Rotherham United 5-2 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 May 2024
Result
Rotherham United 5-2 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 4 May 2024, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Rotherham United 5-2 Cardiff City: match report
Rotherham United won against Cardiff City 5-2 in the Championship on Saturday 4 May 2024. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Jordan Hugill opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Jordan Hugill (25'), Tom Eaves (45+2'), Tom Eaves (57', penalty), Sam Nombe (63') and Jordan Hugill (69'). Cardiff City scored through N. Phillips (38') and O. Tanner (47').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 24th on 24 points from 45 and Cardiff City 12th on 62 points from 45. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 27 points, and Cardiff City 12th with 62.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Eaves of Rotherham United (8.7), ahead of Jordan Hugill (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 2 draws and 7 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Jordan Hugill
- 38'Goal · N. Phillips
- 45+2'Goal · Tom Eaves
- 47'Goal · O. Tanner
- 57'Penalty goal · Tom Eaves
- 60'Yellow card · Arvin Appiah
- 63'Goal · Sam Nombe
- 69'Goal · Jordan Hugill
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-3-1-2)
Dillon Phillips, Sebastian Revan, Lee Peltier, Cameron Humphreys, Cohen Bramall, Sam Nombe, Hakeem Odoffin, Oliver Rathbone, Arvin Appiah, Jordan Hugill, Tom Eaves
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ethan Horvath, Mahlon Romeo, Nat Phillips, Dimitrios Goutas, Ollie Tanner, Manolis Siopis, Ryan Wintle, Josh Bowler, David Turnbull, Cian Ashford, Famara Diédhiou