Rochdale 2-1 Fleetwood Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 3 October 2020

Result

Rochdale 2-1 Fleetwood Town

League One · Saturday 3 October 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Rochdale 2-1 Fleetwood Town: match report

Rochdale defeated Fleetwood Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 3 October 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

Matty Lund opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Matty Lund (13') and Fábio Tavares (90'). Fleetwood Town scored through Harvey Saunders (77').

Discipline: Rochdale received 1 yellow card; Fleetwood Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rochdale were 23rd on 1 point from 3 and Fleetwood Town 12th on 3 points from 3. Rochdale went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Fleetwood Town 15th with 60.

Rochdale lined up in a 4-5-1 and Fleetwood Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matthew Lund of Rochdale (8.2), ahead of Alex Cairns (7.8).

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

Going into the match Rochdale's last five read L-D-L and Fleetwood Town's L-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Matty LundRochdale · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Jake BeesleyRochdale
  • 54'Yellow card · J. HillFleetwood Town
  • 77'Goal · Harvey SaundersFleetwood Town · 1-1
  • 90'Goal · Fábio TavaresRochdale · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ched EvansFleetwood Town

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Rochdale 0, draws 0, Fleetwood Town 2.

Team news

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Rochdale line-up (4-5-1)

Gavin Bazunu, Jimmy Keohane, Eoghan O'Connell, Paul McShane, Matt Done, Alex Newby, Matthew Lund, Aaron Morley, Oliver Rathbone, Stephen Dooley, Jake Beesley

Fleetwood Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alex Cairns, Wes Burns, James Hill, Morgan Boyes, Danny Andrew, Jay Matete, Glenn Whelan, Paddy Madden, Callum Camps, Barrie McKay, Ched Evans