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  • Kick-off: 19:30
  • Venue: Recreation Ground
  • Attendance: 3595
  • Referee: Haines, A

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

Goal!! Adam Rooney scores for Chesterfield.

88 mins

Goal!! Rochdale have scored with Glenn Murray putting it in the back of the net.

86 mins

Goal!! David Perkins scores for Rochdale.

83 mins

John Doolan is replaced by Adam Rundle.

80 mins

Brendan Moloney is being taken off, Phil Picken has come on in his place.

76 mins

Michael Barnes is being taken off, Adam Rooney has come on in his place.

67 mins

Jack Lester goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

67 mins

Nathan Stanton goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

64 mins

Rochdale are replacing Adam Le Fondre with Ben Muirhead.

59 mins

Goal!! Jack Lester scores for Chesterfield.

56 mins

Jamie Lowry is being taken off, Jamie Ward has come on in his place.

49 mins

Goal!! Aaron Downes scores for Chesterfield.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 2.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by A Haines

39 mins

Goal!! David Perkins scores for Rochdale.

18 mins

Goal!! Rochdale have scored with David Perkins putting it in the back of the net.

0 mins

It's 7:30pm on Wednesday, January 16th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

David Perkins celebrated his first appearance on the scoresheet in style with a stunning hat-trick that gave Rochdale yet another impressive victory on the road.

Keith Hill's side have not lost away from home in the league since the opening day of the season and this latest performance showed why they are such a dangerous outfit on their travels.

The pace of the front line conjured goals from nowhere and, although Chesterfield came back strongly in the second half, Rochdale hung on to chalk up their seventh away victory of the campaign.

For the home side, it was another disappointment and they will need to tighten up if they are to have any chance of contesting the promotion places at the end of the season.

The Spireites also have plenty of pace and skill going forward and Jack Lester scored his 19th goal of the season to pull Chesterfield level early in the second half.

The first 45 minutes had belonged to Rochdale with Perkins firing in from 12 yards in the 18th minute and then nutmegging Aaron Downes near the touchline before bending a shot past Barry Roche six minutes before the interval.

Chesterfield had to improve and they did with Downes heading home a corner in the 49th minute before Lester's deflected shot ten minutes later wrong-footed Dale keeper Sam Russell.

Chesterfield were now in complete control but Rochdale hung on and, in the 86th minute, Gary Jones set up Perkins whose shot from the edge of the box went just inside Roche's left-hand post.

Glenn Murray broke away to score a fourth two minutes later, but there was still time for Adam Rooney to head in off the underside of the bar for Chesterfield before Downes had a header cleared off the line in the final seconds.

Chesterfield Team

Rochdale Team

Chesterfield

Rochdale

Corners

14 3

Fouls

7 8

Goal attempts

13 8

Shots off target

5 2

Offsides

6 5

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