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5¹	A great effort from HAMILTON scraped the outside of the post.
7¹	HAMILTON galloped through the Walsall defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
11¹	LANG drilled a deadly shot just beyond the far post from just outside the area.
14¹	BROADHEAD touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Rochdale 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
15¹	CARLOS MIGUEL saved a curling shot from MEJBRI.
16¹	A cross from HAMILTON left SHINNIE in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
27¹	GOAL!! An imaginative VATA played a great ball down the right to SHINNIE who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-0 Rochdale)
30¹	MEJBRI beat KPAKIO and fired the ball to OSMAND who blasted his effort wide.
31¹	A corner found LANG who forced the ball just wide.
35¹	The stunned CARLOS MIGUEL was all agog as a backpass from DE WIJS dropped just wide.
41¹	The 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked shot from SUMMERVILLE.
42¹	KPAKIO dribbled past KEY and flicked a weak shot into the crowd.
44¹	GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed WALTERS to touch the ball to DE WIJS who placed a left foot shot into the net. (2-0 Rochdale)
0²	A good ball from KPAKIO on the left bobbled toward MARSHALL who scuffed his shot over.
6²	OSMAND scuffed an easy chance.
10²	A shot from BROADHEAD was nodded off the line by KPAKIO.
12²	An exceptional strike from SUMMERVILLE was dealt with by a fine parry from the Walsall 'keeper.
16²	GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled HAMILTON to drill the ball into the back of the net. (3-0 Rochdale)
22²	A twenty yard drive from BROADHEAD caused CARLOS MIGUEL little difficulty.
26²	SUMMERVILLE nodded the ball wide from just inside the area.
35²	VATA shot wide.
43²	GOAL!! A long clearance by the Walsall 'keeper beat the Rochdale defence and BROADHEAD stroked the ball past the oncoming CARLOS MIGUEL. (3-1 Rochdale)

Walsall

League position:

Home league form:

XLXW

Overall league form:

XXWLLLXL

Formation:

4-3-3

Line-ups

^(c)Callan McKENNA	6½	1	6½	CARLOS MIGUEL dos Santos^(c)
Josh KEY	8	2	6	Ronan KPAKIO
Joe RANKIN-COSTELLO	7	3	6½	Graeme SHINNIE
Isaac HUTCHINSON	7½	4	7	Joel COTTERILL
Kelland WATTS	7	5	7	Jordy DE WIJS
Emmanuel MONTHE	7	6	7	Tom ATCHESON
Joe RILEY	7	7	6½	Reuell WALTERS
Hannibal MEJBRI	7	8	7	C.J. HAMILTON
^(p)Callum LANG	7½	9	6½	Callum MARSHALL^(p)
^(f)Callum OSMAND	7	10	6½	Rocco VATA^(f)
Nathan BROADHEAD	8	11	7	Crysencio SUMMERVILLE
Scott SMILLIE	Manager			Scott Smillie
Jack ROSE		12		Callum CAMPS
Jake TURNER		13		Sam JOHNSTONE
Donervon DANIELS		14		Andy CANNON
Liam KINSELLA		15		Jordan WILLIAMS
Colby BISHOP		16		Cian ASHFORD

Rochdale

League position:

Away league form:

LWLL

Overall league form:

LLXWLXLW

Formation:

4-3-3

Statistics

Walsall 1 Rochdale 3

(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 10,879, Stadium: Bescot, Referee: Graham Laws 7½)

Broadhead 43²

Scorers

Substitutions

Sent off

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Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Shinnie 27¹, de Wijs 44¹, Hamilton 16²

51%

49%

¶ Man of the match: Nathan Broadhead ¶