Rochdale 2-0 Sheffield United: result and report

League One · Saturday 27 February 2016

Result

Rochdale 2-0 Sheffield United

League One · Saturday 27 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rochdale 2-0 Sheffield United: match report

Rochdale defeated Sheffield United 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 27 February 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

P. Vincenti opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Rochdale's goals came from P. Vincenti (67') and Grant Holt (81'). Sheffield United did not score.

Discipline: Rochdale received 3 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 16th on 42 points from 32 and Sheffield United 7th on 50 points from 32. Rochdale went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Sheffield United 11th with 68.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rochdale wins, 0 draws and 5 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Matty LundRochdale
  • 29'Yellow card · Niall CanavanRochdale
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Ché AdamsSheffield United
  • 56'Yellow card · P. VincentiRochdale
  • 67'Goal · P. VincentiRochdale · 1-0
  • 81'Goal · Grant HoltRochdale · 2-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Rochdale 0, draws 0, Sheffield United 5.

Team news

Rochdale line-up

Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Jimmy McNulty, Ashley Eastham, Niall Canavan, Joe Bunney, Matthew Lund, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Jamie Allen, Michael Rose, Ian Henderson

Sheffield United line-up

George Long, John Brayford, Chris Basham, James McEveley, David Edgar, Ryan Flynn, Martyn Woolford, Louis Reed, Florent Cuvelier, Patrick McCarthy, Ché Adams