Rochdale and Oxford City draw 2-2 on Saturday

ROCHDALE. Rochdale finds the way to recover against Oxford City with a goal on the H. Greenslade 27' and a goal on the J. Parker 35'.

Rochdale and Oxford City draw 2-2 on Saturday

ROCHDALE. Rochdale comes back against Oxford City with a goal on the H. Greenslade 27′ and a goal on the J. Parker 35′.

The match was played at the Crown Oil Arena stadium in Rochdale on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 2,329 spectators.​ The referee was Gareth Rhodes. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.15 degrees Celsius or 44.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
  • 11 Total 6
  • 3 On Target 3
  • 8 Off Target 3
  • 4 Shots blocked 1
  • 102 Attack 79
  • 89 Dangerous attack 67
  • 115 Ball safe 90
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 5 Total 9
  • 1 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 2 Substitutions 3

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

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Rochdale was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Oxford City that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rochdale had a more offensive attitude with 89 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Rochdale to win the match​.

Rochdale shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Oxford City shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Rochdale received 1 yellow card (Kairo Mitchell). Regarding the opposition, Oxford City received 4 yellow cards (Josh Parker, Charlie O’Connell, Giles Phillips and Josh Ashby).

Match Timeline

Kairo Mitchell(goal)
11'
27'
H. Greenslade(goal)
35'
J. Parker(goal)
57'
G. Phillips- Yellow
Devante Rodney- sub ->Jesurun Uchegbulam
56'
Jimmy Keohane- sub ->Cameron John
65'
Sam Mather(goal)
77'
73'
R. Fleet- sub ->Nya Kirby
78'
R. Smith- sub ->Latrell Humphrey-Ewers
81'
J. Ashby- Yellow
90'
B. Kabongolo- sub ->Lewis Coyle
Kairo Mitchell- Yellow
90'
90'
C. O'Connell- Yellow
90'
J. Parker- Yellow

Standings

After this match, Rochdale has 46 points like Dagenham & Redbridge and Eastleigh to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Oxford City will has 29 points to sit in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the National League, Rochdale will host Woking on the 12th of March with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Woking (0 draws).

Oxford City will play away against Chesterfield on the 12th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Chesterfield (0 draws).

Rochdale – Formation

Rochdale
G
T. Brooks 1.Republic of Ireland
D
Kyron Gordon 2.England
D
Cameron John 3.England
65'
D
G. Nevett 15.Wales
M
Ryan East 4.England
M
Jesurun Uchegbulam 11.Nigeria
56'
M
Harvey Gilmour 20.England
F
Kairo Mitchell 9.Grenada
90' Goals11'
F
Cian Hayes 18.England
F
Sam Mather 25.England
Goals77'
Substitutes
D
Jimmy Keohane 13.Republic of Ireland
65'
D
Dan Sassi 19.England
M
Adam Clayton 8.England
F
Devante Rodney 10.England
56'
F
Ian Henderson  40.England

Rochdale adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Jim McNulty decided to play with the following team: Tiernan Brooks, Kyron Gordon, Cameron John, Ethan Ebanks-Landell, George Nevett, Jesurun Uchegbulam, Ryan East, Harvey Gilmour, Cian Hayes, Kairo Mitchell and Samuel Mather.

The home team had on the bench: Adam Clayton, Devante Rodney, Jimmy Keohane, D. Sassi and Ian Henderson.

Substitutions

Rochdale made 2 changes: Jesurun Uchegbulam for Devante Rodney (56′) and Cameron John for Jimmy Keohane (65′).

Oxford City – Formation

Oxford City
G
T. Watson 26.England
D
Andre Burley 2.England
D
G. Phillips 3.England
57'
D
H. Birtwistle 21.Singapore
D
C. O'Connell 28.England
90'
M
J. Ashby 4.England
81'
M
N. Kirby 5.England
73'
M
L. Coyle 7.England
90'
M
L. Humphrey-Ewers 20.England
78'
F
H. Greenslade 11.England
Goals27'
F
J. Parker 14.Antigua and Barbuda
90' Goals35'
Substitutes
D
B. Kabongolo 23.England
90'
M
R. Smith 15.Austria
78'
M
J. Roddy 6.England
M
R. Fleet 8.England
73'
M
A. Potter 16.England
F
L. Lumeka 27.England

Also Oxford City adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Ross Jenkins played with: Tom Watson, Andre Burley, Giles Phillips, Charlie O’Connell, Latrell Humphrey-Ewers, Harry Birtwistle, Josh Ashby, Nya Kirby, Lewis Coyle, Josh Parker and Harvey Greenslade.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jacob Roddy, Reece Fleet, Alfie James Potter, Brooklyn Kabongolo, Levi Lumeka and Renny Smith.

Substitutions

Oxford City made 3 changes: Latrell Humphrey-Ewers for Renny Smith (78′), Nya Kirby for Reece Fleet (73′) and Lewis Coyle for Brooklyn Kabongolo (90′).

Results of the day

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