A Quick Glance At Yesterday’s Stats – Millers v Canaries

Rotherham United didn’t pick up any points at Carrow Road against leaders Norwich City yesterday despite going in at half-time with a one-nil lead.

I don’t think many people will argue that we were as good – if not a little better – than the Canaries in the first half, having more shots on goal in that first forty-five minutes.

But, equally I don’t think there’s any doubt that Norwich were the better side in the second half. They obviously scored three times – the first a well worked goal the second and third the way I was looking at it were definite defensive errors. It happens and before the game began who would actually have put money on the Millers getting anything from this game?

I know some of us, me included, say we need to hold on to a lead, especially away from home, but it was always going to be difficult to hold on for eighty or so minutes.

Norwich ended the game in top spot, the Millers down one to twentieth on goal difference. And, it might be worse if Millwall win away at West Brom this afternoon.

We’ve got our first away South Yorkshire derby next weekend – I think we need to be taking a point from that, don’t you?

Norwich City				Rotherham United
Cantwell (55), Aarons (71), Pukki (84)				Towell (11)
Krul				Rodak
Aarons				Vyner
Lewis (Rhodes 87)				Mattock
Zimmermann				Ajayi
Klose				Robertson (Wood 45)
Vrancic (Trybull 89)				Vaulks
Buendia				Forde (Proctor 73)
Tettey				Williams
Stiepermann				Newell (Taylor 42)
Cantwell				Towell
Pukki (Godfrey 90+3)				Smith
Substitutes
McGovern				Price
Passlack				Jones
Godfrey				Wood
Marshall				Manning
Trybull				Wiles
Rhodes				Taylor
Srbeny				Proctor

Game Statistics
19	Goal attempts	10
7	On Target	4
7	Corners	5
7	Fouls	14
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
64	%	36