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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 27 (setup 1, season 25)
Rochdale
v.
Arsenal
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Roman WEIDENFELLER18Gianluigi BUFFON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Darijo SRNA27Miguel TORRES Gómez
Álvaro ARBELOA Coca3Aleksandar KOLAROV
Lars BENDER4Mesut ÖZIL
DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho756Sergio BUSQUETS Burgos
ADRIANO Correia Claro66Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu
Ezequiel Iván LAVEZZI76Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, KAKÁ
Toni KROOS78JOÃO Filipe Iria Santos MOUTINHO
Samuel ETO'O Fils96NEYMAR da Silva Santos Júnior
Antonio DI NATALE6107Edin DZEKO
Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA7116Andreas WEIMANN
Rikki FaulknerManagerPaul Lamb
Adil RAMI12Victor MOSES
Karim REKIK13Shay GIVEN
Moritz LEITNER14Adnan JANUZAJ
Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR15SERGIO RAMOS García
Valon BEHRAMI16Robbie KEANE

Rochdale 1 Arsenal 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 59,134, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Alan WILEY 6)
30 BenderScorers28 Dzeko
Substitutions
Sendings off
12 LavezziBookings47 Piqué
1Corners6
15Fouls8
11Offsides2
11Shots on5
8Shots off5
19Total shots10
9Shots saved3
46%Possession54%
Man of the match: Gianluigi BUFFON
1BUFFON did well to hold onto a wicked shot from DI NATALE.
3A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Arsenal 'keeper.
9A wonderful save prevented PIQUÉ from scoring a great goal.
12LAVEZZI given a yellow card by WILEY for a late challenge.
14An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the Rochdale 'keeper by KOLAROV.
15A header by LAVEZZI at the near post was comfortably collected by the Arsenal 'keeper.
23The 'keeper saved a swerving effort from DI NATALE.
28GOAL!! A long goal-kick from KOLAROV caught the Rochdale defence napping and DZEKO raced through to round the 'keeper and score. (1-0 Arsenal)
30GOAL!! An inswinging corner headed out by JOÃO MOUTINHO was blasted home by BENDER. (1-1)
35A clever pass from JOÃO MOUTINHO, was blasted goalbound by KOLAROV only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
37LAVEZZI flicked a deadly shot over from thirty yards out.
41LAVEZZI was put clear by DAVID LUIZ and he turned BUFFON but glanced his shot wide.
43The Rochdale 'keeper was able to claw away a poor header from DZEKO.
44BENDER beat two Arsenal players and fired a great chance just beyond the near post.
 
47The referee books PIQUÉ.
48A fine ball from SANTI CAZORLA on the left was collected by DI NATALE who mishit his shot wide.
57ETO'O galloped through the Arsenal defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
58KOLAROV shot wide.
64DI NATALE ran onto a wonderful ball from BENDER but blasted his shot wide.
74KROOS worked the ball to BENDER, DI NATALE collected his pass and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
77A weak strike from ETO'O bounced agonisingly wide.
83A free-kick from KOLAROV went wide.