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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 30 (setup 1, season 25)
Rochdale
v.
Chester
Formation:
3-4-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Roman WEIDENFELLER16Federico MARCHETTI
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Darijo SRNA2Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Álvaro ARBELOA Coca737Michal KADLEC
Lars BENDER48Walter Alejandro GARGANO Guevara
DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho75Nicolás Andrés BURDISSO
ADRIANO Correia Claro767Sergei IGNASHEVICH
Ezequiel Iván LAVEZZI877Senad LULIC
Toni KROOS78Ignazio ABATE
Samuel ETO'O Fils897Seydou DOUMBIA
Antonio DI NATALE6106TIAGO Cardoso Mendes
Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA11Antonio CASSANO
Rikki FaulknerManagerMark Rose
Adil RAMI12Arkadiusz MILIK
Karim REKIK13Colin COOSEMANS
Moritz LEITNER14SAÚL Ñíguez Esclápez
Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR15Andoni IRAOLA Sagarna
Valon BEHRAMI16Richairo ZIVKOVIC

Rochdale 1 Chester 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 59,057, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Richard BEEBY 5, TV: highlights)
28 Di NataleScorers35 Abate, 68 Burdisso
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings71 Lulic
7Corners9
14Fouls7
7Offsides15
8Shots on3
6Shots off12
14Total shots15
6Shots saved1
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Samuel ETO'O Fils
6A accurate pass fell to SRNA and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
9SANTI CAZORLA pulled away from TIAGO but tapped the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
15LAVEZZI galloped through the Chester defence but shot straight at MARCHETTI.
17DI NATALE rattled an easy chance past the lefthand post.
19DI NATALE ran onto a delightful ball from SANTI CAZORLA but blasted his shot wide of the lefthand post.
24A mix up in the Rochdale defence enabled DOUMBIA to thump the ball over.
25ABATE headed inches wide.
28GOAL!! The Chester 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from BURDISSO and DI NATALE managed to poke the ball into the net. (1-0 Rochdale)
35GOAL!! On the right wing TIAGO collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the goalmouth for ABATE to crack it into the net. (1-1)
37CASSANO booted the ball wide from just outside the area.
39GARGANO shot wide.
43The Chester 'keeper managed to block a wicked effort.
 
56LAVEZZI blasted a left foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.
68GOAL!! A deep goal-kick from IGNASHEVICH caught the Rochdale defence square and BURDISSO nipped in to round the 'keeper and score. (2-1 Chester)
70A penalty box meleé resulted in PEREIRA knocking the ball wide.
71A poor challenge on KROOS by LULIC results in a booking.
75BENDER beat GARGANO and blasted the ball to SRNA who dragged his shot wide.
80A drive from DI NATALE seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away.
86ABATE made space on the right and pulled the ball to CASSANO who rasped the ball over.
87A good effort from KADLEC scraped the woodwork.
88A shot from DI NATALE was headed off the line by PEREIRA.
90A useful ball from GARGANO on the right fell to PEREIRA who scuffed his shot over.