Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 3 March 2021
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Rotherham United
Championship · Wednesday 3 March 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Rotherham United: match report
Sheffield Wednesday lost to Rotherham United 1-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 3 March 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.
Michael Smith opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goal came from an own goal by Matthew Olosunde (82'). Rotherham United scored through Michael Smith (17') and Freddie Ladapo (90+7').
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 22nd on 34 points from 32 and Rotherham United 23rd on 29 points from 31. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 42.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Barry Bannan of Sheffield Wednesday (8.0), ahead of Viktor Johansson (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 3 draws and 2 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Michael Smith
- 66'Red card · Michael Smith
- 82'Own goal · Matthew Olosunde
- 90+5'Yellow card · K. Harris
- 90+7'Goal · Freddie Ladapo
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-1-1)
Joe Wildsmith, Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Julian Börner, Matt Penney, Adam Reach, Sam Hutchinson, Liam Shaw, Josh Windass, Barry Bannan, Callum Paterson
Rotherham United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Viktor Johansson, Matthew Olosunde, Wes Harding, A. MacDonald, Ben Wiles, Dan Barlaser, Florian Jozefzoon, Lewis Wing, Matt Crooks, Ryan Giles, Michael Smith