Fleetwood Town 1-2 Rochdale · League Two
Fleetwood Town lost to Rochdale 1-2 in the League Two. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Fleetwood Town and Rochdale met in the League Two at Highbury Stadium in Fleetwood on Saturday, 26 September 2026.
Goalscorers
Fleetwood Town: M. Helm 30'. Rochdale: D. Brown 8'; A. Flint 14'.
How the match went
Fleetwood Town saw more of the ball, 54% of it. Fleetwood Town had 21 shots with 5 on target, Rochdale 12 with 6 on target. There were 10 corners in total, 5 to Fleetwood Town and 5 to Rochdale. Fleetwood Town conceded 12 fouls, Rochdale 13. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (1 for Fleetwood Town, 2 for Rochdale).
Line-ups
Fleetwood Town started in a 5-3-2: Jay Lynch, Raffaele Cirino, Shaun Rooney, Finley Potter, Kayden Hughes, Lewis McCann, Adam Murphy, Harrison Neal, Mark Helm, Aaron Loupalo-Bi, Ched Evans.
Rochdale started in a 4-2-3-1: Sam Waller, Charlie Tasker, Aden Flint, Kaiden Wilson, Tobi Adebayo-Rowling, Harvey Gilmour, Babajide Adeeko, Jonny Smith, Kane Taylor, Glenn Middleton, Dajaune Brown.
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Minute by minute
- 8'Goal! Fleetwood Town 0-1 Rochdale. D. Brown (Rochdale) scores, assisted by G. Middleton.
- 14'Goal! Fleetwood Town 0-2 Rochdale. A. Flint (Rochdale) scores, assisted by D. Brown.
- 30'Goal! Fleetwood Town 1-2 Rochdale. M. Helm (Fleetwood Town) scores, assisted by A. Loupalo-Bi.
- 45'Half-time. Fleetwood Town 1-2 Rochdale.
- 69'Second yellow card for T. Adebayo-Rowling (Rochdale), who is sent off.
- 90'Full-time. Fleetwood Town 1-2 Rochdale.
Full commentary (59 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Fleetwood Town vs Rochdale.
- 3'Corner, Rochdale.
- 4'Corner, Rochdale.
- 8'Goal! Fleetwood Town 0-1 Rochdale. D. Brown (Rochdale) scores, assisted by G. Middleton.
- 11'Attempt saved. C. Evans (Fleetwood Town), header. xG 0.07.
- 12'Attempt blocked. G. Middleton (Rochdale), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.10.
- 14'Corner, Rochdale.
- 14'Attempt missed. D. Brown (Rochdale), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.07.
- 14'Goal! Fleetwood Town 0-2 Rochdale. A. Flint (Rochdale) scores, assisted by D. Brown.
- 18'Attempt saved. J. Smith (Rochdale), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 21'Corner, Rochdale.
- 30'Goal! Fleetwood Town 1-2 Rochdale. M. Helm (Fleetwood Town) scores, assisted by A. Loupalo-Bi.
- 34'Attempt missed. J. Smith (Rochdale), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
- 36'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 36'Attempt blocked. C. Evans (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 39'Yellow card for T. Adebayo-Rowling (Rochdale) for handball.
- 41'Attempt missed. R. Cirino (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 42'Attempt missed. A. Loupalo-Bi (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 44'Attempt missed. C. Evans (Fleetwood Town), header from a set piece. xG 0.03.
- 45'1 minute of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Fleetwood Town 1-2 Rochdale.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 47'Attempt saved. J. Smith (Rochdale), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 47'Attempt blocked. J. Smith (Rochdale), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 48'Attempt saved. G. Middleton (Rochdale), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 53'Attempt missed. L. McCann (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 56'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 57'Attempt missed. H. Neal (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 58'Attempt missed. K. Hughes (Fleetwood Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 58'Attempt missed. A. Loupalo-Bi (Fleetwood Town), header. xG 0.08.
- 59'Attempt blocked. H. Neal (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 61'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 64'Substitution, Fleetwood Town: J. T. Batty comes on for K. Hughes.
- 64'Substitution, Rochdale: E. Francis comes on for K. Taylor.
- 64'Substitution, Rochdale: C. Hayes comes on for J. Smith.
- 65'Attempt missed. L. McCann (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 69'Second yellow card for T. Adebayo-Rowling (Rochdale), who is sent off.
- 69'Attempt saved. D. Brown (Rochdale), header. xG 0.23.
- 70'Substitution, Fleetwood Town: R. Coughlan comes on for A. Murphy.
- 71'Attempt saved. C. Evans (Fleetwood Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 73'Yellow card for R. Cirino (Fleetwood Town) for foul.
- 76'Attempt missed. C. Tasker (Rochdale), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 76'Attempt blocked. C. Tasker (Rochdale), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 76'Cleared off the line! R. Coughlan (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.15.
- 82'Offside, Rochdale.
- 82'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 83'Attempt missed. H. Neal (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 83'Attempt blocked. F. Potter (Fleetwood Town), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.07.
- 84'Substitution, Rochdale: D. Rodney comes on for G. Middleton.
- 84'Substitution, Rochdale: E. Dieseruvwe comes on for D. Brown.
- 85'Attempt saved. L. McCann (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
- 85'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 88'Substitution, Rochdale: S. Sherring comes on for H. Gilmour.
- 88'Attempt missed. M. Helm (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.03.
- 88'Attempt missed. R. Coughlan (Fleetwood Town), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.09.
- 89'Attempt missed. A. Loupalo-Bi (Fleetwood Town), header. xG 0.08.
- 90'5 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Attempt missed. H. Neal (Fleetwood Town), header. xG 0.08.
- 90'Full-time. Fleetwood Town 1-2 Rochdale.