Eastleigh win entertaining clash with Rochdale

Eastleigh climbed into third place in the National League table with an entertaining 4-2 win over Rochdale.

The visitors took the lead in the sixth minute when Kairo Mitchell capitalised on a poor pass to net his seventh of the season but Paul McCallum headed in the equaliser 16 minutes later.

McCallum then set up Ludwig Francillette for a 35th-minute header and Chris Maguire made it 3-1 on the hour mark.

Rochdale pulled one back 10 minutes later through Devante Rodney but Eastleigh added a fourth in the 77th minute when McCallum netted again from the penalty spot.