Rotherham United vs Cardiff

4 May 2024 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee A Davies

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Jordan Hugill 25’, 70’
Tom Eaves 45+2’, 57’ (pen)
Sam Nombe 63’

Nathaniel Phillips 38’
Ollie Tanner 47’

Match summary

Rotherham United won comfortably, 5-2 at home to Cardiff. Rotherham United led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jordan Hugill put Rotherham United ahead in the 25th minute, Nathaniel Phillips equalised with a header in the 38th minute, and Tom Eaves put Rotherham United back in front in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Ollie Tanner equalised in the 47th minute, Eaves put Rotherham United back in front from the penalty spot in the 57th minute, Sam Nombe made it 4-2 in the 63rd minute, and Hugill made it 5-2 in the 70th minute.

The chances backed that up: Rotherham United created 3.33 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Cardiff's 1.34 from 20.

Match stats

16 Shots 20

7 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

3.33 xG 1.34

2.54 Non-penalty xG 1.34

Key events

Rotherham United Cardiff

Kick-off

Jordan Hugill1-0

25’

38’

Nathaniel Phillips

1-1

Tom Eaves2-1

45+2’

Half-time2-1

47’

Ollie Tanner

2-2

Tom Eaves
Penalty3-2

57’

Sam Nombe4-2

63’

Jordan Hugill5-2

70’

Full-time5-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Rotherham United

Arvin Appiah

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Rotherham United 3.33 xGCardiff 1.34 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cardiff attacking Rotherham United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players


Dillon Phillips Taken off	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sebastian Revan Taken off	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Lee Peltier Taken off	76′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron Humphreys	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cohen Bramall	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oliver Rathbone	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hakeem Odofin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Arvin Appiah Taken off	76′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Nombe Taken off	90′	1	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Jordan Hugill	90′	2	–	4	1.40	–	–	–
Tom Eaves	90′	2	–	8	1.58	–	–	–
Grant Hall Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	1	0.20	–	–	–
Femi Seriki Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–


Ethan Horvath	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mahlon Romeo Taken off	58′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Nathaniel Phillips Taken off	89′	1	–	2	0.21	–	–	–
Dimitris Goutas	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Ollie Tanner Taken off	77′	1	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
Manolis Siopis Taken off	85′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Wintle	90′	–	–	2	0.28	–	–	–
Josh Bowler	90′	–	–	4	0.29	–	–	–
David Turnbull Taken off	77′	–	–	2	0.06	–	–	–
Cian Ashford	90′	–	–	3	0.21	–	–	–
Famara Diédhiou	90′	–	–	3	0.16	–	–	–
Raheem Conte Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Rubin Colwill Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum O'Dowda Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joel Colwill Came on as a substitute	5′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mark McGuinness Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Rotherham United win 28% Avg odds 3.37

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.39

Cardiff win 44% Avg odds 2.17

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Rotherham United L L L D L

Cardiff L W L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Cardiff 2-0 Rotherham United, 30 Sep 23 All Rotherham United vs Cardiff meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.

RRotherham United vs Cardiff