Peterborough United 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report

League One · Saturday 25 January 2020

Result

Peterborough United 2-1 Rotherham United

League One · Saturday 25 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Peterborough United 2-1 Rotherham United: match report

Peterborough United won against Rotherham United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 25 January 2020. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Ivan Toney opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Peterborough United's goals came from Ivan Toney (2') and S. Szmodics (22'). Rotherham United scored through Michael Ihiekwe (35').

Discipline: Peterborough United received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 8th on 40 points from 27 and Rotherham United 1st on 47 points from 26. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 7th with 59 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 62.

Peterborough United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ivan Toney of Peterborough United (7.8), level with Siriki Dembélé (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Peterborough United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Rotherham United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Ivan ToneyPeterborough United · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · S. SzmodicsPeterborough United · 2-0
  • 35'Goal · Michael IhiekweRotherham United · 2-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Ben WilesRotherham United
  • 64'Yellow card · S. SzmodicsPeterborough United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Peterborough United 4, draws 1, Rotherham United 3.

Team news

Peterborough United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Christy Pym, Nathan Thompson, Mark Beevers, Frankie Kent, Joe Ward, Jack Taylor, Reece Brown, Dan Butler, Sammie Szmodics, Ivan Toney, Siriki Dembélé

Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)

Daniel Iversen, Matthew Olosunde, Michael Ihiekwe, Richard Wood, Joe Mattock, Chiedozie Ogbene, Ben Wiles, Dan Barlaser, Hakeeb Adelakun, Freddie Ladapo, Michael Smith