Down To Ten
Rochdale
Rochdale played the closing 21 minutes a man down after a 69′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 69′
- Player
- Olutobi Adebayo-Rowling
League Two · Matchday 8
Fleetwood Town
Mark Helm 30'
1 – 2
FT
HT 1–2
Rochdale
Dajaune Brown 8'
Aden Flint 14'
League Two
Matchday 8Fleetwood Town1–2Rochdale
13
Shots in the box
10
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
8′14′30′69′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Fleetwood Town 1-2 Rochdale
Rochdale edged out Fleetwood Town 2-1 at Highbury Stadium in League Two. Brown opened the scoring for Rochdale on 8', Flint made it 2-0 to Rochdale on 14' and Helm pulled one back for Fleetwood Town on 30'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Fleetwood Town took 13 of their 21 attempts inside the box, Rochdale 10 of 12. Fleetwood Town held 54.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Adebayo-Rowling was sent off on 69', leaving Rochdale 21 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Rochdale graded out for box occupation — 10 of 12 shots in the box.
D. Brown came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.6 for Rochdale from 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 key pass.
It was a niggly afternoon: 25 fouls between them and 1 yellow card, with Rochdale conceding the most free-kicks (13).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
54%Possession46%
21Shots12
What the numbers say
2 readsBox Occupation
Rochdale
Rochdale kept getting bodies into the area — 83% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 10 of 12
- Share
- 83%
Timeline
⚽8'
Dajaune Brown — assist: Glenn Middleton
⚽14'
Aden Flint — assist: Dajaune Brown
Mark Helm — assist: Aaron Loupalo-Bi
⚽30'
🟨39'
Olutobi Adebayo-Rowling
Handball
Half-time
🔄64'
Cian Hayes ↑ Jonny Smith ↓
🔄64'
Edward Francis ↑ K. Taylor ↓
Jake Thomas Batty ↑ Kayden Hughes ↓
🔄64'
🟥69'
Olutobi Adebayo-Rowling
Ronan Coughlan ↑ Adam Murphy ↓
🔄70'
R. Cirino
Foul
🟨73'
🔄84'
Emmanuel Dieseruvwe ↑ Dajaune Brown ↓
🔄84'
Devante Rodney ↑ Glenn Middleton ↓
🔄88'
Sam·Sherring ↑ Harvey Gilmour ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueHighbury Stadium, Fleetwood
CompetitionLeague Two
Season2026
RoundMatchday 8
StatusMatch Finished