Sunderland 4-1 Rochdale: result and report
League One · Saturday 22 September 2018
Result
Sunderland 4-1 Rochdale
League One · Saturday 22 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Sunderland 4-1 Rochdale: match report
Sunderland beat Rochdale 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 22 September 2018. The half-time score was 3-0.
Josh Maja opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Sunderland's goals came from Josh Maja (37'), Lynden Gooch (41', penalty), Josh Maja (45') and Lynden Gooch (66'). Rochdale scored through M. Done (71').
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Rochdale received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 4th on 15 points from 8 and Rochdale 13th on 11 points from 8. Sunderland went on to finish that season 4th with 89 points, and Rochdale 16th with 54.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-D-D-W-W and Rochdale's W-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Glenn Loovens
- 37'Goal · Josh Maja
- 41'Penalty goal · Lynden Gooch
- 45'Goal · Josh Maja
- 45+3'Yellow card · Joe Rafferty
- 51'Yellow card · Oliver Rathbone
- 52'Yellow card · Ian Henderson
- 66'Goal · Lynden Gooch
- 71'Goal · M. Done
- 85'Yellow card · Sam Hart
Team news
Sunderland line-up
Jon McLaughlin, Tom Flanagan, Denver Hume, Dylan McGeouch, Glenn Loovens, Jack Baldwin, Lynden Gooch, Lee Cattermole, Josh Maja, George Honeyman, Chris Maguire
Rochdale line-up
Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Sam Hart, Oliver Rathbone, Harrison McGahey, Ryan Delaney, Callum Camps, Ian Henderson, Aaron Wilbraham, Calvin Andrew, Matty Gillam