Rotherham United 3-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 18 January 2020
Result
Rotherham United 3-0 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 18 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rotherham United 3-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Rotherham United beat Bristol Rovers 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 18 January 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.
Kyle Vassell opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Kyle Vassell (51'), Michael Smith (53') and Chiedozie Ogbene (88'). Bristol Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 1st on 44 points from 25 and Bristol Rovers 12th on 36 points from 24. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 4th with 62 points, and Bristol Rovers 14th with 45.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Chiedozie Ogbene of Rotherham United (8.7), ahead of Michael Smith (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rotherham United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Matt Crooks
- 51'Goal · Kyle Vassell
- 53'Goal · Michael Smith
- 88'Goal · Chiedozie Ogbene
- 90+1'Yellow card · Luke Leahy
- 90+4'Yellow card · Alex Rodman
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)
Daniel Iversen, Matthew Olosunde, Michael Ihiekwe, Richard Wood, Ben Wiles, Chiedozie Ogbene, Matt Crooks, Dan Barlaser, Hakeeb Adelakun, Michael Smith, K. Vassell
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jordi van Stappershoef, Rollin Menayese, Tony Craig, Alfie Kilgour, Alex Rodman, Edward Upson, Joshua Barrett, Liam Sercombe, Luke Leahy, Gavin Reilly, Jonson Clarke-Harris