Watford 1-1 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 January 2023
Result
Watford 1-1 Rotherham United
Championship · Saturday 21 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Watford 1-1 Rotherham United: match report
Watford drew with Rotherham United 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 January 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Shane Ferguson opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Watford's goal came from João Ferreira (53'). Rotherham United scored through Shane Ferguson (20').
Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 3rd on 43 points from 27 and Rotherham United 19th on 30 points from 27. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Rotherham United 19th with 50.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to João Ferreira of Watford (8.1), ahead of Craig Cathcart (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rotherham United.
Going into the match Watford's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Rotherham United's W-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Shane Ferguson
- 30'Yellow card · L. Hjelde
- 39'Yellow card · Mario Gaspar
- 45+6'Yellow card · Shane Ferguson
- 45+7'Yellow card · Daniel Bachmann
- 53'Goal · João Ferreira
- 90+2'Yellow card · F. Sierralta
- 90+5'Yellow card · Lee Peltier
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bachmann, João Ferreira, Francisco Sierralta, Craig Cathcart, James Morris, Mario Gaspar, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Matheus Martins, Ismaël Koné, Ismaïla Sarr, Vakoun Bayo
Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)
Viktor Johansson, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Cameron Humphreys, Leo Hjelde, Hakeem Odoffin, Dan Barlaser, Oliver Rathbone, Shane Ferguson, Chiedozie Ogbene, Tariqe Fosu-Henry