HUDDERSFIELD. Huddersfield Town tops Rotherham United with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Koroma (18′) and a goal from S. Thomas (70′).

The match was played at the The John Smith’s Stadium stadium in Huddersfield on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jeremy Simpson who was helped by Robert Hyde and Andrew Dallison. The 4th official was Matt Donohue. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.46 degrees Celsius or 59.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Huddersfield Town was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Rotherham United that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rotherham United had a more offensive attitude with 49 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Huddersfield Town was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Huddersfield Town shot 15 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Rotherham United shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card (Brahima Diarra). Regarding the opposition, Rotherham United received 1 yellow card (Cameron Humphreys).

Standings

After this encounter, Huddersfield Town will have 7 points like Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle, Cardiff City and Millwall to hold in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Rotherham United will stay with 4 points to sit in the 21st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Huddersfield Town will play away with Preston North End on the 9th of April with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Preston North End (2 draws).

Rotherham United will play away agasint West Bromwich Albion on the 10th of April with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of West Bromwich Albion (2 draws).

Huddersfield Town – Formation

Huddersfield Town started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Neil Warnock decided to play with the following team: Tom Edwards, Daniel Ward, Lee Nicholls (7.7), Matthew Pearson (7.0), Michał Helik (7.0), Josh Ruffels (7.0), Sorba Thomas (8.5), Jack Rudoni (7.3), Jonathan Hogg (6.4), Ben Wiles (7.3), Josh Koroma (9.1), Delano Burgzorg (7.3) and Kian Harratt (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Rarmani Edmonds-Green (6.7), David Kasumu, Yuta Nakayama, Chris Maxwell, Jaheim Headley (6.4), Brahima Diarra (7.0), Ben Jackson, Kyle Hudlin (6.7) and Patrick Jones.

Huddersfield Town could not rely on the presence of Rarmani Edmonds-Green (injured).

Substitutions

Huddersfield Town made 5 changes: Jonathan Hogg for Rarmani Edmonds-Green (55′), Delano Burgzorg for Jaheim Headley (77′), Kian Harratt for Kyle Hudlin (77′), Josh Koroma for Brahima Diarra (76′) and Sorba Thomas for David Kasumu (90′).

Best player: Josh Koroma​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Huddersfield Town was Josh Koroma.

His rating is (9.1) with 1 goal, 27 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Rotherham United – Formation

Rotherham United started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Matthew Taylor played with: Sam Nombe, Viktor Johansson (6.4), Dexter Lembikisa (6.8), Cameron Humphreys (6.4), Tyler Blackett (6.4), Cohen Bramall (6.7), Oliver Rathbone (7.0), Hakeem Odofin (6.7), Christ Tiehi (7.0), Andre Green (7.1), Jordan Hugill (6.7), Fred Onyedinma (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Hamish Douglas, Georgie Kelly, Sebastian Revan, Sam Nombe (6.3), Ciaran McGuckin, Sam Clucas (7.0), Arvin Appiah (6.4), Dillon Phillips and Tom Eaves (6.6).

Rotherham United could not rely on the presence of Sam Nombe (injured).

Substitutions

Rotherham United made 4 changes: Hakeem Odofin for Arvin Appiah (56′), Andre Green for Sam Nombe (75′), Oliver Rathbone for Sam Clucas (75′) and Jordan Hugill for Tom Eaves (75′).

Best player: Fred Onyedinma​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rotherham United was Fred Onyedinma.

His rating is (7.3) with 20 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Watford – Birmingham City – 2-0
• Sheffield Wednesday – Ipswich Town – 0-1
• Queens Park Rangers – Sunderland – 1-3
• Preston North End – Plymouth Argyle – 2-1
• Norwich City – Stoke City – 1-0
• Huddersfield Town – Rotherham United – 2-0
• Cardiff City – Swansea City – 2-0
• Bristol City – West Bromwich Albion – 0-0
• Blackburn Rovers – Middlesbrough – 2-1