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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 7 (setup 4, season 27)
Walsall
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Donovan RICKETTS71Daniel HAAS
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Richard KEOGH27Chris BAIRD
Steven SMITH37Marcus OLSSON
Morten Gamst PEDERSEN4Josh THOMPSON
Damien DELANEY85Vedran CORLUKA
Tommy SMITH66John O'SHEA
Craig GARDNER57Igor SHEVCHENKO
Daniel JOHNSON88Barry BANNAN
David N'GOG79Mika ÄÄRITALO
Francisco Jiménez Tejada, XISCO610RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE
Simeon JACKSON11Ross WALLACE
Manager
Sergio PETER12Libor KOZÁK
Andreas VAIKLA13Sam JOHNSTONE
Marvin WILLIAMS14Santiago VERGINI
Abdoulaye MÉITÉ15Danny LIVESEY
James WESOLOWSKI16Stephen PEARSON

Walsall 4 Rochdale 1
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 22,699, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Andy WOOLMER 5)
5 Gardner, 13 N'Gog, 34 Johnson, 49p N'GogScorers29og Pedersen
66 Gardner <=> MéitéSubstitutions
Sendings off
11 Smith, 80 DelaneyBookings
3Corners2
11Fouls21
12Offsides10
5Shots on6
10Shots off4
15Total shots10
1Shots saved5
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Damien DELANEY
1A good ball from JACKSON on the left bobbled toward N'GOG who sliced his shot wide.
5GOAL!! Walsall's GARDNER beat three defenders before firing just inside the Rochdale 'keeper's righthand post. (1-0 Walsall)
7A twenty yard drive from ÄÄRITALO caused the 'keeper no problem.
8THOMPSON played the ball to WALLACE who headed it over the bar.
11SMITH receives a yellow card for a poor challenge on WALLACE.
13GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from JACKSON rattled the post and in the ensuing meleé the ball was kicked into the net by N'GOG. (2-0 Walsall)
15A corner fell to ÄÄRITALO who headed an effort wide.
19A shot from BANNAN held no problem for the Walsall 'keeper.
24JOHNSON fired a looping shot wide from close range.
25A penalty box meleé resulted in GARDNER knocking the ball over.
26A shot from ÄÄRITALO was booted off the line by KEOGH.
29GOAL!! A corner shot into the penalty box and PEDERSEN fumbled the ball into his own net.
34GOAL!! A perfect ball from XISCO left N'GOG in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before squaring the ball to JOHNSON to score. (3-1 Walsall)
42XISCO headed just wide.
 
49GOAL!! A definite penalty was awarded to Walsall, after O'SHEA had fouled JACKSON, which N'GOG easily converted.
49ÄÄRITALO's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
64SHEVCHENKO waltzed round JOHNSON and rattled a weak shot into the crowd.
68The Rochdale 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from PEDERSEN.
71JACKSON beat O'SHEA and blasted the ball to SMITH who fumbled his shot wide.
80The ref yellow cards DELANEY.
82N'GOG ran onto a wonderful ball from JOHNSON but fired his effort wide of the lefthand post.
90+2A cross from PEDERSEN left SMITH in lots of space but he rushed his shot.