It was a loss for Rotherham United this afternoon in the South Yorkshire derby game at home to Doncaster Rovers – but what do those stats say?

Formation

The Millers  started with a 4-2-3-1 formation, Rovers 4-1-4-1

Possession and Attacking Threat

Possession was pretty even with the Millers getting 53%

Rotherham  had 9 shots at goal, 5 from outside the box and 2 on target

Rovers had 10 shots at goal of which 3 were on target with 2 from outside the box

Touches in the opposition box went the way of the hosts 16 to 12

Passing Accuracy And Build Up Play

Rotherham had 364 total passes coming out with a 66% passing accuracy. There were 53 backward passes, 64 total long balls and 64 successful passes in the final third

Doncaster had 328 total passes and a 62% passing accuracy. They played 43 backward passes, 80 total long balls and had 39 successful passes in the final third

Defensive Effort And Discipline

Tackles Won –  Rotherham 65% Doncaster 53%

Fouls Committed –  Rotherham 14 Doncaster 11

Yellow Cards –  There were 3 yellow cards shown to each team

Rotherham won 65 of the...