Rotherham United 2-1 Norwich City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 2 September 2023
Result
Rotherham United 2-1 Norwich City
Championship · Saturday 2 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Rotherham United 2-1 Norwich City: match report
Rotherham United beat Norwich City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 September 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Dexter Lembikisa opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Dexter Lembikisa (22') and Jordan Hugill (40'). Norwich City scored through Christian Fassnacht (50').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards; Norwich City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 21st on 1 point from 4 and Norwich City 3rd on 10 points from 4. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 27 points, and Norwich City 6th with 74.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Norwich City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gabriel Sara of Norwich City (8.5), ahead of Cafú (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 3 draws and 6 for Norwich City.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Dexter Lembikisa
- 36'Yellow card · Jordan Hugill
- 40'Goal · Jordan Hugill
- 43'Yellow card · Jack Stacey
- 45+1'Yellow card · Oliver Rathbone
- 50'Goal · Christian Fassnacht
Head-to-head
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
Norwich City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Angus Gunn, Jack Stacey, Shane Duffy, Ben Gibson, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Kenny McLean, Gabriel Sara, Christian Fassnacht, Ashley Barnes, Jonathan Rowe, Adam Idah