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09:46:00

Rotherham 2 Cardiff 1: The match in numbers

Saturday night was finally an enjoyable experience as Rotherham got their first win of the Championship season, beating Cardiff 2-1.

Goals came through a dodgy penalty and an own goal as the luck was finally on the Millers' side for once, but it was a game they deserved to win.

Here is a numerical analysis of the game.


0 - The number of teams in the Championship who are now winless after the Millers and Blackburn got the monkey off their back.

1 - The number of clean sheets the Millers have kept from eight Championship games this season.

2 - The number of points won this season by the Millers scoring in injury time - a trait that have excelled in before.

2 - The number of penalties the Millers have been awarded this season, already the same amount as the entire 2014/15 campaign.

2 - The number of changes boss Steve Evans made to his starting XI as he brought in Jonson Clarke-Harris and Tony Andreu to take the total changes to 25 in 10 games this season.

2 - The number of times the Millers have scored two goals this season, adding to the double they registered at QPR.

3 - The number of times the Millers have scored the opening goal of the game in the Championship this season after Odjidja's penalty.

3 - The number of goals the Millers have conceded between 40-45+ minutes this season after Peter Whittingham's first-half injury time leveller.

3 - The number of penalties the Milers have conceded this season, with QPR, Fulham and Cardiff all converting.

5 - The number of consecutive games where the Millers have both scored and conceded, a betting man's dream.

5 - The number of shots Cardiff had on goal throughout the 90 minutes, with three forcing Lee Camp into action.

6 - The number of games since Jordan Bowery was last named in a matchday squad as the one-time record buy's time at the Millers looks to be hanging by a thread.

6 - The number of games the Millers were previously winless in against Cardiff before Saturday's late win.



8 - The number of different players who have found the scoresheet for the Millers this season after Odjidja's spot-kick.

9 - The number of key passes the Millers made throughout the 90 minutes, with the impressive Joe Newell making three of them.

12 - The number of games since the Millers last played against 10 men, going back to April's 1-1 draw with Norwich.

16 - The number of years since the Millers had previously beaten Cardiff, going back to a Chris Sedgwick inspired 1-0 victory in 1999.

18 - The number of shots the Milers peppered Cardiff's goal with, putting just five on target.

28 - The number of seconds left in the game when the Millers' winner trickled in.

44 - The number of games since the Millers last had an own goal scored for them, going back to Nikolay Bodurov putting through his own net for Fulham last October.

61 - The number of minutes the Millers have been leading in games this season as they added just two to the total, not including injury-time.

144 - The number of days between the Millers' win over Reading and their next three-pointer against Cardiff.

342 - The number of seconds between Odjidja's penalty and Whittingham's leveller as the first half ended in drama.

450 - The number of passes the Millers made during the 90 minutes, with 337 successfully finding their man.

771 - The number of minutes since Millers striker Matt Derbyshire last scored, having gone nine games without a goal.

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