Rotherham United 2-0 Hull City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 19 December 2015
Result
Rotherham United 2-0 Hull City
Championship · Saturday 19 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Rotherham United 2-0 Hull City: match report
Rotherham United defeated Hull City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 19 December 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lee Frecklington opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Lee Frecklington (28', penalty) and Joe Newell (57'). Hull City did not score.
Discipline: Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards; Hull City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 23rd on 15 points from 21 and Hull City 4th on 41 points from 21. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Hull City 3rd with 89.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Hull City in a 3-5-2.
Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read L-L-L-W-W and Hull City's W-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Stefano Ceci
- 28'Penalty goal · Lee Frecklington
- 41'Yellow card · Curtis Davies
- 57'Goal · Joe Newell
- 70'Yellow card · Luke Hyam
Team news
Rotherham United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Kirk Broadfoot, Joe Skarz, Craig Morgan, Danny Collins, Lee Frecklington, Ben Pringle, Richard Smallwood, Paul Taylor, A. Revell
Hull City expected line-up (3-5-2)
Steve Harper, Michael Dawson, Paul McShane, James Chester, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, S. Quinn, Tom Huddlestone, Robbie Brady, Jake Livermore, Dame N'Doye