Huddersfield 5–0 Rochdale
Huddersfield
5–0HT 2–0
Rochdale
Huddersfield played Rochdale in the EFL Trophy on 6 October 2026 at John Smith's Stadium. The match finished 5–0.
Goals and cards
- 13'Lynden Gooch (assist by J. Smith-Sway)
- 15'J. Smith-Sway (assist by Joe Taylor)
- 15'Edward Francis — Yellow card
- 56'Cameron Ashia (assist by Sean Roughan)
- 79'Samson Tovide (assist by Ethan Brierley)
- 88'Luke Schofield — Red card
- 90+4'Jamie Spencer (assist by Lasse Sorensen)
Line-ups
Huddersfield 4-2-3-1
- J. Alnwick
- L. Sørensen
- J. Low
- I. Bowat
- S. Roughan
- M. Harness
- E. Brierley
- L. Gooch
- J. Smith-Sway
- C. Ashia
- J. Taylor
- SUBSTITUTES
- N. Tzanev
- Max Murray
- Luke Schofield
- Jamie Spencer
- Dylan Tawodzera
- Ian Togo
- S. Tovide
- COACHES: Martin Drury
Rochdale 4-3-3
- Sam William John Waller
- L. Hannant
- S. Sherring
- S. Beckwith
- O. Adebayo-Rowling
- Kane Taylor
- E. Francis
- I. Henderson
- C. Hayes
- E. Dieseruvwe
- Z. Silcott-Duberry
- SUBSTITUTES
- Lucas James Cunliffe
- Ronnie Jack Brown
- T. Bradley
- Nils Ramming
- Fabian Marcin Nowacki
- Israel Pither
- Lewis Platt
- COACHES: Ian Watson
Match statistics
| Huddersfield | Rochdale | |
|---|---|---|
| 361 | Accurate passes | 554 |
| 12 | Shots inside box | 1 |
| 5 | Shots outside box | 2 |
| 4 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 9 | Free kicks | 13 |
| 8 | Shots on goal | 1 |
| 1 | Saves | 3 |
| 5 | Shots off goal | 1 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 423 | Total passes | 614 |
| 1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 17 | Total shots | 3 |
| 2 | Corners | 4 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 13 | Fouls | 9 |
| 62% | Possession | 38% |