Rotherham United 0-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 March 2017
Result
Rotherham United 0-2 Aston Villa
Championship · Saturday 4 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rotherham United 0-2 Aston Villa: match report
Rotherham United were beaten by Aston Villa 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 4 March 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Rotherham United did not score. Aston Villa scored through an own goal by Will Vaulks (68') and J. Kodjia (87').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 24th on 17 points from 34 and Aston Villa 15th on 42 points from 34. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 23 points, and Aston Villa 13th with 62.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonathan Kodjia of Aston Villa (8.0), ahead of Nathan Baker (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rotherham United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Aston Villa's W-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 49'Yellow card · Lee Frecklington
- 49'Yellow card · Lee Frecklington
- 62'Yellow card · A. Belaïd
- 68'Own goal · Will Vaulks
- 87'Goal · J. Kodjia
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)
Lewis Price, Stephen Kelly, Semi Ajayi, Aymen Belaïd, Ben Purrington, A. Forde, Tom Adeyemi, Will Vaulks, Jon Taylor, Jerry Yates, Daniel Ward
Aston Villa line-up (4-1-4-1)
Sam Johnstone, Alan Hutton, James Chester, Nathan Baker, Neil Taylor, Mile Jedinak, Albert Adomah, Henri Lansbury, C. Hourihane, Birkir Bjarnason, Jonathan Kodjia