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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 4 (setup 1, season 31)
Rochdale
v.
Middlesbrough
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Nestor 'Fernando' MUSLERA Fernando717Bill HAMID
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
JOÃO Pedro da Silva PEREIRA26Michael ESSIEN
ADRIANO Correia Claro836Elderson Uwa ECHIEJILE
Wesley SNEIJDER84Artur YUSUPOV
DAVID COSTAS Cordal657FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo
Dennis AOGO766Leon OSMAN
Jérémy TOULALAN876Cristhian Ricardo STUANI Curbelo
Gervais Yao Kouassi, GERVINHO86Stewart DOWNING
Clément GRENIER896Bradley FEWSTER
Rafael VAN DER VAART10David NUGENT
Darko LAZOVIC116Fraizer CAMPBELL
Manager
Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, ALEXANDRE PATO12Paul DIGBY
Josh LILLIS13Tomas MEJÍAS Osorio
Danny GUTHRIE146Adam REACH
Jan KIRCHHOFF15Kieran RICHARDSON
Vurnon ANITA16Yanic WILDSCHUT

Rochdale 2 Middlesbrough 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 32,757, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Trevor KETTLE 7½)
16 Grenier, 27 AdrianoScorers
50 David Costas <=> KirchhoffSubstitutions84 Felipe <=> Reach
Sendings off
89 AogoBookings
4Corners3
5Fouls31
6Offsides6
7Shots on5
12Shots off4
19Total shots9
5Shots saved4
60%Possession40%
Man of the match: Wesley SNEIJDER
1A header by GRENIER at the far post was easily collected by HAMID.
8TOULALAN beat DOWNING and blasted the ball to LAZOVIC who hit his effort wide.
16GOAL!! A neat one-two left GRENIER clear and he made no mistake by lobbing the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (1-0 Rochdale)
20HAMID did well to hold onto an amazing strike from GRENIER.
21FELIPE's shot was well held by the Rochdale 'keeper.
27GOAL!! AOGO made space for ADRIANO who, after an interchange of passes twenty-five yards out, rammed the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Rochdale)
29An inswinging corner was touched into the arms of the Rochdale 'keeper by ECHIEJILE.
30GRENIER snapped at a simple chance.
37The Middlesbrough 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak header from GERVINHO.
37A lovely effort from GERVINHO scraped the outside of the righthand post.
40GERVINHO ran onto a delightful ball from TOULALAN but pulled his shot wide.
45A corner was collected by GRENIER who turned an effort just wide.
 
59A thirty yard drive from DOWNING caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
67TOULALAN knocked the ball to GRENIER who turned it over the bar.
69A cross from GERVINHO left ADRIANO in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
72A weak strike from CAMPBELL rolled agonisingly wide.
73A shot from AOGO was booted off the line by ESSIEN.
77The motionless MUSLERA was a mere bystander as a backpass from ADRIANO dropped just over.
79A free-kick from GERVINHO flew just beyond the near post.
83GERVINHO flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
84VAN DER VAART was put clear by GRENIER and he nutmegged HAMID but drilled his shot over the bar.
89AOGO booked for dangerous play.