rotherham United 2-2 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Wednesday 14 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rotherham United 2-2 Nottingham Forest: match report

Rotherham United drew with Nottingham Forest 2-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 14 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jon Taylor opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Jon Taylor (30') and Jon Taylor (87'). Nottingham Forest scored through Matthew Mills (76') and Apostolos Vellios (85').

Discipline: Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Nottingham Forest received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 22nd on 5 points from 6 and Nottingham Forest 13th on 10 points from 6. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 23 points, and Nottingham Forest 21st with 51.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nottingham Forest in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jon Taylor of Rotherham United (8.5), ahead of Apostolos Vellios (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rotherham United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Jon TaylorRotherham United · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Ben OsbornNottingham Forest
  • 64'Yellow card · Nicolás FrutosNottingham Forest
  • 74'Yellow card · Darnell FisherRotherham United
  • 76'Goal · Matthew MillsNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 83'Second yellow · Darnell FisherRotherham United
  • 85'Goal · Apostolos VelliosNottingham Forest · 1-2
  • 87'Goal · Jon TaylorRotherham United · 2-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Isaiah BrownRotherham United
  • 89'Yellow card · Joe MattockRotherham United
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Eric LichajNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Rotherham United 0, draws 2, Nottingham Forest 2.

Team news

Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)

Lee Camp, Darnell Fisher, Dael Fry, Kelvin Wilson, Joe Mattock, Jon Taylor, Greg Halford, Tom Adeyemi, Scott Allan, Isaiah Brown, Daniel Ward

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-3-3)

Vladimir Stojkovic, Eric Lichaj, Matthew Mills, Damien Perquis, Armand Traore, Jorge Grant, Henri Lansbury, Pajtim Kasami, Ben Osborn, Apostolos Vellios, Nicolao Dumitru