Rochdale 2-1 Colchester United: result and report
League One · Saturday 7 March 2015
Result
Rochdale 2-1 Colchester United
League One · Saturday 7 March 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Rochdale 2-1 Colchester United: match report
Rochdale defeated Colchester United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 7 March 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
Rhys Bennett opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Rhys Bennett (6') and Ian Henderson (55'). Colchester United scored through Chris Porter (63', penalty).
Discipline: Rochdale received 2 yellow cards; Colchester United received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Rochdale were 15th on 44 points from 32 and Colchester United 22nd on 34 points from 34. Rochdale went on to finish that season 9th with 63 points, and Colchester United 19th with 52.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rochdale win, 2 draws and 2 for Colchester United.
Going into the match Rochdale's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Colchester United's L-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Rhys Bennett
- 30'Yellow card · Rhys Bennett
- 55'Goal · Ian Henderson
- 63'Penalty goal · Chris Porter
- 84'Yellow card · Reuben Noble-Lazarus
Head-to-head
Team news
Rochdale expected line-up (4-3-3)
Jack O'Connell, Rhys Bennett, Jamie Allen, Matthew Lund, Peter Vincenti, Ian Henderson, Matt Done
Colchester United expected line-up
Sam Walker, Brian Wilson, Luke Garbutt, Magnus Okuonghae, Alex Gilbey, Craig Eastmond, Marcus Bean, Jeffrey Monakana, Freddie Sears, Matthew Taylor, Jabo Ibehre