Rotherham United 1-2 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 24 September 2016
Result
Rotherham United 1-2 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 24 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rotherham United 1-2 Cardiff City: match report
Rotherham United lost to Cardiff City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 24 September 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
Isaiah Brown opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Rotherham United's goal came from Isaiah Brown (60'). Cardiff City scored through Rickie Lambert (73') and Rickie Lambert (79').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 22nd on 6 points from 8 and Cardiff City 20th on 7 points from 8. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 23 points, and Cardiff City 11th with 64.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rickie Lambert of Cardiff City (8.9), ahead of Sean Morrison (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 2 draws and 1 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Stuart O'Keefe
- 60'Goal · Isaiah Brown
- 69'Yellow card · Matthew Connolly
- 73'Goal · Rickie Lambert
- 79'Goal · Rickie Lambert
- 81'Yellow card · Greg Halford
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Lee Camp, Darnell Fisher, Dael Fry, Kelvin Wilson, Joe Mattock, Jon Taylor, Lee Frecklington, Greg Halford, Joe Newell, Isaiah Brown, Daniel Ward
Cardiff City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Ben Amos, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Matthew Connolly, Jazz Richards, Stuart O'Keefe, Craig Noone, Lex Immers, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Rickie Lambert