Sunderland 2-1 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 19 August 2023
Result
Sunderland 2-1 Rotherham United
Championship · Saturday 19 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sunderland 2-1 Rotherham United: match report
Sunderland won against Rotherham United 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 19 August 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Hakeem Odofin opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Jobe Bellingham (22') and Jobe Bellingham (52'). Rotherham United scored through Hakeem Odofin (20').
Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 21st on 0 points from 2 and Rotherham United 20th on 1 point from 2. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 27.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jobe Bellingham of Sunderland (8.0), ahead of Dan Neil (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Dennis Cirkin
- 20'Goal · Hakeem Odofin
- 22'Goal · Jobe Bellingham
- 33'Yellow card · Cohen Bramall
- 52'Goal · Jobe Bellingham
- 69'Yellow card · Jobe Bellingham
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anthony Patterson, Trai Hume, Dan Ballard, Luke O'Nien, Dennis Cirkin, Dan Neil, Pierre Ekwah, Patrick Roberts, Jobe Bellingham, Jack Clarke, Bradley Dack
Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)
Viktor Johansson, Dexter Lembikisa, Cameron Humphreys, Tyler Blackett, Cohen Bramall, Oliver Rathbone, Christ Tiéhi, Cafú, Hakeem Odoffin, Jordan Hugill, Andre Green