Rotherham United 2-1 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 19 September 2015
Result
Rotherham United 2-1 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 19 September 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Rotherham United 2-1 Cardiff City: match report
Rotherham United won against Cardiff City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 19 September 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (43', penalty) and an own goal by Matthew Connolly (90+3'). Cardiff City scored through Peter Whittingham (45+4', penalty).
Discipline: Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 24th on 2 points from 7 and Cardiff City 6th on 12 points from 7. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Cardiff City 8th with 68.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rotherham United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Cardiff City.
Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Cardiff City's L-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Joe Mattock
- 18'Yellow card · Sammy Ameobi
- 23'Yellow card · Peter Whittingham
- 41'Red card · David Marshall
- 43'Penalty goal · Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe
- 45+4'Penalty goal · Peter Whittingham
- 45+4'Yellow card · Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe
- 90+3'Own goal · Matthew Connolly
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Adam Collin, Joe Skarz, Kirk Broadfoot, Craig Morgan, Frazer Richardson, Paul Green, Lee Frecklington, Ben Pringle, Richard Smallwood, A. Revell, Paul Taylor
Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Txiki Acaz, Sean Morrison, Fábio, John Brayford, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Anthony Pilkington, Kenwyne Jones