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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 38 (setup 4, season 28)
Rochdale
v.
Brighton & HA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Sam JOHNSTONE1Mat RYAN
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Santiago VERGINI727BERNARDO Fernandes da Silva Junior
Ross WALLACE37Sam ADEKUGBE
Chris BAIRD84Davy PRÖPPER
John O'SHEA5Leon BALOGUN
RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE66Anthony KNOCKAERT
Igor SHEVCHENKO7Pascal GROSS
Marcus OLSSON88Alireza JAHANBAKHSH
Libor KOZÁK797Oliver NORWOOD
Stephen PEARSON7107Solomon MARCH
Matty DONE611Florin ANDONE
Manager
Danny LIVESEY12Tommy SPURR
Daniel HAAS13Keiren WESTWOOD
Andy CANNON14Leo Skiri ŘSTIGĹRD
Ollie RATHBONE15Beram KAYAL
Josh O'KEEFE16Gabriel OBERTAN

Rochdale 0 Brighton & HA 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 10,180, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Trevor KETTLE 6)
Scorers21 Jahanbakhsh, 25 Pröpper
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners4
16Fouls14
7Offsides4
8Shots on3
3Shots off5
11Total shots8
8Shots saved1
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Alireza JAHANBAKHSH
7A twenty-five yard drive from BAIRD caused the Brighton & HA 'keeper little difficulty.
9JAHANBAKHSH kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
10NORWOOD knocked the ball to GROSS who headed it just beyond the near post.
10RYAN dived to his left to save an accurate drive from Rochdale's DONE.
15A good ball from RÚBEN VINAGRE on the right found WALLACE who sliced his shot over the bar.
19KOZÁK shot wide.
21GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed GROSS to nudge the ball to JAHANBAKHSH who hit a right foot shot into the back of the net. (1-0 Brighton & HA)
25The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from OLSSON.
25GOAL!! An outswinging corner was hoofed clear only for PRÖPPER to thump the ball home. (2-0 Brighton & HA)
28An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by NORWOOD.
35A great save prevented KOZÁK from scoring an exceptional goal.
38A penalty box scramble resulted in ADEKUGBE driving a low shot over.
40KOZÁK snapped at an easy chance.
 
55A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
56DONE steamed through the Brighton & HA defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
61The Brighton & HA 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from KOZÁK.
67PRÖPPER made space on the right and dragged the ball to BERNARDO who clipped the ball over.
88PEARSON's shot beat RYAN but rebounded off the Brighton & HA woodwork.
89PRÖPPER dribbled round VERGINI and rattled a weak shot past the post.