Blackburn Rovers and Rotherham United draw 2-2 on Monday. HIGHLIGHTS

BLACKBURN. Blackburn Rovers bounces back against Rotherham United with a goal on the S. Morrison 31' and a goal on the T. Eaves 82'.

Luke Meyer

January 2, 2024

BLACKBURN. Blackburn Rovers comes back against Rotherham United with a goal on the S. Morrison 31′ and a goal on the T. Eaves 82′. Blackburn Rovers was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%)

The match was played at the Ewood Park stadium in Blackburn on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 13,054 spectators. The referee was Jarred Gillett with the assistance of Darren Cann and Daniel Robathan. The 4th official was Steve Martin. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.39 degrees Celsius or 43.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.

Match Statistics

Blackburn Rovers

2 - 2

Rotherham United

! 62 Ball Possession 38

Shots

18 Total 13
9 On Target 4
1 Off Target 7
8 Shots blocked 2

118 Attack 103
75 Dangerous attack 33
76 Ball safe 84

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 4

Fouls

6 Total 11
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

2 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Blackburn Rovers had a strong ball possession 62% while Rotherham United was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Blackburn Rovers was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 9 were on target. However, that was not enough Blackburn Rovers to win the match.

Blackburn Rovers shot 18 times, 9 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rotherham United shot 13 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Blackburn Rovers didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Rotherham United received 1 yellow card (Sean Morrison).

Match Timeline

A. Sigurðsson(goal)

31'

Sean Morrison(goal)Sam Clucas

44'

Sean Morrison- Yellow

Sammie Szmodics(goal)James Hill

46'

64'

D. Markanday- sub ->Andrew Moran

64'

67'

Jordan Hugill- sub ->Sam Nombe

67'

Jamie Lindsay- sub ->Sam Clucas

77'

Cafú- sub ->Oliver Rathbone

78'

Arvin Appiah- sub ->Dexter Lembikisa

82'

Tom Eaves(goal)Sebastian Revan

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Blackburn Rovers has 32 points like Millwall and Swansea City to hold in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Rotherham United will has 18 points to hold in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers will play away with West Bromwich Albion on the 13th of January with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Blackburn Rovers (6 draws).

Rotherham United will host Stoke City on the 13th of January with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Stoke City (4 draws).

Blackburn Rovers – Formation

Blackburn Rovers

Leopold Wahlstedt 12.Sweden

6.4

Hayden Carter 17.England

7.8

Callum Brittain 2.England

8.7

Harry Pickering 3.England

6.8

James Hill 4.England

8.1

Dominic Hyam 5.Scotland

Adam Wharton 23.England

7.9

Andrew Moran 24.Republic of Ireland

7.1

64'

S. Tronstad 6.Norway

7.1

A. Sigurðsson 7.Iceland

7.7

Sammie Szmodics 8.England

7.5

46'

S. Telalović 33.Germany

6.3

64'

Substitutes

Joe Hilton 34.England

P. Gamble 15.England

Lewis Travis 27.England

Z. Gilsenan 22.England

C. Weston 28.England

J. Garrett 30.England

Niall Ennis 14.England

6.7

64'

H. Leonard 20.England

D. Markanday 18.England

7.0

64'

Blackburn Rovers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Dominic Hyam, Leopold Wahlstedt (6.4), Callum Brittain (8.7), James Hill (8.1), Hayden Carter (7.8), Harry Pickering (6.8), Adam Wharton (7.9), Sondre Tronstad (7.1), Andrew Moran (7.1), Sammie Szmodics (7.5), Arnór Sigurdsson (7.7) and Semir Telalović (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Dilan Markanday (7.0), Jake Garrett, Niall Ennis (6.7), Patrick Gamble, Harry Leonard, Zak Gilsenan, Lewis Travis, Charlie Weston and Joe Hilton.

Substitutions

Blackburn Rovers made 2 changes: Andrew Moran for Dilan Markanday (64′) and Semir Telalović for Niall Ennis (64′).

Player of the match: Callum Brittain

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Callum Brittain.

His rating is 8.7 with 71 passes (97% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Rotherham United – Formation

Rotherham United

Viktor Johansson 1.Sweden

8.4

Dexter Lembikisa 2.Jamaica

6.6

78'

Cohen Bramall 3.England

6.4

Hakeem Odoffin 22.England

7.0

Sean Morrison 23.England

8.1

44'

31'

Sebastian Revan 28.England

6.8

Oliver Rathbone 18.England

6.4

77'

Sam Clucas 8.England

7.7

67'

C. Tiéhi 27.Ivory Coast

7.5

Tom Eaves 9.England

7.9

90'

82'

Sam Nombe 29.England

7.0

67'

Substitutes

Dillon Phillips 26.England

Cafú 7.Portugal

7.0

77'

Jamie Lindsay 16.Scotland

6.4

67'

Georgie Kelly 12.Northern Ireland

90'

Arvin Appiah 30.England

6.6

78'

Ciaran McGuckin 35.Northern Ireland

Jordan Hugill 10.England

6.4

67'

Rotherham United started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Leam Richardson played with: Viktor Johansson (8.4), Dexter Lembikisa (6.6), Hakeem Odofin (7.0), Sean Morrison (8.1), Sebastian Revan (6.8), Cohen Bramall (6.4), Christ Tiehi (7.5), Sam Clucas (7.7), Oliver Rathbone (6.4), Tom Eaves (7.9), Sam Nombe (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jordan Hugill (6.4), Jamie Lindsay (6.4), Cafú (7.0), Georgie Kelly, Dillon Phillips, Arvin Appiah (6.6) and Ciaran McGuckin.

Substitutions

Rotherham United made 5 changes: Sam Nombe for Jordan Hugill (67′), Sam Clucas for Jamie Lindsay (67′), Tom Eaves for Georgie Kelly (90′), Oliver Rathbone for Cafú (77′) and Dexter Lembikisa for Arvin Appiah (78′).