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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 31 (setup 4, season 29)
Rochdale
v.
Walsall
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Sam JOHNSTONE71Andreas VAIKLA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Santiago VERGINI2Russell MARTIN
RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE836Tommy SMITH
Stephen PEARSON47Romaine SAWYERS
Josh THOMPSON657Damien DELANEY
Marcus OLSSON66Kory ROBERTS
Igor SHEVCHENKO76Morten Gamst PEDERSEN
Barry BANNAN787Daniel JOHNSON
Libor KOZÁK9David N'GOG
Ross WALLACE10Ashley FLETCHER
Matty DONE116Josh GORDON
Manager
Mika ÄÄRITALO12Liam KINSELLA
Josh LILLIS13Cameron DAWSON
Danny LIVESEY14Kane WILSON
Ollie RATHBONE615George DOBSON
Andy CANNON16Maziar KOUHYAR

Rochdale 2 Walsall 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 10,161, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Aris GALANOPOULOS 8)
28 Done, 40 BannanScorers13 Johnson
76 Olsson <=> RathboneSubstitutions61 Delaney <=> Dobson
Sendings off
Bookings19 Gordon
6Corners2
15Fouls13
2Offsides2
5Shots on2
8Shots off8
13Total shots10
3Shots saved1
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE
1The 'keeper managed to claw away a powerful shot.
11Uncertainty in the Rochdale defence enabled JOHNSON to hit the ball wide.
13GOAL!! A one-fisted punch from the Rochdale 'keeper enabled JOHNSON to glance the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Walsall)
16JOHNSON snapped at an easy chance.
19GORDON booked.
19PEDERSEN knocked the ball to DELANEY who forced it wide.
23BANNAN worked the ball to DONE, RÚBEN VINAGRE collected his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
25SMITH shot over.
28GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the Walsall 'keeper, RÚBEN VINAGRE was first to the loose ball and chipped the ball to DONE to drill in. (1-1)
38The stunned Rochdale 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from BANNAN fell just wide.
39A left foot shot from SAWYERS was pushed round the post by JOHNSTONE.
40GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled BANNAN to tuck the ball into the net. (2-1 Rochdale)
44A corner was collected by BANNAN who fired the ball wide.
44A cross from WALLACE left THOMPSON in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
45PEARSON booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
 
49A poor shot from RÚBEN VINAGRE rolled agonisingly wide.
57A pin-point pass found JOHNSON and his looping shot flew narrowly wide.
58A good effort from BANNAN scraped the outside of the post.
60SHEVCHENKO made space on the right and knocked the ball to BANNAN who fired the ball wide.
62RÚBEN VINAGRE brought the ball past MARTIN and rattled a weak shot past the post.
75ROBERTS poked an easy chance past the far post.
79A drive from KOZÁK seemed a certain goal but the Walsall 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
83SAWYERS ran onto a wonderful ball from FLETCHER but blasted his shot wide of the goal.
84A free-kick from WALLACE floated wide.