Rotherham slipped to an inevitable defeat when they travelled to promotion-chasing Middlesbrough on Saturday, going down to two second half goals.
Although it was an fifth loss in six games, with Millwall also losing and Wigan being held at Fulham on Friday night, it means that it's as you were at the foot of the Sky Bet Championship table.
The Millers' fate was never going to be decided by games like the one at Middlesbrough, but nevertheless here is a numerical analysis of the match.
-22 – The number the Millers’ goal difference currently
stands on, worse than Fulham and Wigan’s but better than Millwall.
1.4 - The number on average of points per game Millwall will
have to take from their remaining five matches to catch the Millers if they
were to lose all their remaining four, form that would put them 10th if
they'd have done it all season.
1.75 - The number on average of points per game Wigan will
have to take from their remaining four matches to catch the Millers if they
were to lose all their remaining four, form that would put them fifth
if they'd have done it all season.
2 - The number of changes boss Steve Evans made to his
starting XI at the Riverside, with Richard Wood and Adam Hammill coming in for
Farrend Rawson and Ben Pringle.
2 - The number of times in the last seven away games where
the Millers have managed to get into the half-time interval goalless, the other
being last month's win at Huddersfield.
2 - The number of penalties the Millers have conceded this
season after Richard Wood's late foul on Kike, the other coming in October's
draw with Fulham.
3 - The number of goals Patrick Bamford has scored against
the Millers in three games, two this season and one last term for MK Dons.
3 - The number of successive away defeats for the Millers
after the loss at the Riverside followed reverses at Nottingham Forest and Birmingham.
5 - The number of defeats the Millers have suffered when
Iain Williamson has been officiating their games over the last 12 seasons.
7 - The number of points the Millers remain above the
drop zone going into a potentially pivotal midweek round of fixtures.
7 - The number of games from the Millers' 19 defeats which have been by two-goal margins.
8 - The number of saves Millers goalkeeper Emi Martinez made
during the 90 minutes, including a late penalty stop from Bamford.
10 - The number of games the Millers have failed to score on
the road this season after drawing another blank on Teesside.
11 - The number of shots the Millers managed at the
Middlesbrough goal during the 90 minutes, with just two of them ending up on
target.
11 - The number of games since the Millers last drew, with
every encounter going back to the Derby match in February ending in either a
win or a loss.
11 - The number of away defeats the Millers have suffered
this season after this latest loss.
14 - The number of games since the Millers last beat
Middlesbrough, a terrible run going back to 1966.
14 – The number of away goals the Millers have scored after another blank, the worst in the division.
19 - The number of times the Millers have been beaten in the
Championship this season after this latest loss.
20 - The number of back four combinations the Millers have
fielded this season after Wood came in to line up with Jack Hunt, Kirk
Broadfoot and Daniel Lafferty.
21 - The number of first-half clean sheets the Millers have
kept this season after shutting Boro out in the opening 45 minutes.
24 – The number of times the Millers have conceded the first
goal in Championship games this season after Lee Tomlin's opener.
50 - The number of years since the Millers last won at Middlesbrough,
a 5-3 victory in 1965.
75 - The number of days since Wood's last appearance for the
Millers, going back to his substitute appearance in the 4-2 win over Bolton in
January.
