Rotherham United v. QPR (19 Mar: Championship - Match 38) [R]

[Atouk]

Rotherham United -- 24th, 38 GP, -28 GD, 25 Points
v.
QPR -- 11th, 37 GP, 0 GD, 53 Points

19 March 2005 15:00
Millmoor
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Rangers News:

Sturridge has signed. No fresh injuries after Wednesday (only Culkin is unavailable).

The Opponent:

Destined to be relegated -- they're 16 points plus goal difference adrift of safety with only 8 games left.

The First Meeting:

Rotherham held the R's to a 1-1 draw at Loftus Road on opening day. Ainsworth scored for QPR in the 5th but a 15th minute equalizer held up for Rotherham and we were forced to split the points.

The Series:

Very infrequent. Rotherham leads 4-3-3. Before this season, the teams last met in 1982/83. Their first meeting was in 1951/52.

[doolittledog2]

QPR goes 1-0 up in the 53rd minute on a Rowlands goal. It's in the 63rd minute now.

[doolittledog2]

74th minute now, 5,387 in attendance at Rotherham. BBC shows QPR with a 55-45 advantage in possesion and 11-3 advantage in corners. Still 1-0 to QPR

[art]

FT. Ugly, but 3 points is 3 points.

[doolittledog2]

FT. Ugly, but 3 points is 3 points.


I'll take 3 points anyway we can get them...especially away from home. My computer crashed and I just got back up. It was nice to see your update sitting there. :)

[doolittledog2]

The Coca-Cola Football League Championship : Table
Home Away
Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD PTS
1 Sunderland 39 14 4 2 41 18 10 2 7 23 16 30 78
2 Wigan 39 12 4 3 38 11 10 6 4 32 19 40 76
3 Ipswich 39 14 2 3 39 18 7 8 5 30 26 25 73
4 Preston 39 12 5 2 36 20 6 5 9 19 30 5 64
5 Derby 38 7 7 6 30 28 10 3 5 26 19 9 61
6 Sheff Utd 38 8 7 5 25 19 8 3 7 22 28 0 58
7 Reading 38 11 6 2 29 12 4 6 9 14 23 8 57
8 West Ham 38 11 4 5 31 21 5 4 9 22 28 4 56
9 QPR 38 9 5 5 27 20 7 3 9 20 26 1 56
10 Stoke 38 10 2 6 18 11 5 8 7 11 16 2 55
11 Leeds 39 7 7 5 26 20 6 7 7 18 22 2 53
12 Millwall 38 9 4 6 24 18 5 6 8 14 17 3 52
13 Wolverhampton 39 6 11 3 32 24 5 7 7 26 28 6 51
14 Burnley 38 7 6 5 18 16 5 7 8 12 18 -4 49
15 Watford 39 5 9 6 23 21 5 6 8 24 30 -4 45
16 Crewe 39 5 7 7 33 32 6 5 9 24 38 -13 45
17 Leicester 37 5 6 6 16 15 4 11 5 23 23 1 44
18 Plymouth 38 8 5 6 28 21 4 3 12 18 34 -9 44
19 Brighton 38 7 4 8 20 24 5 4 10 13 30 -21 44
20 Cardiff 38 8 4 8 21 17 2 8 8 18 25 -3 42
21 Gillingham 39 9 4 7 19 21 2 5 12 19 37 -20 42
22 Coventry 39 5 6 8 20 23 5 5 10 27 39 -15 41
23 Nottm Forest 38 6 8 5 22 22 2 6 11 14 32 -18 38
24 Rotherham 39 2 7 11 16 30 2 6 11 13 28 -29 25

Well that's a bit messy to look at but QPR move up to 9th in the table and are 2 pts out of a playoff spot. Much better than I believe most of us hoped for at the beginning of the season.

[K.P.]

Two points off the sixth spot is fantastic, especially with the next two games being at home.

[Northside Rovers]

3 points are never ugly.