Northampton Town 1-3 Rochdale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 21 August 2021

Result

Northampton Town 1-3 Rochdale

League Two · Saturday 21 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Northampton Town 1-3 Rochdale: match report

Northampton Town lost to Rochdale 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 21 August 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Max Taylor opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Jon Guthrie (20'). Rochdale scored through Max Taylor (17'), Josh Andrews (73') and Abraham Odoh (90+5').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Rochdale received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 4th on 6 points from 2 and Rochdale 22nd on 1 point from 3. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 7th with 80 points, and Rochdale 18th with 53.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rochdale in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Eoghan O'Connell of Rochdale (8.3), ahead of Max Taylor (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 5 draws and 4 for Rochdale.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Max TaylorRochdale · 0-1
  • 20'Goal · Jon GuthrieNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 46'Yellow card · Sid NelsonNorthampton Town
  • 66'Yellow card · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town
  • 73'Goal · Josh AndrewsRochdale · 1-2
  • 90+5'Goal · Abraham OdohRochdale · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 5, Rochdale 4.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up (4-4-2)

Liam Roberts, Aaron McGowan, Sid Nelson, Jon Guthrie, Joseph Mills, Sam Hoskins, Paul Lewis, Shaun McWilliams, Mitch Pinnock, Kion Etete, Nicke Kabamba

Rochdale line-up (3-4-3)

Jay Lynch, Sam Graham, Eoghan O'Connell, Max Taylor, Corey O'Keeffe, Aaron Morley, Stephen Dooley, Matt Done, Abraham Odoh, Josh Andrews, Alex Newby