Rotherham United 1-2 Burton Albion: result and report
Championship · Thursday 29 December 2016
Result
Rotherham United 1-2 Burton Albion
Championship · Thursday 29 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Rotherham United 1-2 Burton Albion: match report
Rotherham United lost to Burton Albion 1-2 in the Championship on Thursday 29 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-2.
Chris O'Grady opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Rotherham United's goal came from Tom Adeyemi (45+4'). Burton Albion scored through Chris O'Grady (36') and Jackson Irvine (41').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 24th on 13 points from 23 and Burton Albion 21st on 23 points from 23. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 23 points, and Burton Albion 18th with 53.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burton Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jon McLaughlin of Burton Albion (7.8), level with Jackson Irvine (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rotherham United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Burton Albion.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzean
- 33'Yellow card · Lee Frecklington
- 36'Goal · Chris O'Grady
- 41'Goal · Jackson Irvine
- 45+4'Goal · Tom Adeyemi
- 75'Yellow card · Matt Palmer
- 77'Yellow card · Damien McCrory
- 88'Yellow card · Danny Ward
- 90+2'Yellow card · Shaun Barker
- 90+2'Yellow card · Shaun Barker
- 90+6'Yellow card · Darnell Fisher
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)
Lewis Price, Darnell Fisher, Richard Wood, Aymen Belaïd, Joe Mattock, A. Forde, Tom Adeyemi, Lee Frecklington, Joe Newell, Isaiah Brown, Daniel Ward
Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Jon McLaughlin, John Mousinho, Kyle McFadzean, Damien McCrory, John Brayford, Tom Naylor, Matt Palmer, Jackson Irvine, Lloyd Dyer, Lucas Akins, Chris O'Grady