Rotherham United 5-1 Walsall: result and report

League One · Tuesday 12 September 2017

Result

Rotherham United 5-1 Walsall

League One · Tuesday 12 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Rotherham United 5-1 Walsall: match report

Rotherham United won against Walsall 5-1 in the League One on Tuesday 12 September 2017. The half-time score was 4-0.

Lee Frecklington opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from Lee Frecklington (13'), Jon Taylor (16'), Jon Taylor (24'), Lee Frecklington (31') and Lee Frecklington (88'). Walsall scored through Amadou Bakayoko (49').

Discipline: Rotherham United received no yellow cards; Walsall received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 11th on 9 points from 6 and Walsall 13th on 8 points from 6. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 4th with 84 points, and Walsall 19th with 52.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-5-1 and Walsall in a 4-2-3-1.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Lee FrecklingtonRotherham United · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Jon TaylorRotherham United · 2-0
  • 24'Goal · Jon TaylorRotherham United · 3-0
  • 31'Goal · Lee FrecklingtonRotherham United · 4-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Amadou BakayokoWalsall
  • 49'Goal · Amadou BakayokoWalsall · 4-1
  • 88'Goal · Lee FrecklingtonRotherham United · 5-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Rotherham United 0, draws 2, Walsall 0.

Team news

Rotherham United line-up (4-5-1)

Marek Rodák, Joe Mattock, Richard Wood, Michael Ihiekwe, Will Vaulks, Lee Frecklington, Jon Taylor, Darren Potter, Richie Towell, Ryan Williams, Kieffer Moore

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

Mark Gillespie, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, James Wilson, Shaun Donnellan, Joe Edwards, Luke Leahy, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, Tyler Roberts, Amadou Bakayoko