Championship

Championship | Gameweek 23

Feb 9, 2021 at 7pm UK

AESSEAL New York Stadium

Rotherham
1 - 2
Cardiff

Crooks (61')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Ojo (42'), Bennett (85')

Mick McCarthy hails Cardiff for fighting "fire with fire" in Rotherham win

The visitors came away with all the points in snowy South Yorkshire with Joe Bennett netting the winner five minutes from time.

Feb 9, 22:44

The Match

Match Report

The visitors remain undefeated under Mick McCarthy as his side pulled off a smash-and-grab triumph.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Championship clash between Rotherham United and Cardiff City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Cardiff City win with a probability of 42.4%. A win for Rotherham United had a probability of 30.01% and a draw had a probability of 27.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.27%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.51%) and 0-2 (8.05%). The likeliest Rotherham United win was 1-0 (9.89%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.97%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Cardiff City would win this match.

Result
Rotherham United	Draw	Cardiff City
30.01%	27.58%	42.4%

Both teams to score 47.69%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

42.23%

57.76%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

21.49%

78.5%

Rotherham United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

65.26%

34.74%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

28.53%

71.46%

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.08%

26.92%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.75%

62.24%

Score Analysis

Rotherham United 30.01%

Cardiff City 42.4%

Draw 27.58%

Rotherham United	Draw	Cardiff City
1-0 @ 9.89% 2-1 @ 6.86% 2-0 @ 5.23% 3-1 @ 2.42% 3-0 @ 1.84% 3-2 @ 1.59% Other @ 2.19% Total : 30.01%	1-1 @ 12.97% 0-0 @ 9.35% 2-2 @ 4.5% Other @ 0.76% Total : 27.58%	0-1 @ 12.27% 1-2 @ 8.51% 0-2 @ 8.05% 1-3 @ 3.72% 0-3 @ 3.52% 2-3 @ 1.97% 1-4 @ 1.22% 0-4 @ 1.16% Other @ 1.97% Total : 42.4%