Unfortunately it was another defeat for Rotherham United yesterday – this time away at Fleetwood – but what about those stats . . .

Formation – Hosts Fleetwood Town started the game with a 3-1-4-2 formation while Alex Bruce decided on a 3-4-1-2 start for the Millers.

Possession and Attacking Threat

The Cod Army came away with just over fifty-three per cent of possession. They had fifteen shots at goal, five from outside the box and five on target. Fleetwood had twenty-four touches in their opponents box and had nine corners in the game.

Rotherham had a little over forty-five per cent possession at Highbury Stadium yesterday. They had eight shots at goal of which none were on target while three were from outside the box. The Millers had ten touches in their opponents box and six corners.

Passing Accuracy and Build Up Play

Town had three hundred and sixty-three total passes with just over sixty-four per cent of accuracy. They played forty-six backward passes, seventy-three long balls and had eighty successful final third passes.

The Millers had three hundred and eight total passes with a passing accuracy of over sixty per cent. They had forty eight successful passes in the final thirty while playing forty-three backward balls and ninety three total long balls. Sky Sports also tells us that Rotherham missed two big chances.

Tackles won – Fleetwood 2 Rotherham 9

Fouls committed – Fleetwood 9 Rotherham 14

Yellow Cards – Fleetwood 4 Rotherham 4

Red Cards – There were no red cards shown

Ground Duels Won – Fleetwood 20 Rotherham 31

Ariel Duels Won– Fleetwood 21 Rotherham 17

Goalkeeper Saves – Fleetwood 0 Rotherham 3

TEAMS

Fleetwood – Lynch, Neal, Potter, Bennett, Helm (Haughey 85), McCann, Murphy (McLean 77), Evans (Davies 65), Coughlan (Cirino 85), Batty, Rooney. 

Subs Not Used – Pradic, Loupalo-Bi, Robertson

Millers– Eyestone, Austerfield (Spence 54), Bradshaw (Lolos 54), Mullin, Aljofree (Nemane 54), Jellis, Buyabu, Douglas, Iorfa, Cover (Fitzgerald 54)

Subs Not Used – Cann, Rafferty, Ngwenya,