Walsall 1-2 Rotherham United: result and report
League One · Saturday 30 December 2017
Result
Walsall 1-2 Rotherham United
League One · Saturday 30 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Walsall 1-2 Rotherham United: match report
Walsall were beaten by Rotherham United 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 30 December 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Semi Ajayi opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Walsall's goal came from Joe Edwards (12'). Rotherham United scored through Semi Ajayi (1') and David Ball (58').
Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 13th on 30 points from 23 and Rotherham United 9th on 36 points from 24. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 52 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 84.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Walsall wins, 2 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read D-D-L-W-W and Rotherham United's W-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Semi Ajayi
- 12'Goal · Joe Edwards
- 58'Goal · David Ball
- 72'Yellow card · Richard Wood
- 80'Yellow card · Adam Chambers
- 85'Yellow card · Joe Mattock
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up
Mark Gillespie, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, Kory Roberts, Joe Edwards, Luke Leahy, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, Kieron Morris, Zeli Ismail, Dan Agyei
Rotherham United line-up
Marek Rodák, Joe Mattock, Semi Ajayi, A. Forde, Josh Emmanuel, Will Vaulks, Lee Frecklington, Richie Towell, Ryan Williams, David Ball, Jerry Yates