Swansea City 4-3 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Friday 19 April 2019
Result
Swansea City 4-3 Rotherham United
Championship · Friday 19 April 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Swansea City 4-3 Rotherham United: match report
Swansea City won against Rotherham United 4-3 in the Championship on Friday 19 April 2019. The half-time score was 1-2.
Michael Ihiekwe opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Swansea City's goals came from Oliver McBurnie (36'), Barrie McKay (50'), George Byers (69') and Oliver McBurnie (79'). Rotherham United scored through Michael Ihiekwe (10'), Matt Crooks (38') and Will Vaulks (83').
Discipline: Swansea City received no yellow cards; Rotherham United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Swansea City were 13th on 56 points from 41 and Rotherham United 22nd on 40 points from 42. Swansea City went on to finish that season 10th with 65 points, and Rotherham United 22nd with 40.
Swansea City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oli McBurnie of Swansea City (8.8), ahead of Matt Grimes (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Swansea City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Michael Ihiekwe
- 13'Yellow card · Semi Ajayi
- 36'Goal · Oliver McBurnie
- 38'Goal · Matt Crooks
- 50'Goal · Barrie McKay
- 69'Goal · George Byers
- 79'Goal · Oliver McBurnie
- 83'Goal · Will Vaulks
Head-to-head
Team news
Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Connor Roberts, Mike van der Hoorn, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Kyle Naughton, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes, Barrie McKay, Wayne Routledge, Daniel James, Oli McBurnie
Rotherham United line-up (4-1-4-1)
Marek Rodák, Zak Vyner, Michael Ihiekwe, Clark Robertson, Joe Mattock, Semi Ajayi, A. Forde, Will Vaulks, Matt Crooks, Jon Taylor, Michael Smith