Rochdale 3-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 April 2021

Result

Rochdale 3-1 Accrington Stanley

League One · Saturday 17 April 2021, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rochdale 3-1 Accrington Stanley: match report

Rochdale won against Accrington Stanley 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 17 April 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jimmy Keohane opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Jimmy Keohane (10'), Jake Beesley (66') and Conor Shaughnessy (90+1'). Accrington Stanley scored through Ben Barclay (13').

Discipline: Rochdale received 2 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rochdale were 24th on 36 points from 40 and Accrington Stanley 11th on 58 points from 40. Rochdale went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Accrington Stanley 11th with 67.

Rochdale lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Morley of Rochdale (8.1), ahead of Jimmy Keohane (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Rochdale wins, 0 draws and 2 for Accrington Stanley.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Jimmy KeohaneRochdale · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · Ben BarclayAccrington Stanley · 1-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Paul SmythAccrington Stanley
  • 29'Yellow card · Ryan McLaughlinRochdale
  • 46'Yellow card · Ben BarclayAccrington Stanley
  • 66'Goal · Jake BeesleyRochdale · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Cameron BurgessAccrington Stanley
  • 90+1'Goal · Conor ShaughnessyRochdale · 3-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Jake BeesleyRochdale

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rochdale 8, draws 0, Accrington Stanley 2.

Team news

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Rochdale line-up (3-5-1-1)

Jay Lynch, Eoghan O'Connell, Paul McShane, Gabriel Osho, Ryan McLaughlin, Stephen Dooley, Aaron Morley, Conor Grant, Jimmy Keohane, Oliver Rathbone, Jake Beesley

Accrington Stanley line-up (3-4-3)

Toby Savin, Ben Barclay, Michael Nottingham, Cameron Burgess, Harvey Rodgers, David Morgan, Seamus Conneely, Sean McConville, Dion Charles, Colby Bishop, Paul Smyth