Birmingham City 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Friday 3 April 2015

Result

Birmingham City 2-1 Rotherham United

Championship · Friday 3 April 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Birmingham City 2-1 Rotherham United: match report

Birmingham City defeated Rotherham United 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 3 April 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.

Robert Tesche opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Robert Tesche (27') and Clayton Donaldson (43'). Rotherham United scored through Matt Derbyshire (48').

Discipline: Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 15th on 47 points from 38 and Rotherham United 21st on 40 points from 39. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Rotherham United 19th with 49.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 0 draws and 0 for Rotherham United.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-D-D-W-W and Rotherham United's L-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Stefano CeciRotherham United
  • 21'Yellow card · Andrew ShinnieBirmingham City
  • 27'Goal · Robert TescheBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · Clayton DonaldsonBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 48'Goal · Matt DerbyshireRotherham United · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Jonathan GroundsBirmingham City
  • 73'Yellow card · Craig MorganRotherham United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 0, Rotherham United 0.

Team news

Birmingham City expected line-up (4-3-3)

Darren Randolph, Paul Robinson, Dan Burn, Kyle Bartley, Paul Caddis, Jesse Lingard, Tom Adeyemi, Andrew Shinnie, Nikola Zigic, C. Burke, Oliver Lee

Rotherham United expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Adam Collin, Joe Skarz, Kirk Broadfoot, Craig Morgan, Frazer Richardson, Paul Green, Lee Frecklington, Ben Pringle, Richard Smallwood, A. Revell, Paul Taylor