Rochdale 3-3 Walsall: result and report
League One · Saturday 31 March 2012
Result
Rochdale 3-3 Walsall
League One · Saturday 31 March 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Rochdale 3-3 Walsall: match report
Rochdale drew with Walsall 3-3 in the League One on Saturday 31 March 2012. It was 0-2 at half-time.
E. Ledesma opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Rochdale's goals came from J. Kennedy (66'), Michael Symes (82', penalty) and J. Akpa Akpro (90+3'). Walsall scored through E. Ledesma (25'), an own goal by Joe Widdowson (38') and A. Butler (90+4').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Rochdale were 23rd on 34 points from 39 and Walsall 20th on 40 points from 39. Rochdale went on to finish that season 24th with 39 points, and Walsall 20th with 48.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rochdale win, 3 draws and 1 for Walsall.
Going into the match Rochdale's last five read L-L-W-D-L and Walsall's W-D-D-L-D.
Key events
- 25'Goal · E. Ledesma
- 38'Own goal · Joe Widdowson
- 66'Goal · J. Kennedy
- 82'Penalty goal · Michael Symes
- 90+3'Goal · J. Akpa Akpro
- 90+4'Goal · A. Butler
Head-to-head
Team news
Rochdale line-up
David Lucas, Kevin Amankwaah, Kevin Long, Neill Byrne, Jason Kennedy, Gary Jones, Michael Symes, Ashley Grimes, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro, Joe Widdowson, Andrew Tutte
Walsall line-up
Dávid Gróf, Darryl Westlake, Andy Butler, Manny Smith, Kevan Hurst, Florent Cuvelier, Sam Mantom, Emmanuel Andrien, George Bowerman, Matt Sadler, Alex Nicholls