Rotherham United 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 February 2017

Result

Rotherham United 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 11 February 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rotherham United 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Rotherham United drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 11 February 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Jon Taylor opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Rotherham United's goal came from Jon Taylor (47'). Blackburn Rovers scored through an own goal by Stephen Kelly (85').

Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 24th on 16 points from 30 and Blackburn Rovers 22nd on 28 points from 29. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 23 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 51.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Semi Ajayi of Rotherham United (7.8), level with Tom Adeyemi (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 0 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Yellow card · Stephen KellyRotherham United
  • 47'Goal · Jon TaylorRotherham United · 1-0
  • 85'Own goal · Stephen KellyBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 88'Yellow card · C. MahoneyBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Rotherham United 1, draws 0, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

Rotherham United line-up (4-1-4-1)

Richard O'Donnell, Stephen Kelly, Semi Ajayi, Richard Wood, Ben Purrington, Richard Smallwood, Jon Taylor, Tom Adeyemi, Joe Newell, A. Forde, Daniel Ward

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Jason Steele, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Derrick Williams, Liam Feeney, Jason Lowe, Elliott Bennett, Craig Conway, Sam Gallagher, Danny Graham