The Stats – Millers v Grecians

Rotherham United travelled to St James Park yesterday to take on Exeter City in the first game of the new season with the hosts taking all three points with a seventy-first minute goal.

But what about those stats?

Possession wise the Grecians had fifty-nine per cent to the Millers forty-one while shots on goal saw Rotherham have thirteen which was two less than the hosts. Exeter had seven shots to target to the Millers two.

Our passing percentage was sixty-eight per cent, City’s ten per cent more while we won fifty-one per cent of the ariel duels. The Millers had double the corners of Exeter with four and both teams committed eleven fouls, both winning ten of them.

There were three yellow cards in the game, two of which went to the Grecians.

I don’t think yesterday’s performance was one we was expecting but, it has been put to me, that maybe our expectations were too high. There was little support down the left wing and midfield, for much of the game, were missing. Neither strikers gave me much hope but then did they get balls in to them? Well, I do think they did some of the time.

But it is just one game and we have to put that behind us and carry on (after all it wasn’t as bad as last season’s first game now was it?)

Exeter City				Rotherham United
Watts (71)
Whitworth				Phillips
Yfeko (Purrington 88)				McCart (Powell 69)
Crama				Raggett
Sweeney				Humphreys
Harper (Watts 68)				Bramall
Francis				Tiehi
McMillan				Odoffin
Niskanen				Rafferty
Aitchison (Borges 80)				Hungbo (Holmes 79)
Cole (Alli 68)				Clarke-Harris (Nombe 59)
Magennis				Hugill (Osong 79)
Substitutes
MacDonald				Dawson
Purrington				Holmes
Fitzwater				James
Alli				MacDonald
Watts				Nombe
Diabate				Osong
Borges				Powell

Game Statistics
15	Goal attempts	13
7	On Target	2
2	Corners	4
11	Fouls	11
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
59	%	41