Rochdale 2-3 Fleetwood Town: result and report

League One · Thursday 26 December 2019

Result

Rochdale 2-3 Fleetwood Town

League One · Thursday 26 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rochdale 2-3 Fleetwood Town: match report

Rochdale lost to Fleetwood Town 2-3 in the League One on Thursday 26 December 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Aaron Wilbraham opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Rochdale's goals came from Aaron Wilbraham (41') and Aaron Wilbraham (60'). Fleetwood Town scored through Paddy Madden (53'), Kyle Dempsey (65') and Wes Burns (89').

Discipline: Rochdale received 3 yellow cards; Fleetwood Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 18th on 22 points from 21 and Fleetwood Town 9th on 31 points from 19. Rochdale went on to finish that season 19th with 36 points, and Fleetwood Town 6th with 61.

Rochdale lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fleetwood Town in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Wilbraham of Rochdale (8.4), ahead of Paddy Madden (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rochdale wins, 5 draws and 3 for Fleetwood Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · Aaron WilbrahamRochdale · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Aaron WilbrahamRochdale
  • 53'Goal · Paddy MaddenFleetwood Town · 1-1
  • 60'Goal · Aaron WilbrahamRochdale · 2-1
  • 65'Goal · Kyle DempseyFleetwood Town · 2-2
  • 88'Yellow card · K. BaahRochdale
  • 89'Goal · Wes BurnsFleetwood Town · 2-3
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Eoghan O'ConnellRochdale
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Lewie CoyleFleetwood Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rochdale 2, draws 5, Fleetwood Town 3.

Team news

Rochdale line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robert Sánchez, Luke Matheson, Eoghan O'Connell, Rhys Norrington-Davies, Jimmy Keohane, Jimmy Ryan, MJ Williams, Stephen Dooley, Callum Camps, Matt Done, Aaron Wilbraham

Fleetwood Town line-up (4-3-1-2)

Billy Crellin, Lewie Coyle, Ashley Eastham, Harry James Souttar, Danny Andrew, Jack Sowerby, Paul Coutts, Harrison Biggins, Josh Morris, Ched Evans, Paddy Madden