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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 12 (setup 5, season 18)
Rochdale
v.
Walsall
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Zeljko BRKIC1Paddy GAMBLE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Roman SHISHKIN2Marko JOVANOVIC
Emanuel POGATETZ36Joel LYNCH
Mikel SAN JOSE Dominguez4Astrit AJDAREVIC
Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS57Nikolay BODUROV
Matías Agustín SILVESTRE6Tamás VASKÓ
GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez776Alejandro Damián FAURLIN
ALEX TEIXEIRA78Paul ANDERSON
Yoan GOUFFRAN697Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Oliver BURKE10Lee TOMLIN
Shane LONG711Tadanari LEE
Manager
Donal McDERMOTT12Markus HEIKKINEN
Conrad LOGAN136Henrik DALSGAARD
Jean-Armel KANA-BIYIK14Phil OFOSU-AYEH
Florent HADERGJONAJ615Dominique MALONGA
Jamie ALLEN16Paul CONNOLLY

Rochdale 3 Walsall 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 20,165, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Aris GALANOPOULOS 6½)
5 Alex Teixeira, 74 Alex Teixeira, 79 Alex TeixeiraScorers46 Jutkiewicz
85 San Jose <=> HadergjonajSubstitutions74 Bodurov <=> Dalsgaard
Sendings off
61 San JoseBookings
4Corners2
5Fouls7
4Offsides1
7Shots on5
11Shots off9
18Total shots14
4Shots saved2
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS
1LONG's shot beat the Walsall 'keeper but rebounded off the Walsall upright.
3A twenty yard drive from LONG caused GAMBLE little difficulty.
4BODUROV drilled a looping shot just beyond the near post from close range.
5GOAL!! A wonderful drive from SAN JOSE was palmed away by the Walsall 'keeper only as far as ALEX TEIXEIRA who lashed the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (1-0 Rochdale)
8The Rochdale 'keeper was able to block a poor shot from ANDERSON.
11BODUROV headed over the bar.
16A mix up in the Rochdale defence enabled AJDAREVIC to crack the ball over the bar.
19PAPASTATHOPOULOS ran onto a wonderful ball from SAN JOSE but blasted his shot wide of the goal.
 
46GOAL!! A cross from BODUROV was nodded away by PAPASTATHOPOULOS only for AJDAREVIC to tap the ball back into the box for JUTKIEWICZ to force over the line. (1-1)
50GOUFFRAN's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
61SAN JOSE booked.
61SAN JOSE worked the ball to LONG, GOUFFRAN latched onto his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
62A pin-point pass fell to JUTKIEWICZ and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
63A tame strike from GOUFFRAN trickled agonisingly wide.
65BURKE made space on the left and knocked the ball to ALEX TEIXEIRA who rasped the ball over.
66A cross from ANDERSON left TOMLIN in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
69LEE touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
72TOMLIN scuffed a simple chance.
74GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of ALEX TEIXEIRA who placed the ball past the helpless Walsall 'keeper. (2-1 Rochdale)
77ALEX TEIXEIRA was put clear by GIOVANI and he nutmegged GAMBLE but struck his shot over.
79GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed GIOVANI to play the ball to ALEX TEIXEIRA who fired a looping shot into the net. (3-1 Rochdale)
89VASKÓ beat a number of Rochdale players and stroked an effort wide.