ROCHDALE. Northampton Town found a way to snatch a draw against Rochdale with a late goal from B. Fox scored in the (89′) after Rochdale got a lead with a goal from I. Henderson (52′). Northampton Town was truly superior in terms of ball possession (65%)
The match was played at the Crown Oil Arena stadium in Rochdale on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Neil Hair assisted by Abbas Khan and Helen Edwards. The 4th official was Oliver Bickle. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.4 degrees Celsius or 47.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
- ! 35 Ball Possession 65
Shots
- 13 Total 13
- 2 On Target 5
- 9 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 82 Attack 130
- 36 Dangerous attack 71
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 15 Total 14
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Northampton Town had a superior ball possession 65% while Rochdale was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Northampton Town was putting more pressure with 71 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Northampton Town to win the match.
Rochdale shot 13 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Northampton Town shot 13 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Rochdale received 3 yellow cards (Toumani Diagouraga, Danny Lloyd and Scott Quigley). Talking about the opposition, Northampton Town didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Rochdale will have 21 points to remain in the 24th place. Regarding the opposition, Northampton Town will have 51 points like Carlisle United to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Rochdale will host Tranmere Rovers on the 18th of April with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Rochdale (3 draws).
Northampton Town will play away agasint Sutton United on the 18th of April with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Sutton United (2 draws).
Rochdale – Formation
Rochdale started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Jim Bentley decided to play with the following team: Richard O’Donnell, Rhys Bennett, Max Edward Taylor, Owen Dodgson, Toumani Diagouraga, Jimmy Keohane, Danny Lloyd, Tobias Mullarkey, Abraham Odoh, Ian Henderson and Scott Quigley.
The home team had on the bench: D’Mani Bughail-Mellor, Liam Kelly, Femi Seriki, Sam Graham, Jimmy Ball, Tahvon Campbell and Jake Eastwood.
Substitutions
Rochdale made 3 changes: Ian Henderson for D’Mani Bughail-Mellor (79′), Danny Lloyd for James Ball (90′) and Scott Quigley for Tahvon Campbell (90′).
Northampton Town – Formation
Northampton Town started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Jon Brady played with: Thomas King, Jon Guthrie, Tyler Magloire, Sam Sherring, Mitchell Pinnock, Jack Sowerby, Shaun McWilliams, Ben Fox, Sam Hoskins, Joshua Okpoda Eppiah and Louis Appere.
The following players were sitting on the bench: T. Yengi, Marc Leonard, Jonathan Maxted, Josh Harrop, D’Margio Wright-Phillips, Harvey Lintott and William Hondermarck.
Substitutions
Northampton Town made 5 changes: Louis Appéré for Tete Yengi (58′), Josh Eppiah for Harvey Lintott (59′), Shaun McWilliams for Marc Leonard (75′), Jack Sowerby for Josh Harrop (84′) and Tyler Magloire for D’Margio Wright-Phillips (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Crawley Town – Crewe Alexandra – 2-2
- Swindon Town – Doncaster Rovers – 0-2
- Walsall – Leyton Orient – 1-1
- Stevenage – Bradford City – 2-3
- Grimsby Town – Colchester United – 0-1
- Barrow – Newport County – 0-1
- Tranmere Rovers – Salford City – 1-0
- Rochdale – Northampton Town – 1-1
- Mansfield Town – Gillingham – 2-0
- Hartlepool United – Sutton United – 2-2
- Harrogate Town – Stockport County – 1-3
- AFC Wimbledon – Carlisle United – 0-0