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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 26 (setup 4, season 27)
Rochdale
v.
Rushden&Diamonds
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Sam JOHNSTONE61Bogdan LOBONT
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Santiago VERGINI72Shkodran MUSTAFI
Ross WALLACE737Andrew TAYLOR
Chris BAIRD747KI Sung-yueng
Vedran CORLUKA65Emanuel POGATETZ
John O'SHEA666RAFAEL Pereira da Silva
Igor SHEVCHENKO777Leon BRITTON
Barry BANNAN8Stephen HUNT
Libor KOZÁK97Mauro BOSELLI
Stephen PEARSON710John SUTTON
Marcus OLSSON116Georgios SAMARAS
Manager
Josh THOMPSON12Brian STOCK
Daniel HAAS13Alan JULIAN
Mika ÄÄRITALO14Tom ELLIOTT
Josh O'KEEFE615Billy SHARP
Danny LIVESEY16Massimo MACCARONE

Rochdale 2 Rushden&Diamonds 2
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 10,058, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Clive PENTON 6½)
33 Kozák, 47 PearsonScorers48 Boselli, 53 Ki
67 Corluka <=> O'KeefeSubstitutions59 Britton <=> Sharp
Sendings off
75 VerginiBookings
2Corners3
14Fouls21
2Offsides2
4Shots on3
7Shots off6
11Total shots9
2Shots saved1
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Libor KOZÁK
7An exceptional effort from PEARSON scraped the outside of the post.
8BOSELLI shot over.
11BANNAN ran onto a great ball from BAIRD but blasted his shot wide.
12KOZÁK played the ball to VERGINI who forced it wide.
21The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from BANNAN.
26Uncertainty in the Rushden&Diamonds defence enabled OLSSON to hammer the ball wide.
27A free-kick from BOSELLI floated over the bar.
31The motionless JOHNSTONE was a mere bystander as a backpass from PEARSON dropped just wide.
33GOAL!! BANNAN drove a fierce shot against the post with KOZÁK driving in the rebound. (1-0 Rochdale)
37BOSELLI headed the ball wide from just inside the area.
42LOBONT managed to block a powerful shot.
43KOZÁK whacked a looping shot over from twenty-five yards out.
 
47GOAL!! A deep cross from CORLUKA on the right was nodded home by PEARSON on the edge of the box. (2-0 Rochdale)
48GOAL!! A short corner was knocked out to BOSELLI who tapped the ball into the net. (2-1 Rochdale)
53GOAL!! An imaginative HUNT played a delightful ball down the middle to KI who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (2-2)
61A cross from KI left SAMARAS in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
63A pin-point pass was collected by VERGINI and his right foot effort flew narrowly wide.
69A penalty box meleé resulted in BANNAN driving a low shot over.
74SUTTON made space on the left and touched the ball to SAMARAS who touched the ball over.
75VERGINI booked for dangerous play.
89SAMARAS fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Rochdale 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.