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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 37 (setup 4, season 28)
Rochdale
v.
Burton Albion
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Sam JOHNSTONE71Simon THOMAS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Santiago VERGINI27Fikayo TOMORI
Ross WALLACE3Jake BIDWELL
Chris BAIRD4Matt PALMER
John O'SHEA757Ben TURNER
RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE666Kyle McFADZEAN
Igor SHEVCHENKO7Mahlon ROMEO
Marcus OLSSON787Brad SMITH
Libor KOZÁK9Liam BOYCE
Stephen PEARSON610Tom NAYLOR
Matty DONE116Lucas AKINS
Manager
Danny LIVESEY12John BRAYFORD
Daniel HAAS13Barry ROCHE
Andy CANNON14Matthew LUND
Ollie RATHBONE15Jake BUXTON
Josh O'KEEFE166Jamie ALLEN

Rochdale 0 Burton Albion 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 10,200, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Mike THORPE 7½)
Scorers18 Palmer
Substitutions66 Turner <=> Allen
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners1
20Fouls16
2Offsides1
4Shots on4
9Shots off9
13Total shots13
2Shots saved2
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Santiago VERGINI
2A tame strike from KOZÁK trickled agonisingly wide.
5KOZÁK floated the ball to SHEVCHENKO who touched it over the bar.
16A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Burton Albion 'keeper.
16AKINS made space on the right and dragged the ball to SMITH who clipped the ball wide.
18GOAL!! A tackle from KOZÁK gave Burton Albion a free-kick twenty-five yards out which PALMER slammed past JOHNSTONE. (1-0 Burton Albion)
24A twenty yard drive from O'SHEA caused the 'keeper no problem.
25A penalty box meleé resulted in BOYCE knocking a low shot over.
26The 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame header from KOZÁK.
31KOZÁK beat three Burton Albion players and fired a golden opportunity wide.
36DONE headed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
38A useful ball from SHEVCHENKO on the left bobbled toward OLSSON who scuffed his shot just beyond the far post.
41OLSSON dribbled past NAYLOR and rifled a weak shot past the post.
43BOYCE shot wide.
45Uncertainty in the Burton Albion defence enabled VERGINI to blast the ball over the bar.
 
47An exceptional effort from BOYCE scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
49NAYLOR ran onto a delightful ball from PALMER but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
55RÚBEN VINAGRE stabbed an easy chance past the righthand post.
62BOYCE's shot beat JOHNSTONE but rebounded off the Rochdale post.
65OLSSON headed inches over.
72A accurate pass bobbled toward BIDWELL and his left foot effort went narrowly over.
77A cross from ROMEO left PALMER in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
80SMITH's shot was well held by JOHNSTONE.
83THOMAS saved a glorious shot from SHEVCHENKO.
84AKINS worked the ball to NAYLOR, BOYCE collected his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of JOHNSTONE.
85A corner fell to BOYCE who flicked an effort over.
87A free-kick from TOMORI flew over the bar.