Rochdale have found it difficult to get points this league season. Could the gang get some points when Bradford City visit Crown Oil Arena?
- Rochdale have the fewest points (16) at home in League Two
- Bradford City have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in League Two
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Rochdale form and stats
With 4 League Two wins, 4 draws and 12 defeats from their home games, Rochdale are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The home team returns to Crown Oil Arena after drawing with Mansfield Town (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Rochdale's goalie O'Donnell played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Mansfield Town with a stunning seven saves.
Ahead of that match, Rochdale won a home game hosting Walsall (4-2).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Rochdale, as the League Two home game vs Tranmere Rovers is only three days away.
Rochdale are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 20 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rochdale defense is not exactly impregnable. 32 goals conceded from 20 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Bradford City form and stats
9 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Bradford City, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Bradford as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Impressive finishing from Banks, Cook and Chapman secured the home win 3-1 against Sutton United in their previous game. Attacker Cook got a player rating of 8.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Cook scored one goal, hit the woodwork two (!) times and hit three key passes.
A 0-0 draw at Crawley Town's stadium before that.Lacking goals? 12 of this club's latest 16 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bradford City manager Hughes as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Swindon Town.
Bradford City have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 19 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Bradford as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Bradford City - Rochdale 1-2 was the outcome when these two contenders last did battle, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Rochdale victories, three draws and four Bradford City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cook 24 goals |   D. Rodney 9 goals | I. Henderson 8 goals |
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| Rochdale | Bradford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 41 | 20 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 19 | 40 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 39 | 23 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 21 | 51 |
| 62 | 32 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 35 |
| 98% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 71% | 74% | 80% |
| 66% | 75% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 53% | 62% |
| 41% | 50% | 14% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 37% | 40% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | 22% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 51% | 65% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 37% | 45% |
| 15% | 10% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 47% | 42% |
| 37% | 25% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 42% | 32% |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9.1 | 10.8 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 9.7 | 11.4 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 32% | 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 50% | 50% |
| 13.5 | 12.2 | 13.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.4 | 10.6 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
- Bradford City have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in League Two
- Bradford City have the most clean sheets (9) away in League Two
- Bradford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rochdale have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in League Two
- Rochdale have the fewest points (16) at home in League Two
- Rochdale haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 40 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 27 | 81 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 41 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 55 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 73 |
| 3 | Stockport County | 41 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 18 | 24 | 70 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 41 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 60 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 70 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 40 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 70 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 40 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 51 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 68 |
| 7 | Salford City | 41 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 48 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 16 | 66 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 49 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 65 |
| 9 | Barrow | 41 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 47 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 30 | -1 | 61 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 41 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -3 | 57 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 41 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 42 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 53 |
| 12 | Swindon Town | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 50 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 2 | 51 |
| 13 | Walsall | 41 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 42 | 40 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 51 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 51 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 27 | -7 | 51 |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 41 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 41 | 57 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 30 | -16 | 51 |
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 39 | 51 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -12 | 48 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 45 | 51 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 47 |
| 18 | Newport County | 40 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 41 | 47 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 24 | -6 | 47 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 41 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 44 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 27 | -15 | 47 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 41 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 39 | 47 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 27 | -8 | 42 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 47 | 59 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | -12 | 41 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 41 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 48 | 70 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 37 | -22 | 39 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 41 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 43 | 68 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 39 | -25 | 38 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 41 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 39 | 62 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 30 | -23 | 33 |
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