Rochdale 1-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 31 October 2020
Result
Rochdale 1-1 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 31 October 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Rochdale 1-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Rochdale drew with Bristol Rovers 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 31 October 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.
Sam Nicholson opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Rochdale's goal came from Alex Newby (25'). Bristol Rovers scored through Sam Nicholson (9').
Discipline: Rochdale received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rochdale were 14th on 11 points from 9 and Bristol Rovers 13th on 11 points from 8. Rochdale went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 38.
Rochdale lined up in a 4-5-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Nicholson of Bristol Rovers (8.0), ahead of Eoghan O'Connell (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rochdale wins, 0 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Rochdale's last five read D-W-W-L-L and Bristol Rovers's L-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Sam Nicholson
- 25'Goal · Alex Newby
- 34'Yellow card · Josh Grant
- 50'Yellow card · Oliver Rathbone
- 80'Yellow card · Matty Lund
- 90'Yellow card · Eoghan O'Connell
Head-to-head
Team news
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Rochdale line-up (4-5-1)
Gavin Bazunu, Ryan McLaughlin, Eoghan O'Connell, Haydon Roberts, Tolaji Bola, Alex Newby, Jimmy Ryan, Aaron Morley, Matthew Lund, Oliver Rathbone, Jake Beesley
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Anssi Jaakkola, Max Ehmer, Jack Baldwin, Cian Harries, Josh Hare, Joshua Grant, Sam Nicholson, Zain Westbrooke, David Tutonda, James Daly, Brandon Hanlan