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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 20 (setup 4, season 34)
Rotherham United
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Jamal BLACKMAN71Mamadou SAMASSA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Marc NAVARRO Ceciliano26JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA
Jordan AMAVI837Amari'i BELL
ZHENG Zhi46Richard SMALLWOOD
Rob HOLDING5Vegard FORREN
Kyle BARTLEY6Rhys WILLIAMS
Patrick ROBERTS7Kasey PALMER
Florian Marc JOZEFZOON786Bradley JOHNSON
Javier HERNÁNDEZ Balcázar9Sam GALLAGHER
RUI Pedro da Rocha FONTE7105Jacob DAVENPORT
Joël PIROE11Dan BUTTERWORTH
Manager
Adam LE FONDRE12Jack RODWELL
James TRAFFORD13Řrjan Hĺskjold NYLAND
Stephen KINGSLEY14Dominic SAMUEL
Colin KAZIM-RICHARDS15Barry DOUGLAS
Tom ADEYEMI16Harry CHAPMAN

Rotherham United 3 Blackburn Rovers 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 11,324, Stadium: New York, Referee: Mike THORPE 7)
12 Holding, 16 Roberts, 73 HernándezScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
12 PiroeBookings2 Butterworth, 18 Jorge Teixeira, 28 Gallagher, 34 Palmer
3Corners3
10Fouls24
6Offsides0
5Shots on3
16Shots off11
21Total shots14
2Shots saved3
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Marc NAVARRO Ceciliano
1Uncertainty in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled HERNÁNDEZ to hit an effort just beyond the far post.
2BUTTERWORTH booked for arguing with the referee.
4A thirty yard shot from JOZEFZOON caused SAMASSA little difficulty.
5A corner found JOZEFZOON who turned the ball over.
12GOAL!! A deep corner left the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper struggling and HOLDING knocked the ball into the net. (1-0 Rotherham United)
12The ref books PIROE for a bad tackle.
16GOAL!! A deep goal-kick from AMAVI caught the Blackburn Rovers defence square and ROBERTS nipped in to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (2-0 Rotherham United)
18A high tackle on HOLDING by JORGE TEIXEIRA results in a booking.
19A free-kick from JOZEFZOON went inches wide.
23JOHNSON rattled a simple chance past the far post.
26The stunned SAMASSA stared in disbelief as a backpass from JORGE TEIXEIRA fell just over.
28GALLAGHER cautioned by the referee for a clumsy challenge.
34PALMER cautioned by the referee.
37A weak strike from JOHNSON trickled agonisingly wide.
44JOZEFZOON was put clear by RUI FONTE and he pulled away from the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the near post.
 
47A accurate pass found GALLAGHER and his right foot shot floated narrowly over.
49DAVENPORT fired the ball through a crowd of players but BLACKMAN was a match for it as he dived to his right.
51ROBERTS fluffed an easy chance.
56A useful ball from PIROE on the right was collected by JOZEFZOON who sliced his shot over.
61SMALLWOOD beat four Rotherham United players and fired an effort just beyond the far post.
73GOAL!! A short clearance fell to NAVARRO who sliced a shot goalward, luckily HERNÁNDEZ was on hand to blast the ball into the top corner. (3-0 Rotherham United)
89A great save prevented JOHNSON from scoring a great goal.