Stoke vs Rotherham United

5 August 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee J Busby

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

  • Ki-Jana Hoever 5’
  • André Vidigal 45+3’, 45+8’
  • Jacob Brown 90’
  • Lee Peltier 46’

Match summary

Stoke won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Rotherham United. Stoke led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ki-Jana Hoever put Stoke ahead in the 5th minute, André Vidigal made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time, and Vidigal made it 3-0 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Lee Peltier pulled one back to make it 3-1 from a corner in the 46th minute and Jacob Brown made it 4-1 from a corner in the 90th minute.

The chances backed that up: Stoke created 2.50 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Rotherham United's 0.86 from 6. Rotherham United had a player sent off.

Match stats

Stoke Rotherham United
15 Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 3
10 Corners 2
5 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
2.50 xG 0.86
2.50 Non-penalty xG 0.86

Key events

Stoke Rotherham United
Kick-off
Ki-Jana Hoever1-0 (Stoke)
5’
André Vidigal2-0 (Stoke)
45+3’
André Vidigal3-0 (Stoke)
45+8’
Half-time3-0
46’
Lee Peltier3-1 (Rotherham United)
Jacob Brown4-1 (Stoke)
90’
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Stoke
  • Ben Pearson
  • Josh Laurent
  • Jacob Brown
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Jordan Thompson
Rotherham United
  • Cafú
  • Sean Morrison
  • Cohen Bramall
  • Hakeem Odofin

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.50 0.86 5’ Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke), 1-0 5’ 45+3’ André Vidigal (Stoke), 2-0 45+3’ 45+8’ André Vidigal (Stoke), 3-0 45+8’ 46’ Lee Peltier (Rotherham United), 3-1 46’ 90’ Jacob Brown (Stoke), 4-1 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.50 0.86 5’ Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke), 1-0 Hoever 5’ 45+3’ André Vidigal (Stoke), 2-0 Vidigal 45+3’ 45+8’ André Vidigal (Stoke), 3-0 Vidigal 45+8’ 46’ Lee Peltier (Rotherham United), 3-1 Peltier 46’ 90’ Jacob Brown (Stoke), 4-1 Brown 90’
Stoke 2.50 xGRotherham United 0.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Rotherham United attacking Stoke attacking 
46’ Lee Peltier (Rotherham United), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 48’ André Vidigal (Stoke), set piece, 0.54 xG, goal 90’ Jacob Brown (Stoke), from a corner, 0.36 xG, goal 53’ André Vidigal (Stoke), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 53’ Ryan Mmaee (Stoke), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 85’ André Vidigal (Stoke), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 51’ Ryan Mmaee (Stoke), open play, 0.18 xG, off target 5’ Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 89’ Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 17’ Ben Wiles (Rotherham United), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 35’ André Vidigal (Stoke), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 44’ Ben Wiles (Rotherham United), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 12’ Jacob Brown (Stoke), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 86’ Chiquinho (Stoke), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 2’ André Vidigal (Stoke), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 7’ Jordan Hugill (Rotherham United), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 12’ Michael Rose (Stoke), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Cafú (Rotherham United), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90’ Ben Wilmot (Stoke), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Jordan Thompson (Stoke), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Hakeem Odofin (Rotherham United), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 46’ Lee Peltier (Rotherham United), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 48’ André Vidigal (Stoke), set piece, 0.54 xG, goal 90’ Jacob Brown (Stoke), from a corner, 0.36 xG, goal 53’ André Vidigal (Stoke), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 53’ Ryan Mmaee (Stoke), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 85’ André Vidigal (Stoke), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 51’ Ryan Mmaee (Stoke), open play, 0.18 xG, off target 5’ Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 89’ Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 17’ Ben Wiles (Rotherham United), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 35’ André Vidigal (Stoke), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 44’ Ben Wiles (Rotherham United), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 12’ Jacob Brown (Stoke), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 86’ Chiquinho (Stoke), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 2’ André Vidigal (Stoke), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 7’ Jordan Hugill (Rotherham United), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 12’ Michael Rose (Stoke), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Cafú (Rotherham United), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90’ Ben Wilmot (Stoke), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Jordan Thompson (Stoke), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Hakeem Odofin (Rotherham United), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
Mark Travers
90′ – – – – – – –
Ki-Jana Hoever
90′ 1 – 2 0.27 – – –
Michael Rose
90′ – – 1 0.04 – – –
Ben Wilmot
90′ – – 1 0.04 – – –
Enda Stevens
90′ – – – – – – –
Ben Pearson Taken off
79′ – – – – – –
Josh Laurent
90′ – – – – – –
Jacob Brown
90′ 1 – 2 0.42 – –
Daniel Johnson Taken off
90′ – – – – – –
André Vidigal Taken off
90′ 2 – 5 1.20 – – –
Ryan Mmaee Taken off
75′ – – 2 0.46 – – –
Chiquinho Came on as a substitute
15′ – – 1 0.05 – – –
Jordan Thompson Came on as a substitute
11′ – – 1 0.02 – –
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

Stoke win 57% Avg odds 1.67
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.79
Rotherham United win 18% Avg odds 5.29

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

Form going into the game

Stoke LLDLL
Rotherham United DLLWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Rotherham United 2-2 Stoke, 26 Dec 22 Next meeting: Rotherham United 0-1 Stoke, 13 Jan 24  All Stoke vs Rotherham United 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.