2020–21 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 2020–21 Rochdale A.F.C. season is the club's 114th season in their history and the seventh consecutive season in EFL League One, Along with League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Rochdale

2020–21 season
Chairman	Andrew Kilpatrick
Manager	Brian Barry-Murphy
Stadium	Spotland Stadium
League One	14th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Matty Lund (4)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

First-team squad

As of 18 January 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Apps.	Goals	Year signed	Signed from	Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1	Gavin Bazunu		GK	20 February 2002	20	0	2020	Manchester City	Loan
12	Jay Lynch		GK	31 March 1993	22	0	2019	AFC Flyde	Loan
30	Ben Charlton		GK		0	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
Defenders
2	Ryan McLaughlin		RB/LB/RM	30 September 1994	38	0	2019	Blackpool	Undisclosed
3	Gabriel Osho		CB/RB	14 August 1998	3	0	2021	Luton Town	Loan
4	Jimmy McNulty		CB/LB	13 February 1985	207	4	2015	Bury	Free
5	Paul McShane		CB	6 January 1986	25	1	2019	Free Agent	Free
6	Eoghan O'Connell		CB	13 August 1995	60	2	2019	Bury	Free
15	Haydon Roberts		CB/LB/DM	10 May 2002	19	0	2020	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan
19	Yeboah Amankwah		CB	19 October 2000	2	0	2020	Manchester City	Loan
32	Joe Dunne		CB/LB	25 October 2001	3	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
Defenders
7	Stephen Dooley		LM/RM	19 October 1991	82	5	2018	Coleraine	Free
8	Aaron Morley		CM/DM	27 February 2000	76	7	2017	Academy	Trainee
13	Jimmy Keohane		CM/AM/RM/RB	22 January 1991	76	5	2019	Cork City	Undisclosed
14	Oliver Rathbone		CM/DM/LM	10 October 1996	164	13	2015	Manchester United	Free
16	Matt Done		LM/LW/LB	22 July 1988	264	32	2017	Sheffield United	Free
18	Lewis Bradley		CM	29 May 2001	8	0	2019	Academy	Trainee
20	Jimmy Ryan		CM/RM/LM	6 September 1988	50	1	2019	Blackpool	Free
21	Matty Lund		CM/RB/RM	21 November 1990	162	34	2020	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed
23	Harrison Hopper		Centre midfielder	24 December 2000	8	0	2019	Academy	Trainee
24	Ethan Brierley		CM		8	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
Forwards
9	Stephen Humphrys		CF/RW/LW	15 September 1997	14	7	2020	Southend United	Free
10	Alex Newby		RW/CF	21 November 1995	29	7	2020	Chorley	Free
11	Jake Beesley		CF	12 December 1996	19	3	2020	Solihull Moors	Undisclosed
17	Fábio Tavares		CF/LW/RW	22 January 2001	39	4	2019	Academy	Trainee
22	Kwadwo Baah		LW/RW	1 January 2001	28	3	2019	Academy	Trainee

Statistics

As of 30 January 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		F.A. Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Gavin Bazunu	20	0	17+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Ryan McLaughlin	19	0	9+8	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF		Tolaji Bola	12	0	9+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Gabriel Osho	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Jimmy McNulty	16	0	5+6	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF		Paul McShane	8	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Eoghan O'Connell	22	2	18+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	1	1+0	0
7	MF		Stephen Dooley	26	1	10+10	1	0+1	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
8	MF		Aaron Morley	31	2	25+0	2	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+1	0
9	FW		Stephen Humphrys	14	7	13+1	7	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW		Alex Newby	29	7	21+3	6	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+2	1
11	FW		Jake Beesley	19	3	16+0	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
12	GK		Jay Lynch	11	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
13	MF		Jimmy Keohane	30	5	23+1	5	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+1	0
14	MF		Oliver Rathbone	28	1	22+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+1	0
15	DF		Haydon Roberts	19	0	19+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF		Matt Done	23	1	8+11	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
17	FW		Fábio Tavares	18	2	0+12	1	0+1	0	0+2	0	3+0	1
18	MF		Lewis Bradley	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	DF		Yeboah Amankwah	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
20	MF		Jimmy Ryan	16	0	11+2	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
21	MF		Matty Lund	27	11	24+0	10	1+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
22	FW		Kwadwo Baah	18	3	7+7	3	0+0	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
23	MF		Harrison Hopper	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
24	MF		Ethan Brierley	8	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
32	DF		Joe Dunne	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
33	DF		Kacper Mialkowski	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0

Goals record

As of 30 January 2021

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	21		CM	Matty Lund	10	1	0	0	11
3	9		CF	Stephen Humphrys	8	0	0	0	8
2	10		CF	Alex Newby	6	0	0	1	7
4	13		AM	Jimmy Keohane	5	0	0	0	5
5	22		CF	Kwadwo Baah	3	0	0	0	3
	11		CF	Jake Beesley	2	0	0	1	3
7	8		CM	Aaron Morley	2	0	0	0	2
	17		CF	Fábio Tavares	1	0	0	1	2
	6		CB	Eoghan O'Connell	1	0	1	0	2
10	7		RM	Stephen Dooley	1	0	0	0	1
	14		CM	Oliver Rathbone	1	0	0	0	1
	16		LM/LW/LB	Matt Done	1	0	0	0	1
Total					41	1	1	3	46

Disciplinary record

As of 30 January 2021

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
1	21		CM	Matty Lund	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
2	6		CB	Eoghan O'Connell	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
3	14		CM	Oliver Rathbone	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
4	7		RM	Stephen Dooley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	20		CM	Jimmy Ryan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	11		CF	Jake Beesley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	22		CF	Kwadwo Baah	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	9		CF	Stephen Humphrys	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	2		RB	Ryan McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5		CB	Paul McShane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10		CF	Alex Newby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	15		CB	Haydon Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	23		CM	Harrison Hopper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	1		GK	Gavin Bazunu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	4		DF	Jimmy McNulty	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	16		LM/LW/LB	Matt Done	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					33	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	41	0	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 August 2020	CF		Alex Newby	Chorley	Free transfer	[1]
11 September 2020	CF		Stephen Humphrys	Southend United	Undisclosed	[2]
24 September 2020	CF		Jake Beesley	Solihull Moors	Undisclosed	[3]
1 February 2021	CM		Conor Grant	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	[4]
1 February 2021	DM		Conor Shaughnessy	Leeds United	Free transfer	[5]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	From	Till	Ref.
25 August 2020	GK		Gavin Bazunu	Manchester City	End of season	[6]
7 September 2020	CB		Yeboah Amankwah	Manchester City	End of season	[7]
8 October 2020	LB		Tolaji Bola	Arsenal	31 January 2021	[8]
19 October 2020	CB		Haydon Roberts	Brighton & Hove Albion	End of season	[9]
21 January 2021	CB		Gabriel Osho	Luton Town	End of season	[10]
1 February 2021	CF		Jack Vale	Blackburn Rovers	End of season	[11]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	To	Till	Ref.
3 September 2020	FW		Keaton Mulvey	Mossley	December 2020	[12]
19 September 2020	GK		Bradley Wade	Guiseley	End of season	[13]
26 September 2020	CM		Lewis Bradley	Bradford (Park Avenue)	31 October 2020	[14]

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CF		Calvin Andrew	Unattached	Released	[15]
1 July 2020	CM		Callum Camps	Fleetwood Town	Released	[15][16]
1 July 2020	CF		Matty Gillam	Guiseley	Released	[15][17]
1 July 2020	CF		Ian Henderson	Salford City	Released	[15][18]
1 July 2020	GK		Josh Lillis	Barrow	Released	[15][19]
1 July 2020	RB		Ryan McLaughlin	Unattached	Released	[15]
1 July 2020	CF		Aaron Wilbraham	Unattached	Released	[15]
1 July 2020	DM		Jordan Williams	Blackpool	Released	[15][20]
8 July 2020	RB		John Stewart	Europa Point	Free transfer	[21]
14 September 2020	CF		Morgan Moreland	Ramsbottom United	Free transfer	[22]
1 February 2021	CF		Fabio Tavares	Coventry City	Undisclosed	[23]

Pre-season

Rochdale announced two pre-season friendlies against Atherton Collieries[24] and Stockport County.[25]

19 August 2020 Friendly	Atherton Collieries	1–4	Rochdale	Atherton
19:30 BST	Rokka  9' (pen.)	Report	Newby  2', 16' Ryan  6' Morley  61' (pen.)	Stadium: Skuna Stadium Attendance: 0

22 August 2020 Friendly	Stockport County	0–2	Rochdale	Stockport
13:00 BST		Report	Lund  59' Baah  90'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 0

25 August 2020 Friendly	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Rochdale	Oldham
13:00 BST		Report	Newby  63'	Stadium: Chapel Road Attendance: 0

29 August 2020 Friendly	Port Vale	2–1	Rochdale	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Conlon  45' (pen.), 56' (pen.)	Report	Morley  65' (pen.)	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 0

Competitions

EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
14	Plymouth Argyle	25	9	7	9	35	41	−6	34
15	Fleetwood Town	25	8	7	10	29	23	+6	31
16	Milton Keynes Dons	25	8	7	10	31	30	+1	31
17	Shrewsbury Town	23	6	9	8	23	27	−4	27
18	Rochdale	25	6	8	11	40	48	−8	26
19	Swindon Town	26	7	3	16	32	50	−18	24
20	Bristol Rovers	24	6	5	13	24	41	−17	23
21	Northampton Town	24	6	5	13	20	40	−20	23	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	AFC Wimbledon	25	5	7	13	26	45	−19	22

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[26]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
25	6	8	11	40	48	−8	26	1	6	5	16	25	−9	5	2	6	24	23	+1

Last updated: 30 January 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	W
Position	19	21	23	17	18	23	17	15	14	14	16	20	20	17	18	20	16	18	21	20	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[27]

12 September 2020 1	Swindon Town	3–1	Rochdale	Swindon
15:00 BST	T. Smith  4' Grant  33' M. Smith  41' Jaiyesimi  46' Pitman  90'	Report	Lund  89' Keohane  90+3'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

20 September 2020 2	Rochdale	0–0	Portsmouth	Rochdale
15:00 BST	McShane  86'	Report	Brown  43' Naylor  51'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury

26 September 2020 3	Ipswich Town	2–0	Rochdale	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Bishop  53' Edwards  59' Nolan  65'	Report	Ryan  8' O'Connell  50'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

3 October 2020 4	Rochdale	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Lund  13' Beesley  39' Tavares  90'	Report	Hill  54' Saunders  77' Evans  90+1'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Oldham

10 October 2020 5	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Rochdale	Accrington
15:00 BST	Pritchard  64' Russell  66'	Report	Keohane  54'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Oldham

17 October 2020 6	Rochdale	0–3	Hull City	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Beesley  67' Lund  81'	Report	Wilks  20', 73' Magennis  75'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Gavin Ward

20 October 2020 7	Burton Albion	0–1	Rochdale	Burton
19:45 BST	O'Toole  35'	Report	Lund  49' Roberts  50'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Purkiss

24 October 2020 8	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Rochdale	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Vela  39' Pierre  45+2'  86' Fossey  59'	Report	Rathbone  22' Newby  36'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

27 October 2020 9	Rochdale	2–2	Sunderland	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	McLaughlin  21' Lund  25', 44' Ryan  63' Rathbone  90+2'	Report	Wyke  15' Wright  40' Sanderson  79'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell

31 October 2020 10	Rochdale	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Newby  25' Rathbone  50' Lund  80' O'Connell  90'	Report	Nicholson  9' Grant  34'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Steve Martin

3 November 2020 11	Oxford United	3–1	Rochdale	Oxford
19:00 GMT	Moore  35', 82' Shodipo  58' Henry  72' Clare  90+5'	Report	Lund  42' (pen.) Ryan  45' Rathbone  56'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Rock

14 November 2020 P	Charlton Athletic	P–P	Rochdale	London
				Stadium: The Valley
Note: Postponed due to international call-ups for four Charlton Athletic players.

21 November 2020 12	Rochdale	0–1	AFC Wimbledon	Rochdale
15:00 GMT		Report	Hartigan  30' McLoughlin  72' Chislett  90+2'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

24 November 2020 13	Rochdale	1–1	Northampton Town	Rochdale
19:00 GMT	Humphrys  85'	Report	Smith  20' Sowerby  79'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

1 December 2020 14	Plymouth Argyle	0–4	Rochdale	Plymouth
19:45 GMT		Report	Beesley  3' Morley  23' Keohane  45+12' Humphrys  72'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Will Finnie

5 December 2020 15	Rochdale	0–2	Lincoln City	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Lund  54' O'Connell  90+2'	Report	Edun  14' Jones  38' Montsma  68'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Allison

12 December 2020 16	Peterborough United	4–1	Rochdale	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Clarke-Harris  5' (pen.), 10', 22' Beevers  36' Thompson  40'  45+1'	Report	Humphrys  9'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Brett Huxtable

15 December 2020 17	Wigan Athletic	0–5	Rochdale	Wigan
19:00 GMT	Long  37' Perry  45' Tilt  55' James  61'	Report	Baah  4' Lund  19'  60' Dooley  52'  58' Newby  64' (pen.), 90+2'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury

19 December 2020 18	Rochdale	1–4	Gillingham	Rochdale
13:00 GMT	O'Connell  90+2' 90+4'	Report	McKenzie  9' Akinde  21', 47' (pen.) Ogilvie  45+1'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ollie Yates

26 December 2020 P	Blackpool	P–P	Rochdale	Blackpool
				Stadium: Bloomfield Road

29 December 2020 P	Rochdale	P–P	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Spotland Stadium

2 January 2021 P	Milton Keynes Dons	P–P	Rochdale	Milton Keynes
				Stadium: Stadium MK

9 January 2021 19	Rochdale	3–3	Crewe Alexandra	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Lund  41'  60', 84' Morley  47'	Report	Finney  6', 35' Dale  23'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

12 January 2021 20	Charlton Athletic	4–4	Rochdale	London
19:00 GMT	Aneke  23', 65' Pearce  29'  88' Forster-Caskey  37' Gilbey  40' Schwartz  67' Morgan  84'	Report	Lund  12' Baah  21', 31' Humphrys  42'  42' Bazunu  69'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 0 Referee: Trevor Kettle

16 January 2021 21	Rochdale	3–3	Wigan Athletic	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Humphrys  7', 90+5' McNulty  43' Lund  48' Beesley  58'	Report	Joseph  9' Lang  16' Perry  73' Keane  77'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Madley

19 January 2021 22	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Rochdale	Doncaster
19:00 GMT	Taylor  31'	Report	Baah  83'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

23 January 2021 23	Gillingham	2–2	Rochdale	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Oliver  43'  64' Akinde  90+3'	Report	Lund  11' Keohane  69', 75' Baah  85'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Pollard

26 January 2021 24	Rochdale	3–4	Oxford United	Rochdale
19:00 GMT	Done  6'  22' Humphrys  30'  77' Rathbone  48' Lund  64'	Report	Agyei  12' Moore  49' Brannagan  60' Henry  62' Shodipo  90+2'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

30 January 2021 25	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Rochdale	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Leahy  34'	Report	Newby  16', 64' Dooley  75'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[28]

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 2020 First round	Rochdale	1–2	Stockport County	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Lund  22'	Report	Rooney  7' Reid  14'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Oldham

EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[29] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[30]

5 September 2020 First round	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Rochdale	Huddersfield
15:00 BST		Report	O'Connell  51'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium[31] Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

15 September 2020 Second round	Rochdale	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Rochdale
19:45 BST	O'Connell  45+1' Rathbone  90+2'	Report	Pelupessy  34' Kachunga  54' Hunt  57' Reach  64' Windass  88'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Referee: Seb Stockbridge

EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[32]

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Salford City	3	2	0	0	1	4	7	−3	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Manchester United U21	3	1	1	0	1	6	4	+2	5
3	L1	Rochdale	3	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	L2	Morecambe	3	1	0	0	2	5	4	+1	3

Source: EFL.com

8 September 2020 Group stage	Morecambe	1–2	Rochdale	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Lavelle  23'  55' O'Sullivan  61'	Report	Tavares  86' Newby  90+3'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

29 September 2020 Group stage	Rochdale	0–0 (4–5 p)	Manchester United U21	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Lund  27' Done  65' Newby  80' Hopper  85'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Coy
	Penalties
	Morley Newby Tavares Keohane Rathbone Hopper		Mejbri McCann Wellens Hansen-Aaroen Elanga Hugill

10 November 2020 Group stage	Rochdale	1–2	Salford City	Rochdale
19:00 GMT	Beesley  8' Rathbone  80' O'Connell  90+6'	Report	Andrade  53' Golden  57' Dieseruvwe  82' (pen.) Burgess  90+4'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Madley

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