Rotherham United 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 December 2015

Result

Rotherham United 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 5 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Rotherham United 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Rotherham United lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 5 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-2.

James Henry opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Rotherham United's goal came from Joe Newell (18'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through James Henry (5') and D. Batth (44').

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

Going into the game Rotherham United were 23rd on 15 points from 18 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 15th on 21 points from 18. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 13th with 58.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kirk Broadfoot of Rotherham United (7.2), ahead of Harry Toffolo (7.0).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · James HenryWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 18'Goal · Joe NewellRotherham United · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · D. BatthWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Kevin McDonaldWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Rotherham United 1, draws 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Kortney HauseWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • Nouha DickoWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)

Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)

Lee Camp, Lewis Buxton, Kirk Broadfoot, Danny Collins, Harry Toffolo, Grant Ward, Lee Frecklington, Richard Smallwood, Joe Newell, Daniel Ward, Jonson Clarke-Harris

Wolverhampton Wanderers expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Carl Ikeme, Richard Stearman, Danny Batth, Dominic Iorfa, K. McDonald, Dave Edwards, Bakary Sako, Benik Afobe