Rotherham United 2-1 Leeds United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 2 April 2016
Result
Rotherham United 2-1 Leeds United
Championship · Saturday 2 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Rotherham United 2-1 Leeds United: match report
Rotherham United defeated Leeds United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 April 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Lee Frecklington opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Lee Frecklington (27') and Greg Halford (90', penalty). Leeds United scored through Luke Murphy (79').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Leeds United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 20th on 39 points from 38 and Leeds United 17th on 45 points from 37. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Leeds United 14th with 57.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leeds United in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rotherham United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Leeds United.
Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Leeds United's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Lee Frecklington
- 44'Yellow card · Leon Best
- 57'Yellow card · Liam Bridcutt
- 61'Red card · Matt Derbyshire
- 68'Yellow card · Giuseppe Bellusci
- 79'Goal · Luke Murphy
- 89'Red card · Marco Silvestri
- 90'Penalty goal · Greg Halford
Head-to-head
Team news
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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
Leeds United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Marco Silvestri, Sam Byram, Sol Bamba, Liam Cooper, Charlie Taylor, Gaetano Berardi, Alex Mowatt, Lewis Cook