Rochdale 0-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 9 September 2017
Result
Rochdale 0-3 Blackburn Rovers
League One · Saturday 9 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Rochdale 0-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Rochdale lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-3 in the League One on Saturday 9 September 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
Richard Smallwood opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Rochdale did not score. Blackburn Rovers scored through Richard Smallwood (10'), Marcus Antonsson (57') and Danny Graham (79').
Discipline: Rochdale received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rochdale were 21st on 3 points from 5 and Blackburn Rovers 11th on 6 points from 4. Rochdale went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Blackburn Rovers 2nd with 96.
Rochdale lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Rochdale's last five read D-D-L-D-L and Blackburn Rovers's W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Richard Smallwood
- 57'Goal · Marcus Antonsson
- 70'Yellow card · B. Dack
- 79'Goal · Danny Graham
Team news
Rochdale line-up (4-3-3)
Brendan Moore, Jimmy McNulty, Harrison McGahey, Donervon Daniels, Mark Kitching, Joe Bunney, MJ Williams, Andy Cannon, Jordan Williams, Matt Done, Steven Davies
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
David Raya, Derrick Williams, Elliott Ward, Paul Michael Downing, Richard Smallwood, Paul Caddis, Josef Dvornik, Elliott Bennett, Dominic Samuel, Marcus Antonsson, Craig Conway