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2¹ BROOKS beat LATIBEAUDIERE and drove the ball to WHITTAKER who toe-poked his effort wide. 4¹ A clumsy challenge gets RUIZ a yellow card. 14¹ The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from RUIZ dropped just over. 17¹ GOAL!! After being forced wide BROOKS was able to ram the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (1-0 Sheffield United) 20¹ SAKAMOTO shot over. 26¹ VATA headed just beyond the near post. 29¹ An exceptional effort from HÉLDER COSTA scraped the outside of the post. 37¹ The Rochdale 'keeper saved a swerving shot from VATA. 39¹ WHITTAKER whacked a looping shot wide from twenty-five yards out. 40¹ A free-kick from OSMAJIC went wide. 43¹ WEIMANN made space on the left and pulled the ball to OSMAJIC who fired the ball wide. 0² WHITTAKER was put clear by KESLER-HAYDEN and he turned HORVATH but rammed his shot over the bar. 1² GOAL!! A mix up between CHARLES and BEADLE allowed WEIMANN to fire the ball into the empty net. (1-1) 7² GOAL!! As KESLER-HAYDEN was trying to hold back RUIZ the ball fell to WEIMANN who shot the ball into the back of the net. (2-1 Rochdale) 14² GOAL!! With his back to goal HÉLDER COSTA swivelled and flicked the ball past the 'keeper. (3-1 Rochdale) 18² A penalty box meleé resulted in RUIZ cracking the ball wide. 21² A useful ball from RODRIGO FERNANDES on the right bobbled toward OSMAJIC who scuffed his shot over the bar. 30² Uncertainty in the Rochdale defence enabled CONWAY to volley the ball just wide. 31² BROOKS chipped the ball to POTTS who turned it wide. 37² A corner bobbled toward SERIKI who turned an effort over. 42² GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with POTTS blasting the ball into the net. (3-2 Rochdale) 43² A tame shot from OSMAJIC bounced agonisingly wide.

Rochdale   League position: 12 Home league form: WXWL Overall league form: LWWXWWLL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Ethan HORVATH 6½ 1 6  James BEADLE Patrick BURNER 6  2 6½ Kaine KESLER-HAYDEN Jay DASILVA 7  3 7½ Thierry SMALL Tatsuhiro SAKAMOTO 7  4 6½ Mattie POLLOCK(c) Joel LATIBEAUDIERE 7  5 6½ Shea CHARLES Bashir HUMPHREYS 6  6 6½ Freddie POTTS RODRIGO Francisco FERNANDES 6  7 6  Tom FELLOWS HÉLDER Wander COSTA 7½ 8 7½ Rocco VATA (p)Milutin OSMAJIC 6½ 9 6½ Tommy CONWAY(p) (f)Marcel RUIZ 6½ 10 6½ Morgan WHITTAKER(f) (c)Andreas WEIMANN 6½ 11 7  Andre BROOKS Manager Heath Brown Sam BELL    12 6½ Femi SERIKI Loris KARIUS    13    Arthur OKONKWO Christian FASSNACHT    14    Malick YALCOUYÉ Umaro EMBALÓ    15    Rubin COLWILL DAVID COSTAS Cordal    16    Liam MORRISON

Sheffield United   League position: 19 Away league form: WLXX Overall league form: WWWLWWXL Formation: 3-1-4-2

Statistics

Rochdale 3 Sheffield United 2 (Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 29,291, Stadium: Spotland, Referee: Graham Scott 7½) Weimann 1², Weimann 7², Hélder Costa 14² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Brooks 17¹, Potts 42²   WhittakeróSeriki 7²     Ruiz 4¹   5 5 8 11 3 5 5 5 9 14 14 19 2 3 48% 52% ¶ Man of the match: Rocco Vata ¶