League Two: Stockport County anticipated to outplay Rochdale

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Edgeley Park (10832 seats)

Stockport County are favourites to win this home game against Rochdale, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we looking at a possible?

It's no vacation for neither Stockport County nor Rochdale as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Stockport County form and stats

Stockport County have collected 38 points from their League Two home games so far after 10-8-3. days ago.

The Stockport manager Challinor and his side return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Carlisle United (placed 5th). The hometeam coach Challinor made a successful contribution in the game against Carlisle United, bringing on Lemonheigh-Evans who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Hussey was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Hussey served one assist, hit four key passes and won 9 of 14 duels.

Before that, Stockport County played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Gillingham.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Stockport County home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 11 league games, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.

Stockport County has scored 30 league goals at home this season, in 21 matches. From these home matches, Stockport have conceded only 15 goals.

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Rochdale form and stats

Rochdale have only collected 17 points from their away games in the League Two, after 4-5-12 (21 played).

Rochdale delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Tranmere Rovers (placed 13th) in their previous game. The match against Tranmere Rovers looked like a defeat for Rochdale, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Ebanks-Landell equalized in the 90th minute. Midfield player Lloyd was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.12/10. Lloyd scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Bradford City.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rochdale as they have only managed to score 16 times from 21 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Rochdale have seen the ball go into their own net 30 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Rochdale has visited these top teams seven times, and 5 of 7 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Stockport County have won all of the 5 latest matches against this team. Can they do it again?

Rochdale - Stockport 1-2 was the outcome when these teams formerly did battle, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Stockport CountyK. Wootton
K. Wootton
14 goals
Stockport CountyW. Collar
W. Collar
10 goals
Stockport CountyP. Madden
P. Madden
10 goals

Stockport County missing players

Rochdale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stockport County Rochdale
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 7 21 43
20 10 4 Won W 1 4 8
12 8 2 Drew D 2 5 10
11 3 0 Lost L 4 12 25
60 30 8 Scored S 8 16 41
36 15 1 Conceded C 13 30 67
88% 81% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 98%
67% 71% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 57% 67%
40% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 33% 44%
19% 19% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 10% 14%
9% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 10% 12%
47% 43% 17% BTTS BTTS 71% 38% 51%
47% 57% 83% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 14%
19% 19% 33% Failed to Score F T 29% 48% 37%
 
5.4 5.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.9 3.8 4.1
3.9 3.5 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.3 5.4
1.2 0.8 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2 1.8
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.7 13.8 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.9 7.6 9.3
4.3 4.6 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.5 3
33% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 30% 32%
 
9 7.3 6 Shots against (avg) S A 16.6 14.8 13.4
2.6 2.4 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.9 4

  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 42 24 12 6 56 29 21 14 6 1 30 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 27 84
2 Northampton Town 43 21 14 8 57 39 21 11 6 4 27 17 22 10 8 4 30 22 18 77
3 Stevenage 42 21 13 8 57 38 22 16 2 4 38 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 19 76
4 Stockport County 43 20 12 11 60 36 21 10 8 3 30 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 24 72
5 Carlisle United 43 19 15 9 62 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 72
6 Bradford City 42 19 14 9 54 36 21 9 8 4 30 20 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 71
7 Salford City 43 20 9 14 66 49 22 10 5 7 28 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 17 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 19 12 11 67 51 20 8 8 4 34 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 16 69
9 Barrow 43 18 8 17 46 48 21 12 3 6 29 17 22 6 5 11 17 31 -2 62
10 Sutton United 43 15 12 16 43 49 22 11 4 7 25 20 21 4 8 9 18 29 -6 57
11 Swindon Town 42 14 13 15 53 50 21 8 6 7 29 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 3 55
12 Grimsby Town 42 14 13 15 46 52 21 5 10 6 21 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -6 55
13 Tranmere Rovers 43 14 12 17 42 46 21 9 6 6 25 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -4 54
14 Doncaster Rovers 43 15 7 21 43 60 21 10 1 10 25 27 22 5 6 11 18 33 -17 52
15 Walsall 43 11 18 14 42 45 21 8 9 4 24 15 22 3 9 10 18 30 -3 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Gillingham 43 13 12 18 32 45 22 11 5 6 20 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -13 51
18 Newport County 42 12 14 16 44 49 21 6 6 9 23 25 21 6 8 7 21 24 -5 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 43 11 13 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 22 6 4 12 19 27 -7 46
21 Harrogate Town 42 10 15 17 52 61 22 6 9 7 30 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -9 45
22 Crawley Town 43 10 12 21 45 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 42
23 Hartlepool United 43 8 15 20 48 74 21 4 10 7 24 33 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 39
24 Rochdale 43 8 10 25 41 67 22 4 5 13 25 37 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 34

Table
  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 42 24 12 6 56 29 21 14 6 1 30 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 27 84
2 Northampton Town 43 21 14 8 57 39 21 11 6 4 27 17 22 10 8 4 30 22 18 77
3 Stevenage 42 21 13 8 57 38 22 16 2 4 38 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 19 76
4 Stockport County 43 20 12 11 60 36 21 10 8 3 30 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 24 72
5 Carlisle United 43 19 15 9 62 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 72
6 Bradford City 42 19 14 9 54 36 21 9 8 4 30 20 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 71
7 Salford City 43 20 9 14 66 49 22 10 5 7 28 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 17 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 19 12 11 67 51 20 8 8 4 34 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 16 69
9 Barrow 43 18 8 17 46 48 21 12 3 6 29 17 22 6 5 11 17 31 -2 62
10 Sutton United 43 15 12 16 43 49 22 11 4 7 25 20 21 4 8 9 18 29 -6 57
11 Swindon Town 42 14 13 15 53 50 21 8 6 7 29 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 3 55
12 Grimsby Town 42 14 13 15 46 52 21 5 10 6 21 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -6 55
13 Tranmere Rovers 43 14 12 17 42 46 21 9 6 6 25 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -4 54
14 Doncaster Rovers 43 15 7 21 43 60 21 10 1 10 25 27 22 5 6 11 18 33 -17 52
15 Walsall 43 11 18 14 42 45 21 8 9 4 24 15 22 3 9 10 18 30 -3 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Gillingham 43 13 12 18 32 45 22 11 5 6 20 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -13 51
18 Newport County 42 12 14 16 44 49 21 6 6 9 23 25 21 6 8 7 21 24 -5 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 43 11 13 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 22 6 4 12 19 27 -7 46
21 Harrogate Town 42 10 15 17 52 61 22 6 9 7 30 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -9 45
22 Crawley Town 43 10 12 21 45 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 42
23 Hartlepool United 43 8 15 20 48 74 21 4 10 7 24 33 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 39
24 Rochdale 43 8 10 25 41 67 22 4 5 13 25 37 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 34

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.