Cardiff City 2-0 Rotherham United: Kion Etete and Perry Ng strikes move Bluebirds into top six

Cardiff City extended their Championship winning run to four matches with a 2-0 triumph over Rotherham United in the Welsh capital.

It was a tough watch at times, and the Millers made it difficult for them, but Kion Etete popped up in the second half with a well-taken header before Perry Ng struck at the death to earn the Bluebirds all three points and, importantly, keep that positive momentum rolling.

The Bluebirds, historically, tend to struggle when so-called lesser teams come to Cardiff and this was no different. Rotherham sat in and made Cardiff try to crack them open, which was easier said than done.

But make no mistake, Cardiff were the better of the two sides in the first half, with Rotherham not even registering a single shot on target and employing a tactic of lobbing the ball up to Jordan Hugill in the hope of winning second balls. Cardiff, by contrast, mixed up their game well by trying to play through, over and around the Millers, with mixed results.

There was an early blow for Cardiff when Yakou Meite, who had the first chance of the game when he spun and shot from near the penalty spot after a good Karlan Grant run and cross only to see it blocked, had to be substituted after tweaking his hamstring. It disrupted the Bluebirds' flow for a short while, but Cardiff continued to be the team in the ascendancy.

The other big opportunity before the break came by virtue of some wonderful defending from Dimitrios Goutas, who stole the ball off Hugill just inside Rotherham's half before fellow Greek Manolis Siopis slid through a clever ball for Ryan Wintle. The midfielder hit one low and towards the far corner, but goalkeeper Viktor Johansson got down well to deny him. But in truth it was a drab and disjointed first