Northampton Town 2-3 Rochdale: result and report
League One · Saturday 17 December 2016
Result
Northampton Town 2-3 Rochdale
League One · Saturday 17 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Northampton Town 2-3 Rochdale: match report
Northampton Town lost to Rochdale 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 17 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Matthew Taylor opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Matthew Taylor (16') and Sam Hoskins (57'). Rochdale scored through Matty Lund (19'), Matty Lund (63') and Matty Lund (67').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Rochdale received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 13th on 27 points from 21 and Rochdale 5th on 33 points from 21. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Rochdale 9th with 69.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Rochdale's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Keith Keane
- 16'Goal · Matthew Taylor
- 19'Goal · Matty Lund
- 40'Yellow card · Matty Lund
- 57'Goal · Sam Hoskins
- 63'Goal · Matty Lund
- 67'Yellow card · John-Joe O'Toole
- 67'Goal · Matty Lund
- 72'Yellow card · Ian Henderson
Team news
Northampton Town line-up
David Cornell, David Buchanan, Gabriel Zakuani, Aaron Phillips, John-Joe O'Toole, Lewin Nyatanga, Matthew Taylor, Jak McCourt, Sam Hoskins, Paul Anderson, A. Revell
Rochdale line-up
Conrad Logan, Joe Rafferty, Jimmy McNulty, Joe Bunney, Matthew Lund, Callum Camps, Oliver Rathbone, Joe Thompson, Keith Keane, Steven Davies, Ian Henderson