Rochdale 3-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Tuesday 8 February 2011
Result
Rochdale 3-1 Bristol Rovers
League One · Tuesday 8 February 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rochdale 3-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Rochdale beat Bristol Rovers 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 8 February 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Craig Dawson opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Rochdale's goals came from Craig Dawson (72'), J. Akpa Akpro (90') and M. Done (90'). Bristol Rovers scored through W. Hoskins (79').
Discipline: Rochdale received no yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Rochdale were 8th on 40 points from 27 and Bristol Rovers 24th on 23 points from 28. Rochdale went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 43.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rochdale wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Rochdale's last five read D-D-W-D-D and Bristol Rovers's L-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 51'Yellow card · C. Bolger
- 72'Goal · Craig Dawson
- 74'Second yellow · C. Bolger
- 79'Goal · W. Hoskins
- 81'Yellow card · Jean-Paul Kalala
- 90'Goal · J. Akpa Akpro
- 90'Yellow card · Gavin Williams
- 90'Goal · M. Done
Head-to-head
Team news
Rochdale expected line-up
Josh Lillis, Craig Dawson, Marcus Holness, Josh Thompson, Gary Jones, Jason Kennedy, Anthony Elding, Chris O'Grady, Brian Barry-Murphy, Joe Widdowson, Andrew Tutte
Bristol Rovers line-up
Luke Daniels, Gary Sawyer, Danny Coles, Byron Anthony, Cian Bolger, Jeff Hughes, Scott Davies, Jean-Paul Kalala, Gavin Williams, Will Hoskins, Rene Howe