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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 15 (setup 1, season 26)
Middlesbrough
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Tim HOWARD1Roman WEIDENFELLER
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Marc WILSON72Benedikt HÖWEDES
Sulley Ali MUNTARI3Álvaro ARBELOA Coca
Marc ALBRIGHTON74Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
Gareth McAULEY756DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho
Michael ESSIEN766Adil RAMI
Leon OSMAN7Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA
Frank LAMPARD78Toni KROOS
Fraizer CAMPBELL79Antonio DI NATALE
Jon WALTERS107Samuel ETO'O Fils
Landon DONOVAN8116Wesley SNEIJDER
David Spears-GellarManagerAdy Lippiatt
Bradley FEWSTER12Holger BADSTUBER
Remie STREETE13DIEGO Alves Carreira
Jed WALLACE14Lars BENDER
Danny SIMPSON15Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR
Luke WILLIAMS16Valon BEHRAMI

Middlesbrough 3 Rochdale 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 35,718, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Andre MARRINER 7½, TV: highlights)
9 Donovan, 18 Muntari, 31 CampbellScorers
Substitutions61 Eto'o <=> Huntelaar
Sendings off
Bookings2 Sneijder
7Corners5
9Fouls15
18Offsides14
6Shots on8
5Shots off10
11Total shots18
3Shots saved6
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Landon DONOVAN
1A free-kick from CAMPBELL went just beyond the near post.
2MARRINER yellow cards SNEIJDER.
3CAMPBELL's shot was well saved by the Rochdale 'keeper.
5HOWARD saved a curling shot from DI NATALE.
9GOAL!! ALBRIGHTON drove a fierce shot against the woodwork with DONOVAN tapping in the rebound. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
13KROOS floated the ball to ETO'O who flicked it inches over.
17The 'keeper blocked a refined shot from HÖWEDES.
18GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled MUNTARI to dribble through the Rochdale defence and score. (2-0 Middlesbrough)
31GOAL!! A great shot from ESSIEN was palmed away by WEIDENFELLER only as far as CAMPBELL who hit the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (3-0 Middlesbrough)
33A mix up in the Middlesbrough defence enabled ETO'O to fire the ball inches over.
43ETO'O beat a number of Middlesbrough players and fired a golden opportunity inches wide.
44A corner bobbled toward ARBELOA who fired the ball just beyond the near post.
45+3A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
 
56HÖWEDES waltzed round LAMPARD and poked a weak shot into the crowd.
57DAVID LUIZ ran onto a delightful ball from VIDAL but fumbled his shot wide.
58A cross from MUNTARI left CAMPBELL in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
66VIDAL drilled a looping shot just wide from twenty yards out.
72DI NATALE shot wide.
75VIDAL steamed through the Middlesbrough defence but shot straight at HOWARD.
75A good ball from ARBELOA on the left bobbled toward DI NATALE who sliced his shot wide.
75WALTERS beat ARBELOA and hit the ball to LAMPARD who hit his shot wide.
83A penalty box meleé resulted in CAMPBELL tapping a low shot wide.