Rotherham United 1-1 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Friday 29 December 2023

Result

Rotherham United 1-1 Sunderland

Championship · Friday 29 December 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Rotherham United · Sunderland · Championship predictions

Rotherham United 1-1 Sunderland: match report

Rotherham United drew with Sunderland 1-1 in the Championship on Friday 29 December 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Sam Clucas opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Rotherham United's goal came from Sam Clucas (48'). Sunderland scored through Jack Clarke (73').

Discipline: Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 24th on 16 points from 24 and Sunderland 6th on 36 points from 24. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 27 points, and Sunderland 16th with 56.

Rotherham United lined up in a 5-3-2 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Clarke of Sunderland (8.5), ahead of Luke O'Nien (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 0 draws and 2 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Sunderland's W-L-L-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Yellow card · Jobe BellinghamSunderland
  • 48'Goal · Sam ClucasRotherham United · 1-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Sam NombeRotherham United
  • 73'Goal · Jack ClarkeSunderland · 1-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · CafúRotherham United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Rotherham United 1, draws 0, Sunderland 2.

Team news

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Rotherham United line-up (5-3-2)

Viktor Johansson, Dexter Lembikisa, Hakeem Odoffin, Sean Morrison, Sebastian Revan, Cohen Bramall, Jamie Lindsay, Christ Tiéhi, Sam Clucas, Jordan Hugill, Sam Nombe

Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Anthony Patterson, Jenson Seelt, Luke O'Nien, Dan Ballard, Trai Hume, Pierre Ekwah, Dan Neil, Patrick Roberts, Jobe Bellingham, Jack Clarke, Adil Aouchiche