Rochdale 3-3 Sheffield United: result and report

League One · Saturday 4 March 2017

Result

Rochdale 3-3 Sheffield United

League One · Saturday 4 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Rochdale 3-3 Sheffield United: match report

Rochdale drew with Sheffield United 3-3 in the League One on Saturday 4 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-2.

M. Duffy opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Steven Davies (20'), Matty Lund (46') and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (78'). Sheffield United scored through M. Duffy (5'), D. Lafferty (11') and Billy Sharp (68').

Discipline: Rochdale received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rochdale were 10th on 48 points from 32 and Sheffield United 1st on 68 points from 34. Rochdale went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Sheffield United 1st with 100.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rochdale win, 1 draw and 5 for Sheffield United.

Going into the match Rochdale's last five read L-D-L-D-D and Sheffield United's W-D-D-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · M. DuffySheffield United · 0-1
  • 10'Yellow card · Andy CannonRochdale
  • 11'Goal · D. LaffertySheffield United · 0-2
  • 20'Goal · Steven DaviesRochdale · 1-2
  • 22'Yellow card · Jake WrightSheffield United
  • 41'Yellow card · Paul CouttsSheffield United
  • 46'Goal · Matty LundRochdale · 2-2
  • 68'Goal · Billy SharpSheffield United · 2-3
  • 71'Yellow card · Matty LundRochdale
  • 78'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-LaingRochdale · 3-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Rochdale 1, draws 1, Sheffield United 5.

Team news

Rochdale line-up

Ben Wilson, Jimmy McNulty, Harrison McGahey, Matthew Lund, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Oliver Rathbone, Keith Keane, Jamie Allen, Andy Cannon, Steven Davies, Ian Henderson

Sheffield United line-up

Simon Moore, Jack O'Connell, Chris Basham, Jake Wright, Kieron Freeman, Danny Lafferty, John Fleck, Paul Coutts, Mark Duffy, Patrick McCarthy, James Hanson