Rotherham United 1-2 Norwich City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 16 March 2019
Result
Rotherham United 1-2 Norwich City
Championship · Saturday 16 March 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Rotherham United 1-2 Norwich City: match report
Rotherham United lost to Norwich City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 16 March 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.
Kenny McLean opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Rotherham United's goal came from Semi Ajayi (52'). Norwich City scored through Kenny McLean (45') and B. Godfrey (57').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards; Norwich City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 22nd on 36 points from 37 and Norwich City 1st on 75 points from 37. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 22nd with 40 points, and Norwich City 1st with 94.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kenny McLean of Norwich City (8.3), ahead of Ben Godfrey (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 2 draws and 2 for Norwich City.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Michael Ihiekwe
- 29'Yellow card · Billy Jones
- 45'Goal · Kenny McLean
- 52'Goal · Semi Ajayi
- 57'Goal · B. Godfrey
- 64'Yellow card · M. Stiepermann
- 88'Yellow card · M. Aarons
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Marek Rodák, Zak Vyner, Michael Ihiekwe, Richard Wood, Billy Jones, Semi Ajayi, A. Forde, Ben Wiles, Matt Crooks, Joe Newell, Michael Smith
Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tim Krul, Max Aarons, Christoph Zimmermann, Ben Godfrey, Jamal Lewis, Tom Trybull, Kenny McLean, Emiliano Buendía, Marco Stiepermann, Onel Hernández, Teemu Pukki