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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 3 (setup 4, season 27)
Rushden&Diamonds
v.
Rochdale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Bogdan LOBONT71Daniel HAAS
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Shkodran MUSTAFI2Chris BAIRD
Alexander BUTTNER83Marcus OLSSON
Jake LIVERMORE4Josh THOMPSON
Emanuel POGATETZ75Vedran CORLUKA
RAFAEL Pereira da Silva66John O'SHEA
Leon BRITTON877Igor SHEVCHENKO
Stephen HUNT87Barry BANNAN
Mauro BOSELLI79Mika ÄÄRITALO
KI Sung-yueng710RÚBEN Gonçalo Silva Nascimento VINAGRE
Georgios SAMARAS611Ross WALLACE
Manager
Andrew TAYLOR12Libor KOZÁK
Alan JULIAN13Sam JOHNSTONE
John SUTTON14Santiago VERGINI
Billy SHARP15Danny LIVESEY
Massimo MACCARONE16Stephen PEARSON

Rushden&Diamonds 2 Rochdale 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 6,495, Stadium: Nene Park, Referee: Colin WEBSTER 6½)
2 Boselli, 62 HuntScorers59 Shevchenko
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners4
2Fouls19
9Offsides10
8Shots on3
9Shots off7
17Total shots10
4Shots saved1
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Alexander BUTTNER
2GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled BOSELLI to lob the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Rushden&Diamonds)
6WALLACE shot over.
8BRITTON beat O'SHEA but fired the ball into the arms of the Rochdale 'keeper.
11HUNT's shot was well saved by the Rochdale 'keeper.
24A penalty box scramble resulted in BANNAN driving a low shot wide.
26A pin-point pass fell to KI and his looping shot flew narrowly over.
26BOSELLI flicked a simple chance past the near post.
31KI made space on the right and dragged the ball to BOSELLI who touched the ball over.
34The Rochdale 'keeper was able to block a powerful effort.
35The stunned 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from SHEVCHENKO fell just over.
36A wonderful save prevented RÚBEN VINAGRE from scoring a good goal.
41SAMARAS clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
 
47SAMARAS booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
55A mix up in the Rushden&Diamonds defence enabled WALLACE to blast an effort just beyond the near post.
59GOAL!! An energetic WALLACE ran down the right wing and dragged the ball back for SHEVCHENKO to flick home. (1-1)
62GOAL!! A sliced BUTTNER shot was collected by HUNT who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (2-1 Rushden&Diamonds)
63A good ball from KI on the left fell to LIVERMORE who scuffed his shot just beyond the near post.
64A cross from LIVERMORE left BRITTON in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
70SAMARAS fluffed an easy chance.
77The Rochdale 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from BUTTNER.
82BANNAN floated the ball to BAIRD who headed it wide.
87A good effort from ÄÄRITALO scraped the outside of the righthand post.