Sunderland 3-0 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 31 August 2022
Result
Sunderland 3-0 Rotherham United
Championship · Wednesday 31 August 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sunderland 3-0 Rotherham United: match report
Sunderland defeated Rotherham United 3-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 31 August 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.
Ross Stewart opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Sunderland's goals came from Ross Stewart (52'), Ross Stewart (65') and Jack Clarke (70'). Rotherham United did not score.
Discipline: Sunderland received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 14th on 8 points from 6 and Rotherham United 8th on 9 points from 5. Sunderland went on to finish that season 6th with 72 points, and Rotherham United 19th with 50.
Sunderland lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Rotherham United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ross Stewart of Sunderland (9.4), ahead of Jack Clarke (9.2).
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Rotherham United's W-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Lee Peltier
- 51'Yellow card · B. Norton-Cuffy
- 52'Goal · Ross Stewart
- 54'Yellow card · Dan Barlaser
- 65'Goal · Ross Stewart
- 67'Yellow card · Shane Ferguson
- 70'Goal · Jack Clarke
Team news
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Sunderland line-up (3-4-1-2)
Anthony Patterson, Luke O'Nien, Danny Batth, Dennis Cirkin, Lynden Gooch, Dan Neil, Josef Dvornik, Jack Clarke, Alex Pritchard, Ellis Simms, Ross Stewart
Rotherham United line-up (3-5-2)
Viktor Johansson, Wes Harding, Richard Wood, Lee Peltier, Dan Barlaser, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Oliver Rathbone, Ben Wiles, Shane Ferguson, Chiedozie Ogbene, Conor Washington