Rochdale 1-4 Gillingham: result and report

League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026

Result

Rochdale 1-4 Gillingham

League Two · Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Crown Oil Arena, Rochdale · half-time 0-1

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Rochdale 1-4 Gillingham: match report

Rochdale were beaten by Gillingham 1-4 in the League Two on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Crown Oil Arena. It was 0-1 at half-time.

James Brophy opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Rochdale's goal came from Charlie Tasker (87'). Gillingham scored through James Brophy (33'), Omar Beckles (53'), Lamin Sillah (56') and James Brophy (68').

Discipline: Rochdale received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Gillingham received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 20th on 3 points from 4 and Gillingham 21st on 3 points from 4. In the current table Rochdale are 20th on 15 points and Gillingham are 8th on 20 points.

Rochdale lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Gillingham in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James Brophy of Gillingham (8.9), ahead of Eli King (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Conor McManusGillingham
  • 33'Goal · James BrophyGillingham · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Ed FrancisRochdale
  • 53'Goal · Omar BecklesGillingham · 0-2
  • 56'Goal · Lamin SillahGillingham · 0-3
  • 60'Second yellow · Ed FrancisRochdale
  • 68'Goal · James BrophyGillingham · 0-4
  • 87'Goal · Charlie TaskerRochdale · 1-4

Form and table

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8Gillingham145542019+120WLDLW
20Rochdale144371726-915DLDLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rochdale 2, draws 3, Gillingham 5.

Team news

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

Nils Ramming, Charlie Kian Tasker, Dan Moss, Kaiden Wilson, Kane Taylor, Ed Francis, Baba Adeeko, Luke Hannant, Dajaune Brown, Zain Silcott-Duberry, Emmanuel Dieseruvwe

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

Oliver Wright, Andy Smith, Omar Beckles, Logan Dobbs, Zech Obiero, Nick Freeman, James Brophy, Harry Waldock, Conor McManus, Will Goodwin, Ronan Hale

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