Rotherham United 3-0 Blackpool: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 14 September 2022

Result

Rotherham United 3-0 Blackpool

Championship · Wednesday 14 September 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Rotherham United · Blackpool · Championship predictions

Rotherham United 3-0 Blackpool: match report

Rotherham United beat Blackpool 3-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 14 September 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Chiedozie Ogbene opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Chiedozie Ogbene (34'), Wes Harding (82') and Georgie Kelly (85'). Blackpool did not score.

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

Going into the game Rotherham United were 16th on 10 points from 7 and Blackpool 13th on 11 points from 8. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 19th with 50 points, and Blackpool 24th with 44.

Rotherham United lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Blackpool in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Wes Harding of Rotherham United (8.1), level with Chiedozie Ogbene (8.1).

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

Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read D-L-W-D-D and Blackpool's W-L-D-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Chiedozie OgbeneRotherham United · 1-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Oliver RathboneRotherham United
  • 80'Yellow card · Jordan ThornileyBlackpool
  • 82'Goal · Wes HardingRotherham United · 2-0
  • 85'Goal · Georgie KellyRotherham United · 3-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Sean MorrisonRotherham United · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
  • Keshi AndersonBlackpool · injury (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury)
  • Grant WardBlackpool · injury (Achilles tendon problems)

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

Viktor Johansson, Grant Hall, Richard Wood, Wes Harding, Dan Barlaser, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Oliver Rathbone, Ben Wiles, Cohen Bramall, Chiedozie Ogbene, Conor Washington

Blackpool line-up (3-4-3)

Daniel Grimshaw, Marvin Ekpiteta, Rhys Williams, Jordan Thorniley, Jordan Gabriel, Kenny Dougall, Callum Connolly, Dominic Thompson, Ian Poveda, Jerry Yates, Theo Corbeanu