Rotherham United 2-1 Brentford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 27 February 2016

Result

Rotherham United 2-1 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 27 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Rotherham United · Brentford · Championship predictions

Rotherham United 2-1 Brentford: match report

Rotherham United won against Brentford 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 27 February 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Matt Derbyshire opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Matt Derbyshire (29') and Danny Ward (71'). Brentford scored through Petr Badlo (43').

Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 22nd on 26 points from 33 and Brentford 12th on 43 points from 33. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Brentford 9th with 65.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brentford in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rotherham United wins, 0 draws and 3 for Brentford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Matt DerbyshireRotherham United · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Matt DerbyshireRotherham United
  • 43'Missed penalty · Petr BadloBrentford
  • 43'Goal · Petr BadloBrentford · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Josh McEachranBrentford
  • 71'Goal · Danny WardRotherham United · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Jake BidwellBrentford

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Rotherham United 0, draws 0, Brentford 3.

Team news

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

Kirk Broadfoot, Joe Skarz, Craig Morgan, Danny Collins, Lee Frecklington, Ben Pringle, Richard Smallwood, Paul Taylor, A. Revell

Brentford expected line-up (4-4-2)

David Button, Moses Odubajo, James Tarkowski, Harlee Dean, Alan Judge, Alex Pritchard, Jake Bidwell, Jonathan Douglas, Toumani Diagouraga, Jota Peleteiro, Andre Gray