Rotherham United 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Rotherham United 2-1 Sunderland

Championship · Tuesday 21 February 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rotherham United beat Sunderland 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 February 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Oliver Rathbone opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Oliver Rathbone (19') and Shane Ferguson (56'). Sunderland scored through J. Gelhardt (61').

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

Going into the game Rotherham United were 21st on 33 points from 32 and Sunderland 6th on 49 points from 32. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Sunderland 6th with 72.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Gelhardt of Sunderland (7.8), ahead of Viktor Johansson (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rotherham United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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