- Date:12 Apr 2011
- Kick-off:19:45
- Venue:Spotland Stadium
- Attendance:3,825
- Thompson (27) O'Grady (40)
Live Commentary
- 92mins
Effort on goal by Lee Barnard from just outside the area goes harmlessly over the target.
- 92mins
Effort on goal by Richard Lambert from inside the penalty area goes harmlessly over the bar.
- 91mins
Dean Hammond produces a cross, Craig Dawson makes a clearance.
- 89mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Chris O'Grady by Jose Fonte. Gary Jones takes the free kick.
- 84mins
The referee blows for offside. Free kick taken by Kelvin Davis.
- 82mins
Lee Barnard challenges Nicky Adams unfairly and gives away a free kick. Owain Fon Williams restarts play with the free kick.
- 79mins
Shot by Adam Lallana from deep inside the penalty box bounces off the post.
- 79mins
Guly Do Prado produces a right-footed shot from the edge of the box and misses to the right of the goal.
- 78mins
Short corner taken by Dean Hammond.
- 78mins
Corner taken right-footed by Adam Lallana, Robbie Williams manages to make a clearance.
- 77mins
Adam Lallana takes a shot. Save by Owain Fon Williams.
- 74mins
Inswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Guly Do Prado.
- 74mins
A cross is delivered by Guly Do Prado, clearance made by Robbie Williams.
- 73mins
Adam Lallana on for Dale Stephens.
- 70mins
Guly Do Prado fouled by Nicky Adams, the ref awards a free kick. The free kick is swung in right-footed by Guly Do Prado, Craig Dawson manages to make a clearance. Inswinging corner taken by Guly Do Prado from the left by-line, Chris O'Grady manages to make a clearance. Guly Do Prado takes a outswinging corner to the near post, Gary Jones makes a clearance.
- 70mins
Jonathan Forte takes a shot. Blocked by Jason Kennedy.
- 67mins
Daniel Seaborne joins the action as a substitute, replacing Radhi Jaidi.
- 66mins
Foul by Jose Fonte on Chris O'Grady, free kick awarded. Indirect free kick taken by Marcus Holness.
- 61mins
Shot by Dean Hammond from deep inside the penalty area misses to the right of the target.
- 59mins
Header from deep inside the area by Jonathan Forte goes harmlessly over the crossbar.
- 59mins
Free kick awarded for a foul by Chris O'Grady on Jose Fonte. Indirect free kick taken by Kelvin Davis.
- 57mins
Short corner taken by Guly Do Prado. Corner taken by Guly Do Prado from the right by-line, Radhi Jaidi takes a shot. Save by Owain Fon Williams. Inswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Guly Do Prado, Gary Jones makes a clearance.
- 57mins
Jonathan Forte takes a shot. Save by Owain Fon Williams.
- 53mins
Lee Barnard produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that misses to the right of the target.
- 52mins
The official flags Matt Done offside. Indirect free kick taken by Kelvin Davis.
- 52mins
Outswinging corner taken by Nicky Adams from the right by-line, Jose Fonte manages to make a clearance.
- 51mins
Joe Thompson takes a shot. Save by Kelvin Davis.
- 50mins
Richard Lambert takes a shot. Save made by Owain Fon Williams.
- 47mins
Dale Stephens gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Matt Done. Free kick crossed right-footed by Nicky Adams from left wing, clearance made by Radhi Jaidi.
- 45mins
Foul by Frazer Richardson on Nicky Adams, free kick awarded. Robbie Williams restarts play with the free kick.
- 45mins
Robbie Williams challenges Jonathan Forte unfairly and gives away a free kick. The free kick is delivered right-footed by Frazer Richardson from right wing.
- 42mins
Guly Do Prado takes a outswinging corner from the right by-line to the near post, clearance made by Scott Wiseman. Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Guly Do Prado played to the near post. Lee Barnard takes a shot. Owain Fon Williams makes a save.
- 41mins
Jonathan Forte joins the action as a substitute, replacing Dan Harding.
- 40mins
Chris O'Grady finds the net with a goal from the edge of the area to the bottom right corner of the goal. Rochdale 2-0 Southampton.Assist by Gary Jones.
- 36mins
Ryan Dickson takes a shot. Craig Dawson gets a block in.
- 35mins
Matt Done fouled by Dean Hammond, the ref awards a free kick. Owain Fon Williams takes the free kick.
- 32mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Guly Do Prado by Joe Thompson. A cross is delivered by Guly Do Prado, Dean Hammond takes a shot. Save by Owain Fon Williams.
- 31mins
Ryan Dickson fouled by Scott Wiseman, the ref awards a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Dan Harding.
- 31mins
Lee Barnard is caught offside. Marcus Holness takes the free kick.
- 29mins
Nicky Adams takes the outswinging corner, Shot from just outside the penalty box by Gary Jones misses to the left of the target.
- 27mins
Joe Thompson scores a headed goal from inside the box. Rochdale 1-0 Southampton.Nicky Adams provided the assist for the goal.
- 24mins
Chris O'Grady takes a shot. Save by Kelvin Davis. Nicky Adams takes the chance to get an effort at goal and missed to the left of the net.
- 22mins
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Matt Done by Jose Fonte. Free kick taken by Nicky Adams. Gary Jones produces a right-footed shot from just outside the penalty box that misses to the left of the goal.
- 20mins
Dale Stephens challenges Gary Jones unfairly and gives away a free kick. Indirect free kick taken by Marcus Holness.
- 19mins
Unfair challenge on Lee Barnard by Matt Done results in a free kick. Guly Do Prado restarts play with the free kick.
- 13mins
Guly Do Prado takes a shot. Save made by Owain Fon Williams.
- 10mins
Richard Lambert takes a shot. Gary Jones gets a block in.
- 8mins
Unfair challenge on Lee Barnard by Gary Jones results in a free kick. Richard Lambert produces a strike on goal direct from the free kick, save by Owain Fon Williams. Guly Do Prado takes the inswinging corner, Chris O'Grady makes a clearance.
- 8mins
Unfair challenge on Jason Kennedy by Guly Do Prado results in a free kick. Jason Kennedy restarts play with the free kick.
- 7mins
Nicky Adams decides to take the corner short.
Nicky Adams takes the outswinging corner, clearance by Lee Barnard. Nicky Adams takes the outswinging corner, Joe Thompson produces a header from inside the six-yard box that clears the bar.
Match Preview
Hill to ponder changes Rochdale boss Keith Hill must decide whether to shuffle his pack as his side seek to get their promotion bid back on track at home to Southampton. Dale's six-match unbeaten run was ended by a 1-0 defeat at Colchester on Saturday and Hill named the same side for the fifth match running. Hill has no injury or suspension concerns but may look to use his full squad as the Spotland outfit seek to maintain their play-off challenge amid a hectic run of fixtures. Rochdale lie two points below sixth-placed Bournemouth but have a game in hand on the Cherries and Hill has urged his men to bounce back from their setback at the Weston Homes Community Stadium. He said: "It hurt but we have to move on." Southampton manager Nigel Adkins has a host of injury worries. Adam Lallana is struggling with an ongoing groin problem and was only among the substitutes at Leyton Orient on Saturday while fellow midfielder Dale Stephens missed out with an Achilles injury. They will be handed late fitness tests along with Frazer Richardson, who was sidelined with a calf strain, and fellow defenders Danny Butterfield and Dan Harding who are carrying minor knocks. With Alex Chamberlain (ankle) and Morgan Schneiderlin (knee) still on the sidelines, left-back Ryan Dickson may be asked to deputise in midfield again as he did at Brisbane Road. Winger Lee Holmes remains a long-term absentee after ankle surgery.
Rochdale
Southampton
- Owain Fon Williams
- Scott Wiseman
- Craig Dawson
- Marcus Holness
- Robbie Williams
- Nicky Adams
- Matt Done
- Jason Kennedy
- Gary Jones
- Joe Thompson
- Chris O'Grady
- SUBS
- Matthew Edwards
- Joe Widdowson
- Brian Barry-Murphy
- Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro
- Will Atkinson
- Josh Thompson
- Liam Dickinson
Home
Away
- Kelvin Davis
- Frazer Richardson
- Jose Fonte
- Radhi Jaidi
- Dan Harding
- Dean Hammond
- Dale Stephens
- Ryan Dickson
- Guly Do Prado
- Richard Lambert
- Lee Barnard
- SUBS
- Bartosz Bialkowski
- Jonathan Forte
- Danny Butterfield
- Aaron Martin
- Daniel Seaborne
- Adam Lallana
- Oscar Gobern
Match Report
Dale move into top six Rochdale leap-frogged Bournemouth into the play-off positions with an impressive 2-0 victory over Southampton at Spotland. Saints missed the chance to open up a gap between themselves and Huddersfield in the race for automatic promotion as first-half goals from Joe Thompson and Chris O'Grady proved decisive. Despite a strong start from the Saints during which Rickie Lambert and Guly Do Prado tested Owain Fon Williams from long range, the first half belonged to the hosts. Gary Jones came within a whisker of his 20th goal of the season with a cleverly worked free-kick before O'Grady had a gilt-edged chance to end his 12-game run without a goal. Matt Done sent him one-on-one against Kelvin Davis, but the Southampton goalkeeper won the battle of wits with a smart save. But the hosts were ahead in the 28th minute when Nicky Adams' back-post cross found Thompson and he sent a looping header past the flat-footed Davis and into the far corner of the net. The second came four minutes before the break, O'Grady atoning for his earlier miss when he collected Done's pass and smashed a low drive beneath the outstretched Davies. Saints had chances after the interval, Jonathan Forte and Radhi Jaidi foiled by Fon Williams while Dean Hammond flicked wide from eight yards after ghosting in behind the Dale defence. Adam Lallana's downward header looked destined for the corner of the net until Fon Williams dived to his right to save and the Southampton midfielder's frustration was compounded when his deflected shot struck the foot of the post
Form Guide
- WWWDWL
- Rochdale
- VS
- Southampton WWDWWW
Last Meetings
- Southampton
- 0 - 2
- Rochdale
- 04/09/2010
- Rochdale
- 1 - 0
- Southampton
- 04/04/1959
- Southampton
- 6 - 1
- Rochdale
- 02/02/1959
Top Scorers
Rochdale
- G Jones 10
- C Dawson 9
- C O'Grady 8
- J Kennedy 4
- J Akpa Akpro 3
- M Done 3
- W Atkinson 2
- J Thompson 1
Southampton
- L Barnard 14
- R Lambert 12
- A Oxlade-Chamberlain 8
- G Do Prado 7
- A Lallana 7
- JM Fonte 5
- D Hammond 4
- R Chaplow 4
- R Jaidi 3
- J Forte 2
Goals
Rochdale
- Total goals 99
- Goals per game 54
- 2 (For) 3 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 6 (For) 6 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 6 (For) 5 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- 4 (For) 2 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 7 (For) 8 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 4 (For) 3 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 7 (For) 6 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 6 (For) 3 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 12 (For) 9 (Against) Period 81-90 mins
Southampton
- Total goals 117
- Goals per game 72
- 2 (For) 3 (Against) Period 0-10 mins
- 9 (For) 4 (Against) Period 11-20 mins
- 4 (For) 4 (Against) Period 21-30 mins
- 5 (For) 3 (Against) Period 31-40 mins
- 10 (For) 4 (Against) Period 41-50 mins
- 12 (For) 5 (Against) Period 51-60 mins
- 12 (For) 4 (Against) Period 61-70 mins
- 8 (For) 2 (Against) Period 71-80 mins
- 10 (For) 4 (Against) Period 81-90 mins
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