Mansfield increased their play-off chances with a 1-0 win over Rochdale thanks to the replacement of Jordan Bowery’s late strike at the Crown Oil Arena.
Jay Lynch dismissed Rhys Oates four times, but Bowery’s late effort helped seal the points for the visitors.
Dale arrived after 13 minutes when James Ball saw his effort from outside the box.
The Stags could go on just before the half-hour mark when Oates took advantage of some loose Rochdale possession but struck directly at Lynch.
The visitors nearly scored again after 54 minutes, but a superb save by Matt Done kept Nathan Bishop’s free kick out of the net.
The best chances of the second half fell to the visitors, with Oates’ powerful 20-yard effort saved by Lynch before Jamie Murphy’s shot failed to guide him to the goal.
The decisive moment came in the 86th minute when Oates’ low-powered cross found Bowery on the far post and he decided to reduce the gap to the top seven by just two points and Rochdale to six without a win. loose.
Match report provided by PA Media.
Lineups
Rochdale
Training 3-4-1-2
- 1Lynch
- 17DowningReserve at 31min
- 6O’Connell
- 12Dorsett
- 2O’Keeffe
- 14Breetgebitt
- 7Dooley
- 26Clark
- 8BallReplaced forGrantop 41 ‘Minutes
- 16MadeReplaced forCharmingop 85 ‘Minutes
- 29CampbellReplaced forNewbyop 63 ‘Minutes
Substitute
- 4McNulty
- 9Charming
- 10Newby
- 11Grant
- 13Keohane
- 23Kelly
- 33Coleman
Mansfield
Training 4-1-2-1-2
- 1Bishop
- 4Hewitt
- 35O’Tool
- 14Perch
- 3McLaughlin
- 25StirkReplaced forLapslieop 82 ‘Minutes
- 44M Longstaff
- 16QuinnReplaced forWallaceop 73 ‘Minutes
- 7MurphyReplaced forBoweryop 78 ‘Minutes
- 18Oates
- 12Hawkins
Substitute
- 6Rawson
- 9Bowery
- 10Maris
- 11Johnson
- 23Wallace
- 24Stech
- 32Lapslie
- Referee:
- Seb Stockbridge
- Presence:
- 2,088
Live Text
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Match over, Rochdale 0, Mansfield Town 1.
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Second Half Over, Rochdale 0, Mansfield Town 1.
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Foul by Luke Charman (Rochdale).
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Kieran Wallace (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Handball by George Lapslie (Mansfield Town).
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Corner, Mansfield Town. Failure of Eoghan O’Connell.
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Attempt blocked. George Lapslie (Mansfield Town) shot from the right from the center of the box was blocked. Assisted by Rhys Oates.
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Zil! Rochdale 0, Mansfield Town 1. Jordan Bowery (Mansfield Town) left foot shot from the middle of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Rhys Oates with a cross.
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Exchange, Rochdale. Luke Charman replaces Matt Done.
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Attempt saved. Conor Grant (Rochdale)’s shot on the right foot from outside the penalty area was saved in the left corner. Assisted by Stephen Dooley.
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Foul by George Broadbent (Rochdale).
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George Lapslie (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Substitution, Mansfield Town. George Lapslie replaces Ryan Stirk.
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Attempt blocked. Alex Newby (Rochdale)’s shot on the right foot of the left side was blocked. Assisted by Max Clark.
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Substitution, Mansfield Town. Jordan Bowery replaces Jamie Murphy.
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Eck, Rochdale. Failure of James Perch.
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Substitution, Mansfield Town. Kieran Wallace replaces Stephen Quinn.
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Offside, Mansfield Town. Stephen McLaughlin tried a breakthrough, but Jamie Murphy was caught offside.
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Jamie Murphy (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Max Clark (Rochdale).
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