Rotherham United vs Sunderland live updates: Sam Clucas scores opening goal in Championship match (1-0)

Live updates of the match played between Rotherham United and Sunderland on the 29th of December 2023 in Rotherham during the 25th week of the Championship

John Ross

December 29, 2023

ROTHERHAM. Rotherham United and Sunderland are facing off in the 25th round of the Championship.

Sam Clucas has scored a goal in the 48th minute to give a 1-0 lead to Rotherham United over Sunderland.

Match Statistics

Rotherham United

1 - 1

Sunderland

! 30 Ball Possession 70

Shots

13 Total 11
4 On Target 3
6 Off Target 7
3 Shots blocked 1

91 Attack 114
34 Dangerous attack 53
75 Ball safe 78

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 8

Fouls

10 Total 8
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Sunderland had a strong ball possession 65% while Rotherham United was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rotherham United was more aggressive with dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 4 were on target.

Rotherham United shot 6 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sunderland shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Rotherham United didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Sunderland received 1 yellow card (Jobe Bellingham).

Sam Clucas

Rotherham United

Midfielder

England England

Age: 34

178 cm

75 kg

Season 2023/2024

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Played 32 14 Missed

Minutes 1886 58.9 Avg

Goals 1 0.0 Avg

Assist 2 0.1 Avg

Attempt 18 0.6 Avg

Passes 638 19.971.8% AvgSucc

Yellow 5 0.2 Avg

Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 14 times for 503 minutes for Championship.

Sam Clucas scored 1 goal for Rotherham United. He procured no assists. He received 3 yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 24th in Championship. In the last match Rotherham United won 1-0 against Middlesbrough. The next match in Championship will be against Blackburn Rovers.

The last time the teams played each other, the score was 1-0 for Rotherham United.

Rotherham United performance and stats

Rotherham United

Manager: Steve Evans

Championship

Rank 24th

Win 5

Draw 12

Loss 29

Goals 37-89

Diff -52

Top 3 Scorers

This season

Rotherham United is currently 24th in the Championship with 16 points.

In the last 24 games, it has won 3 times, drawn 7 times, and lost 14 times. In its last match, Rotherham United won 1-0 against Middlesbrough.

It has a negative goal difference after scoring 21 goals and conceding 47.

Rotherham United will play the next match in Championship against Blackburn Rovers on Monday 1st of January in Blackburn. The prediction is Blackburn Rovers winning the match.

Sunderland performance and stats

Sunderland

Manager: Mike Dodds

Championship

Rank 16th

Win 16

Draw 8

Loss 22

Goals 52-54

Diff -2

Top 3 Scorers

This season

Sunderland is currently 6th in the Championship with 36 points.

In the last 24 games, it has won 11 times, drawn 4 times, and lost 9 times. In its last match, Sunderland won 0-1 against Hull City.

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 33 goals and conceding 27.

Sunderland will play the next match in Championship against Preston North End on Monday 1st of January in Sunderland. The prediction is Sunderland winning the match.

Commentary

90'

Missed chance. Tom Eaves - Rotherham United - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Cafú with a cross.

Second Half ended - Rotherham United 1, Sunderland 1.

Fouled by Mason Burstow - Sunderland

New attacking attempt. Timothée Pembélé - Sunderland - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Alex Pritchard with a cross.

Missed chance. Dan Ballard - Sunderland - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Alex Pritchard with a cross after corner.

Corner - Sunderland. Conceded by Sebastian Revan.

Jack Clarke - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence.

Missed chance. Georgie Kelly - Rotherham United - shot with left foot from a diffucult position on the left is high and wide to the left.

Offside - Sunderland. Timothée Pembélé is in offside.

Fouled by Christ Tiéhi - Rotherham United

89'

Sebastian Revan - Rotherham United - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Trai Hume - Sunderland

Shot blocked. Sebastian Revan - Rotherham United - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.

87'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

86'

Delay in match - injury Luke O'Nien - Sunderland

85'

Missed chance. Dan Ballard - Sunderland - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed after corner.

Corner - Sunderland. Conceded by Sebastian Revan.

84'

Luke O'Nien - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Tom Eaves - Rotherham United

83'

Luke O'Nien - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Tom Eaves - Rotherham United

82'

Missed chance. Jack Clarke - Sunderland - shot with right foot from outside the box missed after corner.

Corner - Sunderland. Conceded by Georgie Kelly.

81'

Shot blocked. Luke O'Nien - Sunderland - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Mason Burstow.

Corner - Sunderland. Conceded by Sean Morrison.

80'

Corner - Sunderland. Conceded by Sebastian Revan.

79'

Missed chance. Jamie Lindsay - Rotherham United - shot with right foot from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Sean Morrison with a head.

78'

Missed chance. Cafú - Rotherham United - shot with right foot from the centre of the box missed to the left.

Substitution - Rotherham United. Tom Eaves for Jordan Hugill.

Substitution - Rotherham United. Arvin Appiah for Dexter Lembikisa.

77'

Substitution - Rotherham United. Georgie Kelly for Sam Nombe.

Shot blocked. Cafú - Rotherham United - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked.

76'

Sam Nombe - Rotherham United - won a free kick in attack.

Fouled by Luke O'Nien - Sunderland

75'

Hakeem Odoffin - Rotherham United - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Jack Clarke - Sunderland

74'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Delay in match - Sunderland

73'

Goal! Rotherham United 1, Sunderland 1. Jack Clarke - Sunderland - shot with right foot from outside the box to the left corner after corner.

72'

Corner - Sunderland. Conceded by Sebastian Revan.

68'

Substitution - Rotherham United. Cafú for Sam Clucas.

65'

Sam Nombe - Rotherham United - receive yellow card for a foul.

Fouled by Sam Nombe - Rotherham United

Dan Ballard - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence.

64'

Substitution - Sunderland. Alex Pritchard for Pierre Ekwah.

Substitution - Sunderland. Timothée Pembélé for Jenson Seelt.

63'

Missed chance. Luke O'Nien - Sunderland - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Jack Clarke.

58'

New attacking attempt. Trai Hume - Sunderland - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is saved in the left corner.

57'

Missed chance. Sean Morrison - Rotherham United - shot with the head from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assist - Sam Clucas with a cross after corner.

56'

Corner - Rotherham United. Conceded by Luke O'Nien.

55'

Missed chance. Jack Clarke - Sunderland - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assist - Abdoullah Ba.

51'

Corner - Sunderland. Conceded by Sam Clucas.

49'

Jobe Bellingham - Sunderland - won a free kick on the left wing.

Fouled by Hakeem Odoffin - Rotherham United

48'

Goal! Rotherham United 1, Sunderland 0. Sam Clucas - Rotherham United - shot with left foot from outside the box to the top left corner.

45'

Substitution - Sunderland. Mason Burstow for Adil Aouchiche.

Second Half starts Rotherham United 0, Sunderland 0.

First Half ended - Rotherham United 0, Sunderland 0.

Jordan Hugill - Rotherham United - won a free kick on the right wing.

Fouled by Jobe Bellingham - Sunderland

Fouled by Jordan Hugill - Rotherham United

Daniel Neil - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence.

42'

Fouled by Jordan Hugill - Rotherham United

Dan Ballard - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence.

40'

Missed chance. Hakeem Odoffin - Rotherham United - shot with the head from the centre of the box is very close to the goal. Assist - Sean Morrison .

Jobe Bellingham - Sunderland - receive yellow card for a foul.

39'

Fouled by Jobe Bellingham - Sunderland

Christ Tiéhi - Rotherham United - won a free kick in attack.

36'

Jordan Hugill - Rotherham United - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Luke O'Nien - Sunderland

35'

Fouled by Sam Nombe - Rotherham United

Abdoullah Ba - Sunderland - won a free kick in defence.

34'

Fouled by Jack Clarke - Sunderland

Dexter Lembikisa - Rotherham United - won a free kick on the right wing.

31'

Corner - Sunderland. Conceded by Sean Morrison.

27'

Sam Clucas - Rotherham United - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Abdoullah Ba - Sunderland

26'

Missed chance. Jack Clarke - Sunderland - shot with right foot from outside the box missed. Assist - Jenson Seelt.

23'

Shot blocked. Jamie Lindsay - Rotherham United - shot with right foot from few metres is blocked.

New attacking attempt. Sam Nombe - Rotherham United - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Hakeem Odoffin with a head.

Corner - Rotherham United. Conceded by Anthony Patterson.

22'

New attacking attempt. Sam Nombe - Rotherham United - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Sam Clucas with a cross.

Corner - Rotherham United. Conceded by Anthony Patterson.

New attacking attempt. Sam Nombe - Rotherham United - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Jordan Hugill.

20'

Jobe Bellingham - Sunderland - won a free kick in attack.

Fouled by Hakeem Odoffin - Rotherham United

18'

Missed chance. Daniel Neil - Sunderland - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Trai Hume.

15'

Substitution - Sunderland. Abdoullah Ba for Patrick Roberts - injury.

14'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

13'

Delay in match - injury Patrick Roberts - Sunderland

12'