Match Stats

What Do Those Stats Tell Us – Millers v Hatters

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Rotherham United once again lost a game that they had the majority of possession in and again by only one goal which Luton Town scored on the seventieth minute.

The Millers had sixteen shots at goal against the Hatters at the New York Stadium of which five were on target while our visitors five on target came from ten shots. The success rate in duels was equal while Luton came out better in the aerial duels.

Our accuracy of passing in our opponents half came out at fifty-six per cent while our crossing accuracy was thirty-two per cent. We conceded ten fouls to Luton’s eighteen and both teams had a player booked.

I’m at a bit of a loss tonight. I thought we did well in the first half, took the game to Luton, created chances, ran well, got away from markers. Some good balls went into the box and we had chances to score – but, again, we didn’t. Luton were always going to come out in the second half better than they did the first – it was obvious yet we didn’t have a Plan B to counteract that.

It was a shame to lose Joe Mattock so early in the game and yet we appeared to cope. I thought Matt Crooks had his best game so far this season, I thought Ben Wiles had an great game when he was moved into the left-back position, in fact, I couldn’t fault any of the players in the first half. But we looked a bit jaded in the second half and when Luton scored it seems we went into a bit of a panic, not picking players up, giving them space, giving away silly balls.

Again, I suppose, it comes down to not putting your chances away – we really, really, have to do that – but, on a positive note, we did at least get shots on target tonight.

Put this one behind us and onto the next game – and it won’t be an easy one – Preston are in town.

Rotherham United
0 – 1
Luton Town

New York Stadium

Championship

4/11/2020 7:45 pm

Attendance: 0000

Referee: Andy Madley

Rotherham United Luton Town
Collins (70)
Blackman Sluga
Harding Pearson
Mattock (Crooks 10) Cranie
Ihiekwe Rea
A MacDonald Bradley
Barlaser Tunnicliffe
Jozefzoon (Ladapo 80) Cornick (Lualua 64)
Wiles Morrell (Mpanzu 45)
Lindsay Berry
 
Miller
 
Moncur (Lockyer 89)
Smith (Hirst 58) Collins

Substitutes

Johansson Shea
Wood Bree
Crooks Lockyer
Sadlier Mpanzu
Hirst Lee
Ladapo LuaLua
Vassell Nombe

Game Statistics

16 Goal attempts 10
5 On Target 5
5 Corners 7
10 Fouls 18
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
57 % 43

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