It was a New Year’s Day loss for Rotherham United at home to Peterborough – but what do the stats look like.

Formation

While the Millers started with a 3-1-4-2 formation Peterborough’s formation was 4-2-3-1

Possession and Attacking Threat

Possession went the way of the visitors with 64%

The Millers had 9 shots at goal of which 2 were from outside the box and 3 were on target

Peterboroughhad 20 shots at goal, 8 of those from outside the box and 7 were on target

Touches in the opposition box went the way of the visitors who had 24 to the Millers 15

Passing Accuracy And Build Up Play

Rotherham’s passing accuracy came out at 69%. They had 281 total passes of which 41 were backward and 42 were successful in the final third. They also played 56 long balls.

Peterborough’s passing accuracy was 82%. They had 507 total passes, 94 of them backward and 64 were successful in the final third. Their total long balls were 62.

Defensive Effort And Discipline

Tackles Won –  Rotherham 58% Peterborough 73%

Fouls Committed –  Rotherham 21 Peterborough 10

Yellow Cards –  Rotherham 5 Peterborough...