Preview | Fleetwood Town (H)

18 January 2019

Rochdale v Fleetwood Town | Crown Oil Arena, Sky Bet League One, Saturday 19th January 2019, 3pm Kick-Off

Dale welcome Fleetwood Town to the Crown Oil Arena in Sky Bet League One action on Saturday.

The visitors currently sit in 10^th place in the table, with Dale in 19^th. The game between the sides earlier in the season finished 2-2 at Highbury Stadium.

ADMISSION DETAILS

It is pay on the day at the Crown Oil Arena on Saturday.

Supporters can pay through the turnstiles for the Pearl Street Stand, the Sandy Lane and the away stand. However, supporters wishing to sit in the Main Stand must purchase a ticket from the RAFC Ticket Office before going to the turnstiles.

Normal league prices apply for the fixture. They can be found HERE.

FIRST TIME VISITOR GUIDE

Are you a first-time visitor to the Crown Oil Arena? Click HERE for all of the information you may need in order to plan your visit and make the most of the matchday experience at Rochdale Football Club!

AWAY SUPPORTERS’ GUIDE

If you are a Fleetwood Town fan making your way to the Crown Oil Arena for Saturday’s game, click HERE and have a read of our Visiting Supporters’ Guide which is packed full of useful information!

PRE-MATCH

Our PSA Testing Day, in conjunction with the Barry Kilby Prostate Cancer Appeal, is taking place between 11am-2pm on Saturday. Click HERE for full details.

There’s a FREE junior event in the Carlsberg Lounge before kick-off. Back by popular demand is our Curious Critters event! Click HERE for full details.

Don't forget to give our mascots a warm reception! Click HERE to view our preview of what the Community Trust have on.

The Ratcliffe Bars, situated on the Crown Oil Arena car park, are open to both home and away supporters from midday.

POST-MATCH

Our FREE Extra Time At The Dale event returns on Saturday with a LIVE Neil Diamond tribute act!

Doors will open after the full-time whistle and no tickets are required.

Click HERE for full details.

REF WATCH

Referee | Geoff Eltringham

Assistant Referees | Paul Hodskinson & Robert Merchant

Fourth Official | Joe Hull

HEAD TO HEAD

Dale	Draws	Fleetwood Town
4	7	4

MATCH ODDS

Sky Bet are offering odds of 5/4 for a Dale win on Saturday.

Click HERE for the full betting preview.

FLASHBACK

The reverse fixture of Saturday’s match saw Ian Henderson rescue a point for Dale with a 95^th minute strike.

Click HERE to watch highlights from the game.

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Rochdale AFC’s matchday programme – The Voice of Spotland – is back on Saturday.

Purchase from the Club Shop and around the ground on matchday for just £3. Click HERE to read the full preview.

WE’VE GOT IT COVERED

Fans in the UK can listen to match audio commentary on iFollow, whilst overseas supporters can watch the match live! The programme will start at 2.45pm.

Click HERE to subscribe to iFollow.

To access commentary/watch live via your desktop, click on the 'iFollow' tab on our navigation bar. Hover over the 'More' tab and more selections will appear, which is where the 'iFollow' tab is located. Once you’ve clicked through, a link will appear on the left-hand side of the page for you to access the commentary. This will appear on the site around half an hour before kick-off.

We will be tweeting live updates from the match and will go behind-the-scenes with our Instagram Story feature. Follow @officiallydale (Twitter and Instagram).

Match Previews

Match Reports

Report | Dale 1-1 Fleetwood Town

19 January 2019

Ian Henderson’s 15^th goal of the season earned Dale a point in a 1-1 draw at home to Fleetwood Town.

Paddy Madden put the visitors in front in the first-half, but after Lewie Coyle’s sending off early in the second-half, it was all Dale.

Henderson nodded home Stephen Dooley’s cross midway through the half but Dale couldn’t find a winner despite constant pressure.

Keith Hill started with the same team that began the second-half at Peterborough United last weekend, with Ethan Ebanks-Landell and Ethan Hamilton both making home debuts.

Five minutes in, Hamilton fired a low left-foot shot goalwards which was well held by Fleetwood goalkeeper Alex Cairns, before Ian Henderson fired wide of the far post after Rory Holden’s cross had been blocked into his path.

The visitors wasted a golden chance to take the lead in the 20^th minute when Ashley Nadesan squared for Wes Burns to turn into an empty net, but he fired over from eight yards.

Dale players and supporters claimed for a penalty shortly afterwards when Henderson’s deflected shot looped goalwards, before being collected by Cairns, but the referee waved away the protests.

Fleetwood full-back Lewie Coyle forced Josh Lillis into a comfortable save before he curled a superb effort off the outside of the upright from 25-yards.

The visitors took the lead eight minutes before the break when Madden rose highest on the edge of the six-yard box to flick home a right-wing cross from ?.

Ross Wallace sent a free-kick well over and Burns saw a curling effort well held by Lillis low to his left.

Half-time saw Luke Matheson introduced for his EFL debut in place of Matty Done, with Joe Rafferty going to left-back.

At the start of the second period, Camps saw a dipping effort beaten away by Cairns, before Coyle was sent off for a rash challenge on Rafferty in the 54^th minute.

After that, it was all Dale, with Hamilton seeing a shot held from 25-yards before linking up with Holden as the latter fired inches wide of the far post.

Hamilton fired just off target and Camps had a shot held, before Dale’s pressure paid off.

Stephen Dooley delivered an inch perfect cross for Henderson who powered a header home from a central position.

The Dale skipper was inches away from putting his side in front when he latched on to Lillis’ superb kick, before cutting inside and having an effort tipped wide by Cairns.

Dale continued to press but couldn’t find a winner, settling for a point.

Standings