Rotherham United 2-0 Bradford City: result and report

League One · Tuesday 23 January 2018

Result

Rotherham United 2-0 Bradford City

League One · Tuesday 23 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rotherham United 2-0 Bradford City: match report

Rotherham United beat Bradford City 2-0 in the League One on Tuesday 23 January 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Michael Smith opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Michael Smith (22') and Joe Newell (57'). Bradford City did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 7th on 44 points from 28 and Bradford City 5th on 48 points from 28. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 4th with 84 points, and Bradford City 11th with 63.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bradford City in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rotherham United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bradford City.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Michael SmithRotherham United · 1-0
  • 57'Goal · Joe NewellRotherham United · 2-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Rotherham United 0, draws 0, Bradford City 1.

Team news

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

Marek Rodák, Joe Mattock, Semi Ajayi, Richard Wood, A. Forde, Josh Emmanuel, Will Vaulks, Richie Towell, Joe Newell, David Ball, Michael Smith

Bradford City line-up (4-3-1-2)

Rouven Sattelmaier, Matthew Kilgallon, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Tyrell Robinson, Jake Reeves, Romain Vincelot, Nicky Law, T. Dieng, Callum Anthony Guy, Charlie Wyke, Paul Taylor