Match Report
| Watford | Watford |  |  | Rochdale | Rochdale | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Sturridge | G. Sturridge |  | 52 | G |  | 1 | | G | 62 | | Scott Heskey | S. Heskey | |||||||||
| Paul Holloway | P. Holloway | | 51 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 57 | | Aaron Charlton | A. Charlton | |||||||||
| Dale Collymore | D. Collymore | | 50 | D | | 3 | | D | 54 | | Eddie Drake | E. Drake | |||||||||
| Julian Adams | J. Adams | | 49 | D | | 4 | | D | 54 | | Robbie Beckham | R. Beckham | |||||||||
| Richard Hurst | R. Hurst | | 46 | D | | 5 | | D | 50 | | Robbie Batty | R. Batty | |||||||||
| Marc Scowcroft | M. Scowcroft | | 53 | M | | 6 | | M | 58 | | Ugo Tiler | U. Tiler | |||||||||
| Del Whelan | D. Whelan | | 52 | M | | 7 | | M | 56 |  | Angelo Pédros | A. Pédros | |||||||||
| Ivan Gerrard | I. Gerrard | | 51 | M | | 8 | | M | 52 |  | Torsten Buchwald | T. Buchwald | |||||||||
| Alberto Gower | A. Gower | | 50 | M | | 9 | | M | 51 | | Gavin Tolley | G. Tolley | |||||||||
| Jakob Palumbo | J. Palumbo | | 59 | A | | 10 | | A | 61 | | Spencer Wright-Phillips | S. Wright-Phillips | |||||||||
| Ronnie Huckerby | R. Huckerby | | 48 | A | | 11 | | A | 52 |  | Mario Wijnen | M. Wijnen | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Vicarage Road where Watford play host to Rochdale. A crowd of 9,793 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Watford and Rochdale are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Watford and Rochdale are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and Rochdale get the match underway!
2.00
0-0Angelo Pédros chips the ball to his team mate, Mario Wijnen. Mario Wijnen shoots from outside the area but it curls horrendously wide!
6.43
Ivan Gerrard flicks the ball to his team mate, Ronnie Huckerby. Ronnie Huckerby shoots from distance but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
16.21
0-0Gavin Tolley passes the ball forward to Mario Wijnen. Mario Wijnen shoots from distance. It curls slightly but Greg Sturridge manages to gather it comfortably.
20.06
Julian Adams passes the ball forward to Del Whelan. Del Whelan makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jakob Palumbo. Jakob Palumbo lofts in a cross ball towards Ronnie Huckerby. Ronnie Huckerby directs the ball goalwards with his head but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
22.37
0-0Eddie Drake threads the ball through to Angelo Pédros. Angelo Pédros knocks the ball forward to Mario Wijnen. Mario Wijnen knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
24.09
1-0Del Whelan threads the ball through to Ronnie Huckerby. Ronnie Huckerby controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. Ronnie Huckerby scores for Watford!!
33.27
Ivan Gerrard kicks a strong pass forward to Jakob Palumbo. Jakob Palumbo knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Robbie Beckham.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
The second half starts with Watford kicking off!
48.42
Julian Adams kicks a strong pass forward to Marc Scowcroft. Marc Scowcroft knocks the ball to his team mate, Ronnie Huckerby. Ronnie Huckerby goes all the way! Ronnie Huckerby rockets a shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
60.03
Gavin Tolley knocks the ball forward to Spencer Wright-Phillips. Spencer Wright-Phillips sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
66.55
Ugo Tiler controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Spencer Wright-Phillips. Spencer Wright-Phillips shoots from 20 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
67.02
Torsten Buchwald chips the ball to his team mate, Mario Wijnen. Mario Wijnen knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
73.32
Ivan Gerrard makes a simple pass to Jakob Palumbo. Jakob Palumbo shoots from 25 yards. Jakob Palumbo scores for Watford!!
79.03
Eddie Drake passes the ball forward to Angelo Pédros. Angelo Pédros makes a beautiful solo run. Angelo Pédros plays a perfect one-two with Mario Wijnen and rushes in on goal... Angelo Pédros makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
83.08
Eddie Drake makes a probing pass to Angelo Pédros. Angelo Pédros chips the ball to his team mate, Mario Wijnen. Mario Wijnen goes all the way! Mario Wijnen shows great control and tries a shot on goal. What a cracker!! Greg Sturridge had no chance!! Goal for Rochdale!
90.00
Richard Hurst deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Del Whelan. Del Whelan makes a probing pass to Jakob Palumbo. Jakob Palumbo knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
2
1
Shots on Target
2
2
Shots off Target
3
4
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
56.6%
43.4%
Play Area
28.9%
47.4%
23.7%
Scorers