Rotherham United came back from 2 down to beat a Manchester City U21 side 4-2 in the Vertu Trophy last night.

But what about those stats?

The Millers started the game with a 3-4-1-2 formation, City 4-1-4-1

Possession and Attacking Threat

Possession was 50% each

Rotherham had  12 shots at goal of which 8 were on target

Manchester City U21 had 16 shots at goal 6 of those being on target

Touches in the opposition box went the way of the visitors – 27 to 20

Passing Accuracy And Build Up Play

Rotherham’s passing accuracy came out at 77% with the young City side being 2% better

The Millers had 390 total passes and 69 backward passes

City had 391 total passes of which 78 were backward passes

Successful final third passes went the way of our visitors with 56 to 46

Defensive Effort And Discipline

Tackles Won –  Rotherham won 33%, City 62%

Fouls Committed – both sides committed 9 fouls

Yellow Cards –  Rotherham 1 Man City U21’s 3

Aerial Duels – The Millers won 54% of the aerial duels.

TEAMS

Rotherham United

Cann, Kelly (Douglas 79), Raggett, James, Hugill (Martha 46), Baptiste, Yearwood, McWilliams...