Rotherham United 1-2 Leicester City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 August 2023
Result
Rotherham United 1-2 Leicester City
Championship · Saturday 26 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Rotherham United · Leicester City · Championship predictions
Rotherham United 1-2 Leicester City: match report
Rotherham United lost to Leicester City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 26 August 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.
Kasey McAteer opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Rotherham United's goal came from Fred Onyedinma (53'). Leicester City scored through Kasey McAteer (12') and Kasey McAteer (84').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 22nd on 1 point from 3 and Leicester City 2nd on 9 points from 3. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 27 points, and Leicester City 1st with 97.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kasey McAteer of Leicester City (9.1), ahead of Fred Onyedinma (8.1).
Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read L-D-L and Leicester City's W-W-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Kasey McAteer
- 53'Goal · Fred Onyedinma
- 84'Goal · Kasey McAteer
- 87'Yellow card · Oliver Rathbone
- 89'Yellow card · Stephy Mavididi
- 90'Yellow card · Cameron Humphreys
- 90+3'Yellow card · Mads Hermansen
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)
Viktor Johansson, Dexter Lembikisa, Cameron Humphreys, Tyler Blackett, Cohen Bramall, Oliver Rathbone, Christ Tiéhi, Cafú, Andre Green, Jordan Hugill, Fred Onyedinma
Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)
Mads Hermansen, Ricardo Pereira, Wout Felix Lina Faes, Jannik Vestergaard, Callum Doyle, Wilfred Ndidi, Harry Winks, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Kasey McAteer, Kelechi Iheanacho, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi