Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 8 October 2022
Result
Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Rotherham United
Championship · Saturday 8 October 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Rotherham United: match report
Blackburn Rovers defeated Rotherham United 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 8 October 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.
B. Brereton opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from B. Brereton (21', penalty), B. Brereton (63') and S. Szmodics (75'). Rotherham United did not score.
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 7th on 18 points from 12 and Rotherham United 13th on 15 points from 11. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 69 points, and Rotherham United 19th with 50.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Rotherham United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tyler Morton of Blackburn Rovers (8.4), level with Ben Brereton Díaz (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 2 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Grant Hall
- 21'Penalty goal · B. Brereton
- 55'Yellow card · Oliver Rathbone
- 63'Goal · B. Brereton
- 75'Goal · S. Szmodics
- 90+1'Yellow card · Dan Barlaser
Head-to-head
Team news
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Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Thomas Kaminski, Dominic Hyam, Yuki Takahashi, Scott Wharton, Ryan Hedges, Lewis Travis, Tyler Morton, Harry Pickering, Sammie Szmodics, Sam Gallagher, Ben Brereton Díaz
Rotherham United line-up (3-5-2)
Viktor Johansson, Wes Harding, Grant Hall, Lee Peltier, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Ben Wiles, Dan Barlaser, Oliver Rathbone, Cohen Bramall, Tom Eaves, Chiedozie Ogbene