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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · E. LedesmaWalsall · 0-1
  • 38'Own goal · Joe WiddowsonWalsall · 0-2
  • 66'Goal · J. KennedyRochdale · 1-2
  • 82'Penalty goal · Michael SymesRochdale · 2-2
  • 90+3'Goal · J. Akpa AkproRochdale · 3-2
  • 90+4'Goal · A. ButlerWalsall · 3-3

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Rochdale 1, draws 3, Walsall 1.

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