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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 17 (setup 1, season 33)
Rochdale
v.
Middlesbrough
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Josh LILLIS17Tomas MEJÍAS Osorio
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
JOĂO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA72John BOYE
ADRIANO Correia Claro73Elderson Uwa ECHIEJILE
Wesley SNEIJDER4Artur YUSUPOV
DAVID COSTAS Cordal57FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo
Dennis AOGO666Daniel Sánchez AYALA
Clément GRENIER7Adam REACH
Levin ÖZTUNALI8Stewart DOWNING
Samuel ETO'O Fils79Cristhian Ricardo STUANI Curbelo
Darko LAZOVIC610Fraizer CAMPBELL
Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, ALEXANDRE PATO11Sylvester IGBOUN
Manager
Vurnon ANITA12David NUGENT
Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO13Patrick BAMFORD
Moritz LEITNER14Yanic WILDSCHUT
Ashley RICHARDS15Paul DIGBY
Jan KIRCHHOFF16Bradley FEWSTER

Rochdale 2 Middlesbrough 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 26,190, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Mark HALSEY 6½)
55 Öztunali, 75 Eto'oScorers
55 Aogo <=> RichardsSubstitutions50 Downing <=> Bamford
Sendings off
72 Lazovic, 78 GrenierBookings
2Corners3
19Fouls6
1Offsides5
6Shots on3
8Shots off5
14Total shots8
4Shots saved2
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Artur YUSUPOV
16SNEIJDER knocked the ball to ALEXANDRE PATO who touched it over the bar.
19ÖZTUNALI shot over.
19A tame shot from ALEXANDRE PATO bounced agonisingly wide.
22The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from LAZOVIC fell just wide.
22FELIPE clipped the ball through a crowd of players but LILLIS was a match for it as he dived to his right.
28The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from ETO'O.
32A delightful strike from ALEXANDRE PATO was dealt with by a fine stop from the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
35YUSUPOV ran onto a great ball from CAMPBELL but fumbled his shot wide of the goal.
38A free-kick from ÖZTUNALI went over the bar.
42A corner fell to ÖZTUNALI who nodded an effort just wide.
45An exceptional effort from ALEXANDRE PATO scraped the outside of the post.
 
53A pin-point pass found STUANI and his left foot effort flew narrowly over.
55GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled ÖZTUNALI to flick the ball home. (1-0 Rochdale)
58ETO'O worked the ball to LAZOVIC, ÖZTUNALI collected his pass and kicked the ball within easy reach of the Middlesbrough 'keeper.
60BAMFORD turned ÖZTUNALI but slammed the ball into the arms of LILLIS.
62A cross from LAZOVIC left ÖZTUNALI in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
63A penalty box meleé resulted in STUANI cracking the ball over.
70A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Middlesbrough 'keeper.
72LAZOVIC receives a yellow card for a bad challenge on AYALA.
75GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by MEJÍAS, SNEIJDER was first to the loose ball and chipped the ball to ETO'O to flick home. (2-0 Rochdale)
78GRENIER booked for arguing with the referee.
86BAMFORD was put clear by IGBOUN and he turned LILLIS but struck his shot just beyond the far post.
88BAMFORD's shot beat LILLIS but rebounded off the Rochdale woodwork.
90SNEIJDER beat four Middlesbrough players and fired a shot just wide.