What Do The Stats Tell Us

I think it’s fair to say that Rotherham United’s last game of 2018 didn’t go exactly the way they wanted it.

Two sending-offs in the second half left the Millers down to nine men and yet they managed to hold on until the eighty-sixth minute. Had one or two of those shots from Jon Taylor counted in the first half things might just have been a little different when the red cards were issued.

All in all it can’t be much of a surprise that Bristol City ended up with more possession than Rotherham although, once again, we were better in the air and, according to the stats, our crossing accuracy was better. We also managed eighteen shots on goal of which three were on target.

It was backs to the wall for the the last half-an-hour or so and more so when Towell got his marching orders on the seventy-second minutes. But, I’m pleased to say, we didn’t give in – yes, OK , we weren’t going to score when you have to go to four-four-none but we came so close to praising our players for keeping a clean-sheet.

But, alas, that wasn’t to be.

Now to the worry of who is actually going to start on New Years Day when we entertain Preston North End at the New York Stadium.

Bristol City				Rotherham United
Webster (86)
Maenpaa				Rodak
Hunt				Jones
Dasilva ( Eliasson 77)				Mattock
Kalas				Ajayi
Webster				Robertson
Pack				Vaulks
O'Dowda (Weimann 79)				Taylor (Forde 83)
Brownhill				Towell
Paterson				Wiles (Raggett 67)
Adelakun (Taylor 59)				Williams (Manning 76)
Diedhiou				Smith
Substitutes
O'Leary				Price
Kelly				Raggett
Wright				Wood
Eliasson				Forde
Morrell				Manning
Taylor				Newell
Weimann				Palmer

Game Statistics
22	Goal attempts	18
8	On Target	3
13	Corners	8
7	Fouls	17
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	2
62	%	38