Walsall 0-3 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Tuesday 6 March 2018

Result

Walsall 0-3 Rochdale

League One · Tuesday 6 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Walsall 0-3 Rochdale: match report

Walsall were beaten by Rochdale 0-3 in the League One on Tuesday 6 March 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Jim McNulty opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Walsall did not score. Rochdale scored through Jim McNulty (16'), Ian Henderson (71') and A. Dobre (87').

Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Rochdale received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 13th on 44 points from 35 and Rochdale 24th on 26 points from 30. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 52 points, and Rochdale 20th with 51.

Walsall lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Rochdale in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Walsall win, 1 draw and 3 for Rochdale.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Jim McNultyRochdale · 0-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Luke LeahyWalsall
  • 71'Goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 0-2
  • 77'Missed penalty · E. ÖztümerWalsall
  • 87'Goal · A. DobreRochdale · 0-3

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Walsall line-up (4-4-1-1)

Liam Roberts, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, Kory Roberts, Maziar Kouhyar, Luke Leahy, George Dobson, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, Kieron Morris, Julien Ngoy

Rochdale line-up (3-5-2)

Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Jimmy McNulty, Harrison McGahey, Ryan Delaney, Callum Camps, Brad Inman, Andy Cannon, Stephen Humphrys, Matt Done, Ian Henderson