Rotherham United 5-1 Oldham Athletic: result and report
League One · Saturday 23 September 2017
Result
Rotherham United 5-1 Oldham Athletic
League One · Saturday 23 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Rotherham United 5-1 Oldham Athletic: match report
Rotherham United won against Oldham Athletic 5-1 in the League One on Saturday 23 September 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Michael Ihiekwe opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Michael Ihiekwe (8'), Kieffer Moore (73'), Kieffer Moore (78'), Anthony Forde (87') and Jerry Yates (89'). Oldham Athletic scored through Craig Davies (21').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Oldham Athletic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 10th on 12 points from 8 and Oldham Athletic 24th on 4 points from 8. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 4th with 84 points, and Oldham Athletic 21st with 50.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-5-1 and Oldham Athletic in a 3-5-2.
Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read L-W-W-W-L and Oldham Athletic's L-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Michael Ihiekwe
- 21'Goal · Craig Davies
- 31'Yellow card · Jon Taylor
- 32'Yellow card · Dan Gardner
- 45'Yellow card · George Edmundson
- 68'Yellow card · G. Nepomuceno
- 73'Goal · Kieffer Moore
- 78'Goal · Kieffer Moore
- 87'Goal · Anthony Forde
- 89'Goal · Jerry Yates
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-5-1)
Marek Rodák, Richard Wood, Ben Purrington, Michael Ihiekwe, Will Vaulks, Lee Frecklington, Jon Taylor, Darren Potter, Richie Towell, Ryan Williams, Kieffer Moore
Oldham Athletic line-up (3-5-2)
John Robert Ruddy, Anthony Gerrard, Ryan McLaughlin, George Edmundson, Peter Clarke, Kean Bryan, Dan Gardner, G. Nepomuceno, Jack Byrne, Craig Davies, Tope Obadeyi