Accrington Stanley 1-2 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Wednesday 1 January 2020

Result

Accrington Stanley 1-2 Rochdale

League One · Wednesday 1 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Accrington Stanley 1-2 Rochdale: match report

Accrington Stanley were beaten by Rochdale 1-2 in the League One on Wednesday 1 January 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Ian Henderson opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Accrington Stanley's goal came from O. Zanzala (90+2'). Rochdale scored through Ian Henderson (45+4') and Stephen Dooley (64').

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards; Rochdale received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 15th on 29 points from 23 and Rochdale 19th on 22 points from 23. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Rochdale 19th with 36.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Rochdale in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Rathbone of Rochdale (8.6), ahead of Stephen Dooley (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Accrington Stanley wins, 0 draws and 8 for Rochdale.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Ben BarclayAccrington Stanley
  • 45+4'Goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Sam FinleyAccrington Stanley
  • 64'Goal · Stephen DooleyRochdale · 0-2
  • 90+2'Goal · O. ZanzalaAccrington Stanley · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Accrington Stanley 2, draws 0, Rochdale 8.

Team news

Accrington Stanley line-up (4-3-1-2)

Josef Bursik, Callum Johnson, Ross Sykes, Mark Hughes, Jerome Opoku, Jordan Clark, Ben Barclay, Sean McConville, Sam Finley, Dion Charles, Offrande Zanzala

Rochdale line-up (4-3-3)

Robert Sánchez, Tyler Magloire, Paul McShane, Eoghan O'Connell, Jimmy Keohane, Oliver Rathbone, Jimmy Ryan, Callum Camps, Kwadwo Baah, Ian Henderson, Stephen Dooley