Watford 1-1 Rotherham United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 January 2023

Result

Watford 1-1 Rotherham United

Championship · Saturday 21 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Watford · Rotherham United · Championship predictions

Watford 1-1 Rotherham United: match report

Watford drew with Rotherham United 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 January 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Shane Ferguson opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Watford's goal came from João Ferreira (53'). Rotherham United scored through Shane Ferguson (20').

Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 3rd on 43 points from 27 and Rotherham United 19th on 30 points from 27. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Rotherham United 19th with 50.

Watford 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 João Ferreira of Watford (8.1), ahead of Craig Cathcart (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rotherham United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Shane FergusonRotherham United · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · L. HjeldeRotherham United
  • 39'Yellow card · Mario GasparWatford
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Shane FergusonRotherham United
  • 45+7'Yellow card · Daniel BachmannWatford
  • 53'Goal · João FerreiraWatford · 1-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · F. SierraltaWatford
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Lee PeltierRotherham United

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Watford 4, draws 1, Rotherham United 0.

Team news

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

Daniel Bachmann, João Ferreira, Francisco Sierralta, Craig Cathcart, James Morris, Mario Gaspar, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Matheus Martins, Ismaël Koné, Ismaïla Sarr, Vakoun Bayo

Rotherham United line-up (4-3-3)

Viktor Johansson, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Cameron Humphreys, Leo Hjelde, Hakeem Odoffin, Dan Barlaser, Oliver Rathbone, Shane Ferguson, Chiedozie Ogbene, Tariqe Fosu-Henry