Rotherham United 3 Sheffield Wednesday 0 - player ratings

For Rotherham United there was utter delight at the biggest win over Sheffield Wednesday in their history.

For the Owls there was despair at a third straight defeat that leaves the marooned on minus four points this season.

Chief football writer Stuart Rayner tries to make sense of it all and assess the performances of both sets of players,

Rotherham United

Jamal Blackman – laughable now to think he was booked for time-wasting in the first half 6

Wes Harding – did not have to bomb on or defend much once Rotherham were two goals and a man to the good 7

Michael Ihiekwe – had a let-off when Wednesday were unable to punish his clearance against Dan Barlaser but otherwise assured 6

Richard Wood – carrying an injury, he did not let it affect him 7

Joe Mattock – forced a good save with his free-kick 7

Ben Wiles – linked midfield and attack well 7

Dan Barlaser – his set-pieces were of the usual quality – including his penalty 7

Jamie Lindsay – two goals and some great tracking back in the second half 8

Florian Jozefzoon – won the penalty which effectively wrapped the game up 7

Freddie Ladapo – lively presence without a goal to show for it 7

Mickel Miller – dangerous cutting off the left 7.

Substitutes:

Michael Smith (for Barlaser, 65) – forced Dawson into an outstanding second-half save 7

George Hirst (for Ladapo, 72) – had his moment, but Dawson saved his powerful shot 7

Shaun MacDonald (for Miler, 82) – N/A.

Not used: Johansson, Jones, Sadlier, Crooks.

Sheffield Wednesday

Cameron Dawson – one good, one outstanding second-half save to keep it respectable, but his goalkeeping had helped put them in the mess 5

Aiden Flint – commanded his players well but went off very early, probably a victim of the stop-start game N/A

Tom Lees – a red card on his return was a nightmare for the Owls 3

Julian Borner – quickly the only specialist centre-back but he was far from reassuring 4

Moses Odubajo – got up and down when it was 11-a-side. Booked 5

Fiyaso Dele-Bashiru – did his best on the right wing in the second half and volleyed a chance over with a heavy touch 6

Joey Pelupessy – anonymous in midfield 5

Barry Bannan – showed moments class but never enough to turn the game 6

Kadeem Harris – lively in the early stages but ended up playing full-back 6

Callum Paterson – unable to have much impact 5

Jack Marriott – shunted wide in the second half 5.

Substitutes:

Liam Palmer (for Flint, 17) – soon found himself at centre-back and on a booking 5

Josh Windass (for Paterson, 58) – thankless task at centre-forward 5

Adam Reach (for Marriott, 71) – put the effort in 5.

Not used: Rhodes, Wildsmith, Hunt, Kachunga.

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