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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 17 (setup 4, season 27)
Burton Albion
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Simon THOMAS17Sam JOHNSTONE
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
John BRAYFORD28Santiago VERGINI
Stephen WARNOCK37Ross WALLACE
Matt PALMER848Chris BAIRD
Tom NAYLOR57Vedran CORLUKA
Kyle McFADZEAN76John O'SHEA
Will MILLER77Igor SHEVCHENKO
Hope AKPAN87Barry BANNAN
Lucas AKINS96Mika ÄÄRITALO
Jamie ALLEN10Josh THOMPSON
Liam BOYCE6116Marcus OLSSON
Manager
Damien McCRORY12Stephen PEARSON
Connor RIPLEY13Daniel HAAS
Matthew LUND614RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE
Jake BUXTON615Danny LIVESEY
Tom FLANAGAN16Libor KOZÁK

Burton Albion 1 Rochdale 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 6,377, Stadium: Pirelli Stadium, Referee: Andy WOOLMER 6)
79 BoyceScorers86 Wallace
79 Allen <=> Buxton, 79 Miller <=> LundSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners4
10Fouls12
0Offsides1
8Shots on7
7Shots off1
15Total shots8
6Shots saved6
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Chris BAIRD
2A delightful save prevented BANNAN from scoring a good goal.
8AKINS's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Rochdale post.
12The 'keeper blocked a neatly crafted strike from SHEVCHENKO.
15AKINS touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Rochdale 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
16SHEVCHENKO's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
18A penalty box scramble resulted in WARNOCK tapping the ball over.
20A delightful strike from AKPAN was dealt with by a good block from the 'keeper.
22A shot from BANNAN was booted off the line by WARNOCK.
22A header by AKINS at the far post was easily collected by JOHNSTONE.
25AKPAN beat VERGINI and fired the ball to AKINS who blasted his shot wide.
33AKINS beat two Rochdale players and fired an effort over the bar.
35BRAYFORD fluffed a simple chance.
40The 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce drive from Rochdale's BAIRD.
43ALLEN charged through the Rochdale defence but shot straight at the Rochdale 'keeper.
45An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Rochdale 'keeper by AKPAN.
 
51A drive from MILLER seemed a certain goal but the Rochdale 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
54A pin-point pass fell to AKPAN and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
57A cross from AKPAN left BOYCE in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
75A corner found WARNOCK who flicked an effort just wide.
79GOAL!! An outswinging corner kicked out by BANNAN was shot into the net by BOYCE. (1-0 Burton Albion)
81A strike from ÄÄRITALO held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
86GOAL!! A tame shot from WALLACE seemed to hold no problem for THOMAS but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (1-1)
88A free-kick from OLSSON raced just beyond the near post.