Gillingham 2-2 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 January 2021

Result

Gillingham 2-2 Rochdale

League One · Saturday 23 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Gillingham 2-2 Rochdale: match report

Gillingham drew with Rochdale 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 23 January 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Vadaine Oliver opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Gillingham's goals came from Vadaine Oliver (43') and John Akinde (90+3'). Rochdale scored through Jimmy Keohane (69') and Jimmy Keohane (75').

Discipline: Gillingham received 1 yellow card; Rochdale received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Gillingham were 13th on 29 points from 22 and Rochdale 18th on 22 points from 22. Gillingham went on to finish that season 10th with 67 points, and Rochdale 21st with 47.

Gillingham lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rochdale in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jimmy Keohane of Rochdale (8.7), ahead of Aaron Morley (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Gillingham wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rochdale.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Matty LundRochdale
  • 43'Goal · Vadaine OliverGillingham · 1-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Vadaine OliverGillingham
  • 69'Goal · Jimmy KeohaneRochdale · 1-1
  • 75'Goal · Jimmy KeohaneRochdale · 1-2
  • 85'Yellow card · K. BaahRochdale
  • 90+3'Goal · John AkindeGillingham · 2-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Gillingham 2, draws 1, Rochdale 0.

Team news

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

Jack Bonham, Ryan Jackson, Jack Tucker, Connor Ogilvie, Thomas O'Connor, Kyle Dempsey, Callum Slattery, Jordan Graham, Oliver Lee, A. MacDonald, Vadaine Oliver

Rochdale line-up (4-4-2)

Gavin Bazunu, Ryan McLaughlin, Gabriel Osho, Haydon Roberts, Jimmy Keohane, Kwadwo Baah, Aaron Morley, Oliver Rathbone, Stephen Dooley, Matthew Lund, Alex Newby