Rotherham United 2-1 Blackpool: result and report

League One · Wednesday 1 January 2020

Result

Rotherham United 2-1 Blackpool

League One · Wednesday 1 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rotherham United 2-1 Blackpool: match report

Rotherham United won against Blackpool 2-1 in the League One on Wednesday 1 January 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.

Michael Smith opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Michael Smith (21') and Dan Barlaser (85'). Blackpool scored through A. Gnanduillet (34').

Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Blackpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 3rd on 38 points from 23 and Blackpool 10th on 34 points from 23. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 4th with 62 points, and Blackpool 13th with 45.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackpool in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dan Barlaser of Rotherham United (8.5), ahead of Michael Smith (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Rotherham United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Blackpool.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Michael SmithRotherham United · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · A. GnanduilletBlackpool · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Matty VirtueBlackpool
  • 84'Yellow card · J. SpearingBlackpool
  • 85'Goal · Dan BarlaserRotherham United · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Matt CrooksRotherham United
  • 90+3'Yellow card · James HusbandBlackpool

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Rotherham United 5, draws 2, Blackpool 0.

Team news

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

Daniel Iversen, Adam Thompson, Michael Ihiekwe, Richard Wood, Matthew Olosunde, Chiedozie Ogbene, Matt Crooks, Dan Barlaser, Ben Wiles, Michael Smith, Freddie Ladapo

Blackpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mark Howard, Ollie Turton, Ben Heneghan, Ryan Edwards, James Husband, Jay Spearing, Matty Virtue, Nathan Delfouneso, Jordan Thompson, Sullay Kaikai, Armand Gnanduillet