Aston Villa 3-0 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 13 August 2016
Result
Aston Villa 3-0 Rotherham United
Championship · Saturday 13 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Aston Villa 3-0 Rotherham United: match report
Aston Villa beat Rotherham United 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 13 August 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Rudy Gestede opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Rudy Gestede (21'), Rudy Gestede (45+4') and Jack Grealish (84'). Rotherham United did not score.
Discipline: Aston Villa received 4 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.
Aston Villa went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 23.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-2.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Rudy Gestede
- 27'Yellow card · Jordan Ayew
- 36'Yellow card · Ross McCormack
- 38'Yellow card · Rudy Gestede
- 45+4'Goal · Rudy Gestede
- 54'Yellow card · Joe Mattock
- 82'Yellow card · Darnell Fisher
- 84'Goal · Jack Grealish
- 84'Yellow card · Jack Grealish
Team news
Aston Villa expected line-up (4-4-2)
Alan Hutton, Aly Cissokho, Joleon Lescott, Kevin Toner, Ashley Westwood, Leandro Bacuna, Jordan Ayew, Idrissa Gueye, Scott Sinclair, Carlos Sánchez
Rotherham United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Kirk Broadfoot, Joe Skarz, Craig Morgan, Danny Collins, Lee Frecklington, Ben Pringle, Richard Smallwood, Paul Taylor, A. Revell