Huddersfield Town 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report

Carabao Cup · Wednesday 23 August 2017

Result

Huddersfield Town 2-1 Rotherham United

Carabao Cup · Wednesday 23 August 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Huddersfield Town 2-1 Rotherham United: match report

Huddersfield Town won against Rotherham United 2-1 in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday 23 August 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Semi Ajayi opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Huddersfield Town's goals came from Philip Billing (52', penalty) and Joe Lolley (54'). Rotherham United scored through Semi Ajayi (1').

Discipline: Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Huddersfield Town wins, 3 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Semi AjayiRotherham United · 0-1
  • 52'Penalty goal · Philip BillingHuddersfield Town · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Joe LolleyHuddersfield Town · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Michael HefeleHuddersfield Town
  • 89'Yellow card · Ben PurringtonRotherham United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Huddersfield Town 6, draws 3, Rotherham United 1.

Team news

Huddersfield Town line-up

Joel Coleman, Christopher Schindler, Michael Hefele, Scott Malone, Dean Whitehead, Danny Williams, Jordan Williams, Kasey Palmer, Joe Lolley, Laurent Depoitre, Collin Quaner

Rotherham United line-up

Richard O'Donnell, Semi Ajayi, Richard Wood, A. Forde, Ben Purrington, Shaun Cummings, Will Vaulks, Jon Taylor, Dominic Ball, Jamie Proctor, David Ball