Aston Villa 2-0 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 18 September 2018
Result
Aston Villa 2-0 Rotherham United
Championship · Tuesday 18 September 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 2-0 Rotherham United: match report
Aston Villa won against Rotherham United 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 18 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Tammy Abraham opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Tammy Abraham (27') and Yannick Bolasie (82'). Rotherham United did not score.
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 12th on 10 points from 7 and Rotherham United 14th on 9 points from 7. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Rotherham United 22nd with 40.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonathan Kodjia of Aston Villa (8.0), ahead of James Chester (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 0 draws and 0 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Tammy Abraham
- 37'Yellow card · Anwar El Ghazi
- 65'Yellow card · Semi Ajayi
- 68'Yellow card · Tammy Abraham
- 73'Yellow card · Joe Mattock
- 82'Goal · Yannick Bolasie
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Ørjan Nyland, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, James Chester, Mile Jedinak, Alan Hutton, Anwar El Ghazi, John McGinn, C. Hourihane, Jack Grealish, Jonathan Kodjia, Tammy Abraham
Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)
Marek Rodák, Zak Vyner, Semi Ajayi, Richard Wood, Joe Mattock, Richie Towell, Will Vaulks, Ryan Manning, Ryan Williams, Michael Smith, K. Vassell