Bristol City surprises Rotherham United with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

BRISTOL. Bristol City had a surprising win over Rotherham United with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by T. Conway (32') and a goal from S. Twine (57').

David Brown

April 28, 2024

BRISTOL. Bristol City had a surprising win over Rotherham United with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by T. Conway (32′) and a goal from S. Twine (57′). Bristol City was surely better in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Charles Breakspear with the support of Daniel Leach and Nigel Lugg. The 4th official was James Bell. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.47 degrees Celsius or 43.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.

Match Statistics

Bristol City

2 - 0

Rotherham United

! 70 Ball Possession 30

Shots

13 Total 6
5 On Target 2
5 Off Target 4
3 Shots blocked 1

134 Attack 69
72 Dangerous attack 31
73 Ball safe 79

1 Penalties 0
4 Corners 3
2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

3 Total 5
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Bristol City was in firm control of the ball 70% while Rotherham United was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bristol City was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bristol City won the match.

Bristol City shot 13 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Rotherham United shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Bristol City received 1 yellow card (Joe Williams). On the other side, Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards (Tom Eaves and Dillon Phillips).

Match Timeline

31'

Dillon Phillips- Yellow

T. Conway(penalty)

32'

46'

Grant Hall- sub ->Arvin Appiah

Scott Twine(goal)

57'

Mark Sykes- sub ->Anis Mehmeti

63'

Nahki Wells- sub ->T. Conway

63'

Jason Knight- sub ->Matty James

64'

67'

Tom Eaves- Yellow

68'

Sam Nombe- sub ->Jordan Hugill

68'

Femi Seriki- sub ->Sebastian Revan

Andy King- sub ->Scott Twine

81'

Joe Williams- Yellow

83'

85'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Bristol City has 62 points like Cardiff City to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Rotherham United will stays with 24 points to sit in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will play away with Stoke City on the 4th of May with a 8-5 head to head stats in favor of Bristol City (1 draw).

Rotherham United will host Cardiff City on the 4th of May with a 7-2 head to head statistic in favor of Cardiff City (3 draws).

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City

Max O'Leary 1.England

7.3

Rob Dickie 16.England

7.7

George Tanner 19.England

7.0

Haydon Roberts 24.England

7.5

Matty James 6.England

7.1

64'

Ross McCrorie 2.Scotland

7.0

Cameron Pring 3.England

7.7

85'

Joe Williams 8.England

7.3

83'

Anis Mehmeti 11.Albania

6.8

63'

Scott Twine 7.England

8.5

81'

57'

T. Conway 15.Scotland

7.9

63'

32'

Substitutes

S. Bajić 23.France

Taylor Gardner-Hickman 22.England

E. Morrison 33.England

6.6

85'

Andy King 10.Wales

6.7

81'

Jason Knight 12.Republic of Ireland

7.0

64'

Mark Sykes 17.Northern Ireland

7.0

63'

Harry Cornick 9.England

Nahki Wells 21.Bermuda

7.0

63'

D. Mebude 47.Scotland

Bristol City started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Liam Manning decided to play with the following team: Max O’Leary (7.3), George Tanner (7.0), Rob Dickie (7.7), Haydon Roberts (7.5), Ross McCrorie (7.0), Matty James (7.1), Joe Williams (7.3), Cameron Pring (7.7), Anis Mehmeti (6.8), T. Conway (7.9) and Scott Twine (8.5).

The home team had on the bench: Jason Knight (7.0), Mark Sykes (7.0), Harry Cornick, Andy King (6.7), Nahki Wells (7.0), Taylor Gardner-Hickman, S. Bajić, D. Mebude and E. Morrison (6.6).

Bristol City could not rely on the presence of E. Morrison (injured).

Substitutions

Bristol City made 5 changes: Anis Mehmeti for Mark Sykes (63′), T. Conway for Nahki Wells (63′), Scott Twine for Andy King (81′), Matty James for Jason Knight (64′) and Cameron Pring for E. Morrison (85′).

Player of the match: Scott Twine

The player that probably impressed the most for Bristol City was Scott Twine.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 34 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9.

Rotherham United – Formation

Rotherham United

Dillon Phillips 26.England

6.6

31'

Cohen Bramall 3.England

7.0

Lee Peltier 21.England

6.8

Cameron Humphreys 24.England

6.4

Sebastian Revan 28.England

6.6

68'

Peter Kioso 40.DR Congo

Arvin Appiah 30.England

6.4

46'

Cafú 7.Portugal

Andy Rinomhota 12.Zimbabwe

6.7

Oliver Rathbone 18.England

6.8

88'

Hakeem Odoffin 22.England

7.0

Tom Eaves 9.England

6.7

67'

Jordan Hugill 10.England

6.6

68'

Substitutes

Nathanel Ford 33.England

Viktor Johansson 1.Sweden

Grant Hall 20.England

6.7

46'

Femi Seriki 38.England

6.8

68'

Sam Nombe 29.England

6.6

68'

Rotherham United started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Steve Evans played with: Cafú, Peter Kioso, Dillon Phillips (6.6), Sebastian Revan (6.6), Lee Peltier (6.8), Cameron Humphreys (6.4), Cohen Bramall (7.0), Oliver Rathbone (6.8), Andy Rinomhota (6.7), Arvin Appiah (6.4) and Hakeem Odoffin (7.0), Jordan Hugill (6.6), Tom Eaves (6.7).