Match ends, Rotherham United 0, Birmingham City 0.
RotherhamRotherham United0BirminghamBirmingham City0
Rotherham United ended with nine men as Neil Warnock's first game in charge of the Millers finished goalless against Birmingham City.
Richard Wood was dismissed for fouling Clayton Donaldson, while Joe Mattock saw red for time-wasting.
Jacques Maghoma almost put Blues ahead from range but striker Donaldson failed to latch on to his wide shot.
For the hosts, Kirk Broadfoot headed Joe Newell's corner wide before Tomasz Kuszczak saved Matt Derbyshire's shot.
The result means Rotherham remain in 22nd place in the Championship and five points adrift of safety, while Birmingham rise a place to seventh and are three points from a play-off spot.
Warnock, who had been without a managerial role since a four-game spell as temporary boss of Queens Park Rangers late in 2015, was appointed Rotherham United manager until the end of the season following Neil Redfearn's dismissal.
The new Millers boss has not lost in his first game in charge of a club since losing 2-1 to Bradford City as manager of Oldham Athletic in February 1997.
Rotherham manager Neil Warnock:
"I thought they were excellent and on another day, we could have took the points but it wasn't to be.
"In the situation we are in we just have to make sure we get 100 percent out of the players and that's what they did today.
"The lads fought to the end, I have nothing but praise for them. They can only do what they did, we need more points.
"We have to win games we are not expected to. It'll be good to see what these lads can do."
Birmingham manager Gary Rowett:
"You always know it is going to be difficult to prepare for a game when a team changes manager close to the game. It did affect our preparations.
"In the sense that we have not done enough to win the game in the final third, it was a fair result.
"The players are disappointed, they look like they have lost the game and then you read the results and we have actually clawed a point back and we are only three points off the top six.
"So we can't be too displeased with a draw away from home and a clean sheet."
Line-ups
Rotherham
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Camp
- 16Richardson
- 5Broadfoot
- 6WoodBooked at 79mins
- 3MattockBooked at 90mins
- 14BurkeSubstituted forWardat 78'minutes
- 11Green
- 33Smallwood
- 22NewellSubstituted forHalfordat 78'minutes
- 27DerbyshireSubstituted forClarke-Harrisat 64'minutes
- 9Ward
Substitutes
- 2Buxton
- 4Collins
- 13Cairns
- 15Halford
- 17Ward
- 19Clarke-Harris
- 39Yates
Birmingham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 29Kuszczak
- 32Shotton
- 28Morrison
- 4Robinson
- 3Grounds
- 8GleesonBooked at 90mins
- 6KieftenbeldBooked at 55mins
- 30BuckleySubstituted forCotterillat 84'minutes
- 20ToralSubstituted forFabbriniat 82'minutes
- 19MaghomaSubstituted forSolomon-Otaborat 78'minutes
- 9Donaldson
Substitutes
- 1Legzdins
- 7Fabbrini
- 11Cotterill
- 17Solomon-Otabor
- 23Spector
- 26Davis
- 31Caddis
- Referee:
- Richard Clark
- Attendance:
- 11,018
Match Stats
Home TeamRotherhamAway TeamBirmingham
- Possession
- Home47%
- Away53%
- Shots
- Home10
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home2
- Away3
- Corners
- Home7
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home13
- Away5
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Rotherham United 0, Birmingham City 0.
Dismissal
Second yellow card to Joe Mattock (Rotherham United).
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Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Paul Robinson.
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Foul by Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City).
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Paul Green (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Offside, Rotherham United. Kirk Broadfoot tries a through ball, but Kirk Broadfoot is caught offside.
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Foul by Paul Robinson (Birmingham City).
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Jonson Clarke-Harris (Rotherham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Booking
Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
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Offside, Birmingham City. Jonathan Grounds tries a through ball, but Michael Morrison is caught offside.
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Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Greg Halford.
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David Cotterill (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Richard Smallwood (Rotherham United).
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Stephen Gleeson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Grant Ward (Rotherham United).
Substitution
Substitution, Birmingham City. David Cotterill replaces William Buckley.
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Diego Fabbrini (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Frazer Richardson (Rotherham United).
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Corner, Rotherham United. Conceded by Ryan Shotton.
