Rotherham United 2-1 Preston North End: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 1 January 2019
Result
Rotherham United 2-1 Preston North End
Championship · Tuesday 1 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Rotherham United 2-1 Preston North End: match report
Rotherham United defeated Preston North End 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 1 January 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Will Vaulks opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Will Vaulks (45+1') and Michael Smith (76'). Preston North End scored through Lukas Nmecha (78').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 5 yellow cards; Preston North End received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 22nd on 22 points from 25 and Preston North End 17th on 29 points from 25. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 22nd with 40 points, and Preston North End 15th with 61.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lukas Nmecha of Preston North End (8.1), ahead of Michael Smith (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rotherham United wins, 3 draws and 2 for Preston North End.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Matt Palmer
- 29'Yellow card · Sean Raggett
- 31'Yellow card · Ryan Ledson
- 45+1'Goal · Will Vaulks
- 74'Yellow card · Will Vaulks
- 76'Goal · Michael Smith
- 78'Goal · Lukas Nmecha
- 82'Yellow card · Ben Wiles
- 83'Yellow card · Michael Smith
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Marek Rodák, Semi Ajayi, Sean Raggett, Richard Wood, Joe Mattock, Jon Taylor, Will Vaulks, Matt Palmer, Ryan Williams, Ben Wiles, Michael Smith
Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)
Declan Rudd, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, Jordan Storey, Andrew Hughes, Ryan Ledson, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, Graham Burke, Paul Gallagher, Lukas Nmecha