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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 8 (setup 4, season 27)
Rochdale
v.
Grimsby Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Sam JOHNSTONE1Yves Makabu MA-KALAMBAY
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Santiago VERGINI26Matthew CONNOLLY
Ross WALLACE3Achraf LAZAAR
Stephen PEARSON74Christophe GRONDIN
Vedran CORLUKA5Steve COOK
John O'SHEA67José Manuel CASADO Bizcocho
Igor SHEVCHENKO77Keith BRIGGS
Barry BANNAN78Marc PUGH
Mika ÄÄRITALO797Adam ROONEY
Josh O'KEEFE6106Tommer HEMED
Marcus OLSSON117Marcus RASHFORD
Manager
Danny LIVESEY12Bruno ZUCULINI
Josh THOMPSON13Fernando Martin FORESTIERI
Daniel HAAS14Kenny COOPER
RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE715Lukás MAGERA
Libor KOZÁK16Patrik GERRBRAND

Rochdale 1 Grimsby Town 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 10,229, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Jon MOSS 7½)
52 CorlukaScorers20 Rooney, 35 Casado
81 Corluka <=> Rúben VinagreSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners1
6Fouls10
4Offsides3
5Shots on7
9Shots off6
14Total shots13
4Shots saved5
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Steve COOK
6PEARSON knocked the ball to BANNAN who touched it just beyond the far post.
11The Grimsby Town 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful effort.
14The motionless Rochdale 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from O'SHEA dropped just wide.
20GOAL!! A cross from the left was headed down by COOK for ROONEY to score. (1-0 Grimsby Town)
23A penalty box meleé resulted in RASHFORD driving a low shot wide.
29An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of the 'keeper by BANNAN.
31A twenty yard drive from ROONEY caused JOHNSTONE little difficulty.
35GOAL!! A neat one-two left CASADO clear and he made no mistake by instinctively floating the ball beyond the oncoming Rochdale 'keeper. (2-0 Grimsby Town)
38A tame strike from SHEVCHENKO rolled agonisingly wide.
39Uncertainty in the Grimsby Town defence enabled BANNAN to volley an effort over.
41The 'keeper stopped a neatly crafted strike from BANNAN.
42A accurate pass bobbled toward ÄÄRITALO and his right foot effort went narrowly wide.
42A shot from ROONEY was smothered by JOHNSTONE.
 
50PUGH poked a simple chance past the near post.
52GOAL!! A short corner was knocked out to CORLUKA who shot the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Grimsby Town)
57A corner was collected by CORLUKA who forced an effort over.
61RASHFORD's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Rochdale woodwork.
62BANNAN scuffed an easy chance.
73PUGH shot over.
79A header from PUGH was booted off the line by WALLACE.
88A cross from BRIGGS left PUGH in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
89VERGINI fired a right foot shot just wide from twenty-five yards out.