Rotherham United 3-1 Oxford United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 29 September 2012

Result

Rotherham United 3-1 Oxford United

League Two · Saturday 29 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rotherham United 3-1 Oxford United: match report

Rotherham United beat Oxford United 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 29 September 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Sean Rigg opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from M. O'Connor (30', penalty), M. O'Connor (74') and Jason Taylor (88'). Oxford United scored through Sean Rigg (8').

Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Oxford United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 12th on 11 points from 8 and Oxford United 17th on 9 points from 8. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Oxford United 10th with 64.

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

Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read D-L-W-L-W and Oxford United's L-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Sean RiggOxford United · 0-1
  • 30'Penalty goal · M. O'ConnorRotherham United · 1-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Kári ÁrnasonRotherham United
  • 72'Yellow card · Anthony CapaldiOxford United
  • 74'Goal · M. O'ConnorRotherham United · 2-1
  • 88'Goal · Jason TaylorRotherham United · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Rotherham United 2, draws 0, Oxford United 2.

Team news

Rotherham United line-up

Scott Shearer, Ian Sharps, Nicky Hunt, Craig Morgan, Bob Harris, Lionel Ainsworth, Michael O'Connor, Gareth Evans, Ben Pringle, Kári Árnason, Kayode Odejayi

Oxford United line-up

Wayne Brown, Damian Batt, Michael Raynes, Jake Wright, Harry Worley, Sean Rigg, Anthony Capaldi, J. Forster-Caskey, Lee Cox, Alfie Potter, Tom Craddock