Watford 5-0 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 11 November 2023
Result
Watford 5-0 Rotherham United
Championship · Saturday 11 November 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Watford 5-0 Rotherham United: match report
Watford beat Rotherham United 5-0 in the Championship on Saturday 11 November 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.
Mileta Rajovic opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Watford's goals came from Mileta Rajovic (10'), Mileta Rajovic (45+4'), Edo Kayembe (54'), Thomas Ince (86') and Matheus Martins (90+4'). Rotherham United did not score.
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 16th on 18 points from 15 and Rotherham United 22nd on 11 points from 15. Watford went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 27.
Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rotherham United in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mileta Rajović of Watford (8.4), level with Ken Sema (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 2 draws and 0 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Mileta Rajovic
- 45'Yellow card · Cafú
- 45+4'Goal · Mileta Rajovic
- 46'Yellow card · Matthew Taylor
- 54'Goal · Edo Kayembe
- 58'Yellow card · Ryan Porteous
- 61'Yellow card · Yaser Asprilla
- 86'Goal · Thomas Ince
- 90+4'Goal · Matheus Martins
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-3-3)
Ben Hamer, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Jake Livermore, Edo Kayembe, Ismaël Koné, Yáser Asprilla, Mileta Rajović, Ken Sema
Rotherham United line-up (5-3-2)
Viktor Johansson, Dexter Lembikisa, Lee Peltier, Sean Morrison, Cohen Bramall, Sebastian Revan, Oliver Rathbone, Christ Tiéhi, Sam Clucas, Jordan Hugill, Sam Nombe