Rotherham United 5-1 Walsall: result and report
League One · Tuesday 12 September 2017
Result
Rotherham United 5-1 Walsall
League One · Tuesday 12 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 4-0
Rotherham United 5-1 Walsall: match report
Rotherham United won against Walsall 5-1 in the League One on Tuesday 12 September 2017. The half-time score was 4-0.
Lee Frecklington opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Lee Frecklington (13'), Jon Taylor (16'), Jon Taylor (24'), Lee Frecklington (31') and Lee Frecklington (88'). Walsall scored through Amadou Bakayoko (49').
Discipline: Rotherham United received no yellow cards; Walsall received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 11th on 9 points from 6 and Walsall 13th on 8 points from 6. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 4th with 84 points, and Walsall 19th with 52.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-5-1 and Walsall in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rotherham United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Walsall.
Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Walsall's L-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Lee Frecklington
- 16'Goal · Jon Taylor
- 24'Goal · Jon Taylor
- 31'Goal · Lee Frecklington
- 41'Yellow card · Amadou Bakayoko
- 49'Goal · Amadou Bakayoko
- 88'Goal · Lee Frecklington
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-5-1)
Marek Rodák, Joe Mattock, Richard Wood, Michael Ihiekwe, Will Vaulks, Lee Frecklington, Jon Taylor, Darren Potter, Richie Towell, Ryan Williams, Kieffer Moore
Walsall line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mark Gillespie, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, James Wilson, Shaun Donnellan, Joe Edwards, Luke Leahy, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, Tyler Roberts, Amadou Bakayoko