Birmingham City 2-0 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 March 2023

Result

Birmingham City 2-0 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 11 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Birmingham City 2-0 Rotherham United: match report

Birmingham City beat Rotherham United 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 11 March 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

R. Khadra opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from R. Khadra (5') and Kevin Long (35'). Rotherham United did not score.

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 19th on 39 points from 35 and Rotherham United 18th on 40 points from 35. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 17th with 53 points, and Rotherham United 19th with 50.

Birmingham City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin Long of Birmingham City (8.2), ahead of Auston Trusty (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Birmingham City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · R. KhadraBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Hakeem OdoffinRotherham United
  • 35'Goal · Kevin LongBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · L. HjeldeRotherham United
  • 80'Yellow card · Auston TrustyBirmingham City
  • 87'Yellow card · Tariqe FosuRotherham United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Birmingham City 5, draws 3, Rotherham United 2.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (3-4-2-1)

John Ruddy, Harlee Dean, Kevin Long, Auston Trusty, Maxime Colin, Alfie Chang, Krystian Bielik, Reda Khadra, George Hall, Tahith Chong, Lukas Jutkiewicz

Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)

Viktor Johansson, Wes Harding, Lee Peltier, Cameron Humphreys, Leo Hjelde, Conor Coventry, Hakeem Odoffin, Tariqe Fosu-Henry, Chiedozie Ogbene, Jordan Hugill, Shane Ferguson