Southend United 3-1 Rochdale: result and report
League Two · Saturday 24 November 2012
Result
Southend United 3-1 Rochdale
League Two · Saturday 24 November 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Southend United 3-1 Rochdale: match report
Southend United won against Rochdale 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 24 November 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Terry Gornell opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Southend United's goals came from Britt Assombalonga (57'), Gavin Tomlin (59') and M. Laird (77'). Rochdale scored through Terry Gornell (50').
Discipline: Southend United received 1 yellow card; Rochdale received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southend United were 8th on 29 points from 19 and Rochdale 6th on 30 points from 18. Southend United went on to finish that season 11th with 61 points, and Rochdale 12th with 61.
Going into the match Southend United's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Rochdale's W-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · Bamberdele Adebola
- 44'Yellow card · Dele Adebola
- 50'Goal · Terry Gornell
- 57'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 59'Goal · Gavin Tomlin
- 61'Yellow card · M. Laird
- 68'Yellow card · Rhys Bennett
- 77'Goal · M. Laird
Team news
Southend United expected line-up
Michael Timlin, Edward Smith, Sean Clohessy, Mark Phillips, Marc Laird, Anthony Straker, Britt Assombalonga, Ryan Cresswell, Kevan Hurst, Chris Barker, Gavin Tomlin
Rochdale expected line-up
Josh Lillis, Peter Cavanagh, Ryan Edwards, Rhys Bennett, Kevin McIntyre, Phil Edwards, Jason Kennedy, Bamberdele Adebola, Bobby Grant, Andrew Tutte