Rochdale 0-2 Lincoln City: result and report

League One · Saturday 5 December 2020

Result

Rochdale 0-2 Lincoln City

League One · Saturday 5 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Rochdale 0-2 Lincoln City: match report

Rochdale lost to Lincoln City 0-2 in the League One on Saturday 5 December 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

James Jones opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Rochdale did not score. Lincoln City scored through James Jones (38') and Lewis Montsma (68').

Discipline: Rochdale received 2 yellow cards; Lincoln City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 18th on 16 points from 14 and Lincoln City 2nd on 29 points from 14. Rochdale went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Lincoln City 5th with 80.

Rochdale lined up in a 4-4-2 and Lincoln City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Montsma of Lincoln City (8.2), ahead of J. Jones (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rochdale wins, 4 draws and 3 for Lincoln City.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Tayo EdunLincoln City
  • 38'Goal · James JonesLincoln City · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Matty LundRochdale
  • 68'Goal · Lewis MontsmaLincoln City · 0-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Eoghan O'ConnellRochdale

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Rochdale 2, draws 4, Lincoln City 3.

Team news

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Rochdale line-up (4-4-2)

Jay Lynch, Ryan McLaughlin, Eoghan O'Connell, Haydon Roberts, Jimmy Keohane, Stephen Dooley, Aaron Morley, Matthew Lund, Oliver Rathbone, Stephen Humphrys, Alex Newby

Lincoln City line-up (4-3-3)

Alex Palmer, Timothy Eyoma, Lewis Montsma, Joe Walsh, Tayo Edun, J. Jones, Jorge Grant, Conor McGrandles, Harry Anderson, Tom Hopper, Brennan Johnson