Huddersfield Town 2-0 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Thursday 29 December 2022

Result

Huddersfield Town 2-0 Rotherham United

Championship · Thursday 29 December 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Huddersfield Town · Rotherham United · Championship predictions

Huddersfield Town 2-0 Rotherham United: match report

Huddersfield Town defeated Rotherham United 2-0 in the Championship on Thursday 29 December 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Duane Holmes opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Huddersfield Town's goals came from Duane Holmes (31') and Jordan Rhodes (56'). Rotherham United did not score.

Discipline: Huddersfield Town received 3 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 24th on 22 points from 23 and Rotherham United 19th on 27 points from 24. Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Rotherham United 19th with 50.

Huddersfield Town lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Rotherham United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Duane Holmes of Huddersfield Town (7.7), ahead of Tom Lees (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Huddersfield Town wins, 4 draws and 2 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Jack RudoniHuddersfield Town
  • 31'Goal · Duane HolmesHuddersfield Town · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Cohen BramallRotherham United
  • 42'Yellow card · Wes HardingRotherham United
  • 43'Yellow card · Jonathan HoggHuddersfield Town
  • 56'Goal · Jordan RhodesHuddersfield Town · 2-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Will BoyleHuddersfield Town

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Huddersfield Town 3, draws 4, Rotherham United 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Sean MorrisonRotherham United · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
  • Yuta NakayamaHuddersfield Town · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

Huddersfield Town line-up (3-4-2-1)

Lee Nicholls, Tom Lees, Michal Helik, Will Boyle, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Jonathan Hogg, David Kasumu, Josh Ruffels, Jack Rudoni, Duane Holmes, J. Rhodes

Rotherham United line-up (3-5-2)

Viktor Johansson, Wes Harding, Cameron Humphreys, Jamie McCart, Dan Barlaser, Peter Kioso, Jamie Lindsay, Oliver Rathbone, Cohen Bramall, Chiedozie Ogbene, Tom Eaves