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Commentary

1¹ A corner bobbled toward HULK who headed the ball over the bar. 2¹ The motionless HORVATH was a mere bystander as a backpass from DASILVA fell just wide. 17¹ BELL's shot was well saved by the West Ham United 'keeper. 19¹ GOAL!! A long ball from VANAT down the middle was collected by the lurking EKWAH who blasted a looping shot into the net. (1-0 West Ham United) 20¹ EKWAH headed just beyond the near post. 27¹ EKWAH worked the ball to ASORO, TAYLOR latched onto his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Rochdale 'keeper. 29¹ GOAL!! LEES-MELOU tried to play the ball out of the West Ham United penalty area but was tackled by BELL who flicked the ball to FASSNACHT for an easy tap in. (1-1) 30¹ VANAT dribbled round HUGHES and rattled a tame shot past the post. 36¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in MBAYE tapping a low shot wide. 41¹ A cross from LEES-MELOU left HULK in lots of space but he scuffed his shot. 44¹ A late challenge gets FASSNACHT a yellow card. 44¹ GOAL!! A short corner was played out to OSMAJIC who slammed the ball in off the post. (2-1 Rochdale) 1² ROGELJ beat HUGHES and whacked the ball to VANAT who pulled his effort wide. 3² The referee cautions RUIZ. 9² A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing HORVATH. 11² A poor shot from OSMAJIC bounced agonisingly wide. 15² GOAL!! A sliced MARTIM shot fell to OSMAJIC who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (3-1 Rochdale) 16² ASORO played the ball to VANAT who nodded it over. 18² EKWAH stroked an easy chance past the righthand post. 21² VANAT beat three Rochdale players and drove a golden opportunity over. 28² GOAL!! A cross from MAHMUTOVIC was flicked away by HUGHES only for VANAT to crack the ball back into the box for LEES-MELOU to force over the line. (3-2 Rochdale) 37² A accurate pass was collected by BANNIS and his looping effort raced narrowly wide.

Rochdale   League position: 17 Home league form: XWWL Overall league form: LXLWLWLL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Ethan HORVATH 6½ 1 7  Krisztián HEGYI MARTIM Moreira 6  2 6½ Ibrahima MBAYE Jay DASILVA 8  3 7½ Charlie TAYLOR Senny MAYULU 7½ 4 8  Pierre LEES-MELOU Ethan EBANKS-LANDELL 6  5 7  Enes MAHMUTOVIC (c)Andrew HUGHES 6½ 6 7  Matty PEARSON Marcel RUIZ 6½ 7 5½ Zan ROGELJ Christian FASSNACHT 7  8 7½ HULK(c) (p)Milutin OSMAJIC 6½ 9 7  Vladyslav VANAT(p) (f)Sam BELL 5½ 10 7  Pierre EKWAH(f) Naoufal BANNIS 6  11 5½ Joel ASORO Manager Umaro EMBALÓ    12    Zan VIPOTNIK Harvey DAVIES    13 6  Patrick VAN AANHOLT Dylan LEVITT    14    Erik THOMMY Jetro WILLEMS    15    Pedro OBIANG Patrick BURNER    16    GONÇALO Bento CARDOSO

West Ham United   League position: 11 Away league form: XWXL Overall league form: XXWWXXXL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Rochdale 3 West Ham United 2 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 25,559, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Thomas Drage 6) Fassnacht 29¹, Osmajic 44¹, Osmajic 15² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Ekwah 19¹, Lees-Melou 28²   Mbayeóvan Aanholt 30²     Fassnacht 44¹, Ruiz 3²   2 6 12 4 0 1 6 5 4 12 10 17 2 3 40% 60% ¶ Man of the match: Jay Dasilva ¶