Halifax Town and Rochdale draw 2-2 on Saturday

HALIFAX. Halifax Town bounces back against Rochdale with a goal on the J. Keohane 68' and a goal on the I. Henderson 19'.

Halifax Town and Rochdale draw 2-2 on Saturday

HALIFAX. Halifax Town bounces back against Rochdale with a goal on the J. Keohane 68′ and a goal on the I. Henderson 19′.

The match was played at the The Shay Stadium stadium in Halifax on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time.

Match Statistics​

  • 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
  • 6 Total 4
  • 4 On Target 3
  • 2 Off Target 1
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 109 Attack 122
  • 64 Dangerous attack 66
  • 85 Ball safe 94
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 0

The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Halifax Town was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Rochdale that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rochdale was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Rochdale to win the match​.

Halifax Town shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rochdale shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Halifax Town received 1 yellow card (Tylor Golden). Regarding the opposition, Rochdale received 4 yellow cards (Louie Moulden, Louie Moulden, Cameron John and ).

Match Timeline

19'
Ian Henderson (goal)
26'
Cameron John- Yellow
Aaron Cosgrave(goal)
31'
34'
Jamie Stott(penalty)
35'
34'
Jamie Cooke- sub ->Aaron Cosgrave
56'
68'
Jimmy Keohane(goal)
Tylor Golden- Yellow
81'
Andrew Oluwabori- sub ->Max Wright
83'
Angelo Capello- sub ->Ryan Galvin
84'

Standings

After playing this contest, Halifax Town has 36 points like Eastleigh and Aldershot Town to hold in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Rochdale will has 35 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the National League, Halifax Town will play away against Altrincham on the 26th of December with a 7-3 head to head in favor of Halifax Town (6 draws).

Rochdale will host Fylde on the 26th of December with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Rochdale (0 draws).

Halifax Town – Formation

Halifax Town
G
Sam Johnson 1.England
D
Tylor Golden 2.England
81'
D
Ryan Galvin 3.England
84'
D
Adam Senior 5.England
D
Jamie Stott 6.England
Goals35'
D
Jordan Keane 16.England
M
J. Hunter 8.England
M
M
Max Wright 17.England
83'
F
Millenic Alli 11.Republic of Ireland
F
Aaron Cosgrave 19.England
56' Goals31'
Substitutes
D
Tom Wilson 25.England
M
Florent Hoti 18.Kosovo
F
Angelo Capello 7.Belize
84'
F
Jamie Cooke 10.England
56'
F
Andrew Oluwabori 22.Nigeria
83'

Halifax Town started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Chris Millington decided to play with the following team: Sam Johnson, Jordan Keane, Jamie Stott, Adam Senior, Tylor Golden, Jack Hunter, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Ryan Galvin, Max Wright, Aaron Cosgrave and Millenic Alli.

The home team had on the bench: A. Cappello, Jamie Cooke, Florent Hoti, Andrew Oluwabori, Tom Wilson and Tom Wilson.

Substitutions

Halifax Town made 3 changes: Aaron Cosgrave for Jamie Cooke (56′), Max Wright for Andrew Oluwabori (83′) and Ryan Galvin for A. Cappello (84′).

Rochdale – Formation

Rochdale
G
Louie Moulden 1.England
34'
D
Cameron John 3.England
26'
D
Jimmy Keohane 13.Republic of Ireland
Goals68'
D
G. Nevett 15.Wales
D
Finlay Armstrong 23.England
M
Ryan East 4.England
M
Tyrese Sinclair 7.England
M
Harvey Gilmour 20.England
F
Jesurun Uchegbulam 11.Nigeria
F
Ian Henderson  40.England
Goals19'
Substitutes
D
Max Taylor 5.England
D
Kwaku Oduroh 16.England
M
Michael Afuye 17.England

Rochdale started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Jim McNulty played with: Louie Moulden, Jimmy Keohane, George Nevett, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Cameron John, Jesurun Uchegbulam, Ryan East, Finlay Armstrong, Harvey Gilmour, Tyrese Sinclair and Ian Henderson.

They had on the bench: Max Taylor, Kwaku Oduroh, Michael Afuye and Isaac Burgess.

Substitutions

Rochdale decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the National League.​