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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 17 (setup 1, season 32)
Rochdale
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Josh LILLIS16Connal TRUEMAN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Vurnon ANITA2Joe LEDLEY
ADRIANO Correia Claro37Chris BRUNT
Jérémy TOULALAN847Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
Timo BAUMGARTL75Reece BURKE
Waldemar ANTON66Jason PUNCHEON
Wesley SNEIJDER87Moses Daddy SIMON
Levin ÖZTUNALI86Andy KING
Samuel ETO'O Fils797Victor ANICHEBE
Dennis AOGO10Nils PETERSEN
Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, ALEXANDRE PATO11Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
Manager
Darko LAZOVIC12Max LOWE
Jonathan Diba MUSANGU13Ryan KENT
Ashley RICHARDS14Tyler WALKER
Rafael VAN DER VAART15Carlton MORRIS
DAVID COSTAS Cordal167Glenn WHELAN

Rochdale 4 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 21,238, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Andy PENN 6)
29 Alexandre Pato, 54 Anita, 61 Eto'o, 65 Eto'oScorers62 Anichebe
Substitutions48 Simon <=> Whelan, 62 Brunt <=> Kent
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners3
2Fouls3
3Offsides2
4Shots on4
7Shots off8
11Total shots12
0Shots saved3
59%Possession41%
Man of the match: Jérémy TOULALAN
1A twenty-five yard shot from CHOUPO-MOTING caused the Rochdale 'keeper no problem.
18A penalty box meleé resulted in ALEXANDRE PATO cracking a low shot wide.
19A shot from CHOUPO-MOTING was smothered by the Rochdale 'keeper.
29GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled ALEXANDRE PATO to dribble through the Birmingham City defence and score. (1-0 Rochdale)
33A corner found PETERSEN who turned the ball over the bar.
39SNEIJDER beat three Birmingham City players and drove a golden opportunity over the bar.
42ANICHEBE flicked a looping shot just beyond the far post from long range.
 
46A tame strike from ANICHEBE rolled agonisingly wide.
47A accurate pass found ALEXANDRE PATO and his left foot shot went narrowly over.
51BURKE shot over.
54GOAL!! Uncertainty between WHELAN and the Birmingham City 'keeper allowed ANITA to fire the ball into the empty net. (2-0 Rochdale)
56A free-kick from ÖZTUNALI floated over.
59A great save prevented ANICHEBE from scoring an exceptional goal.
60ANICHEBE beat BAUMGARTL and drove the ball to CHOUPO-MOTING who fired his effort wide.
61GOAL!! A deep cross by SNEIJDER was met by ETO'O who galloped in to score. (3-0 Rochdale)
62GOAL!! A beautiful outswinging corner was forced in at the near post by ANICHEBE. (3-1 Rochdale)
65GOAL!! A long ball from TOULALAN had the Birmingham City defence back-pedalling and ETO'O made the most of the opportunity with a great goal. (4-1 Rochdale)
67ANICHEBE flicked an easy chance past the near post.
69ADRIANO scuffed an easy chance.
79TOULALAN headed just beyond the far post.
81A mix up in the Rochdale defence enabled KENT to hit the ball wide.
83TOULALAN made space on the left and touched the ball to ETO'O who touched the ball wide.
89A useful ball from KING on the left fell to PETERSEN who mishit his shot over the bar.