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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 35 (setup 4, season 27)
Rochdale
v.
AFC Wimbledon
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Sam JOHNSTONE717Alex CAIRNS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Santiago VERGINI2Barry FULLER
Ross WALLACE3Adedeji OSHILAJA
Chris BAIRD84Nadjim ABDOU
Vedran CORLUKA857Will NIGHTINGALE
John O'SHEA66George FRANCOMB
Igor SHEVCHENKO7Jacob MELLIS
Barry BANNAN87Will ATKINSON
Libor KOZÁK9Ivan TONEY
Mika ÄÄRITALO6106Lyle TAYLOR
Marcus OLSSON11Harry FORRESTER
Manager
Josh THOMPSON12Andy BARCHAM
Daniel HAAS13George LONG
Stephen PEARSON14Joel BYROM
15Jonathan MEADES
Danny LIVESEY616Kwesi APPIAH

Rochdale 3 AFC Wimbledon 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 10,104, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Mick RUSSELL 5½)
17 Shevchenko, 31 Kozák, 49 ShevchenkoScorers58 Atkinson
85 O'Shea <=> LiveseySubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings46 Taylor
2Corners2
17Fouls11
0Offsides0
5Shots on5
6Shots off4
11Total shots9
2Shots saved4
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Ross WALLACE
2A weak strike from KOZÁK trickled agonisingly wide.
8The 'keeper stopped a refined shot from BANNAN.
13The 'keeper saved a curling shot from OSHILAJA.
17GOAL!! A terrible backpass by FULLER enabled SHEVCHENKO to nip in and nudge the ball past CAIRNS. (1-0 Rochdale)
28FORRESTER stabbed an easy chance past the righthand post.
31GOAL!! A delightful ball from VERGINI left BAIRD in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before passing the ball to KOZÁK to score. (2-0 Rochdale)
32A header from FULLER was hoofed off the line by O'SHEA.
41ÄÄRITALO beat OSHILAJA and blasted the ball to KOZÁK who hit his shot wide.
 
46A high tackle gets TAYLOR a yellow card.
49GOAL!! A beautiful inswinging corner was headed in at the near post by SHEVCHENKO. (3-0 Rochdale)
52An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of the Rochdale 'keeper by ATKINSON.
52CAIRNS was able to claw away a tame header from BANNAN.
58GOAL!! A short clearance dropped to ABDOU who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily ATKINSON was on hand to fire the ball into the back of the net. (3-1 Rochdale)
58A penalty box meleé resulted in KOZÁK tapping a low shot wide.
60BAIRD was put clear by OLSSON and he pulled away from the 'keeper but drilled his shot over.
73ATKINSON headed inches wide.
76Uncertainty in the Rochdale defence enabled TONEY to thump the ball over the bar.
81A great effort from KOZÁK scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
83TONEY brought the ball round SHEVCHENKO and stabbed a poor shot over.
84BANNAN floated the ball to ÄÄRITALO who nodded it over the bar.
89The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely shot from AFC Wimbledon's ATKINSON.