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.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Stefano Ceci
- 21'Yellow card · Andrew Shinnie
- 27'Goal · Robert Tesche
- 43'Goal · Clayton Donaldson
- 48'Goal · Matt Derbyshire
- 64'Yellow card · Jonathan Grounds
- 73'Yellow card · Craig Morgan
Head-to-head
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