Rotherham United 3-1 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Saturday 11 December 2021

Result

Rotherham United 3-1 Burton Albion

League One · Saturday 11 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rotherham United 3-1 Burton Albion: match report

Rotherham United defeated Burton Albion 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 11 December 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Freddie Ladapo opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Freddie Ladapo (23'), Freddie Ladapo (48') and Dan Barlaser (84'). Burton Albion scored through Kane Hemmings (44').

Discipline: Rotherham United received no yellow cards; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 1st on 41 points from 20 and Burton Albion 10th on 28 points from 21. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Burton Albion 16th with 53.

Rotherham United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Burton Albion in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dan Barlaser of Rotherham United (8.8), ahead of Freddie Ladapo (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Rotherham United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Burton Albion.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Freddie LadapoRotherham United · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Kane HemmingsBurton Albion · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Freddie LadapoRotherham United · 2-1
  • 84'Goal · Dan BarlaserRotherham United · 3-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Cameron Borthwick-JacksonBurton Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rotherham United 4, draws 2, Burton Albion 4.

Team news

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Rotherham United line-up (3-5-2)

Viktor Johansson, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Richard Wood, Michael Ihiekwe, Kieran Sadlier, Dan Barlaser, Ben Wiles, Oliver Rathbone, Shane Ferguson, Freddie Ladapo, Michael Smith

Burton Albion line-up (3-4-2-1)

Ben Garratt, Conor Shaughnessy, Ryan Leak, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Lucas Akins, Terry Taylor, Deji Oshilaja, Tom Hamer, Charlie Lakin, Harry Chapman, Kane Hemmings