Bristol Rovers vs Rochdale betting preview

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Competition: England League One
Date: Mon 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Memorial Stadium (11916 seats)

With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Bristol Rovers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Rochdale.

It's no vacation for neither Bristol Rovers 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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Bristol Rovers form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Bristol Rovers have only managed 5 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses so far from their games here at Memorial Stadium.

The home team returns to Memorial Stadium after sharing the points with AFC Wimbledon on their last time out; the League One game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Bradford City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bristol Rovers handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D3-L4.

Bristol Rovers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 22 goals in 21 matches. 26 goals have been conceded.

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Rochdale form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (83) in League One, on their travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Rochdale's previous game versus Wycombe Wanderers, a League One 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Portsmouth's place.

Rochdale are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of six matches.

Rochdale are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 28 away goals from 21 games. The Rochdale manager B. Barry-Murphy has some worries about the defense as 46 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Rochdale - Bristol Rovers 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bristol Rovers 2 wins, 3 draws and Rochdale 5 victories.

Top Goalscorers

I. Henderson
19 goals / 1 assists
J. Clarke-Harris
11 goals
O. Clarke
6 goals

Bristol Rovers missing players

Rochdale missing players

Bristol Rovers Rochdale
Total Home Statistic Away Total
43 21 Played 21 43
45 22 Scored 28 52
48 26 Conceded 46 83
81% 81% Over 0.5 100% 93%
63% 67% Over 1.5 90% 79%
47% 52% Over 2.5 71% 67%
21% 24% Over 3.5 43% 40%
5% 5% Over 4.5 33% 23%
49% 48% Both teams to score 71% 60%
33% 29% Clean Sheet 14% 23%
37% 43% Failed To Score 14% 23%
 
4.7 4.8 Corners For (avg) 4.1 5.6
6 5.5 Corners Against (avg) 5.9 5.8
1.6 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.4 1.9
2 1 Red Cards (total) 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • Rochdale hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rochdale is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Bristol Rovers is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 42 25 12 5 81 37 21 15 6 0 52 16 21 10 6 5 29 21 44 87
2 Barnsley 43 24 13 6 74 36 22 14 8 0 38 15 21 10 5 6 36 21 38 85
3 Sunderland 42 22 17 3 76 41 22 12 9 1 45 24 20 10 8 2 31 17 35 83
4 Portsmouth 42 24 11 7 77 45 20 11 6 3 37 17 22 13 5 4 40 28 32 83
5 Charlton Athletic 43 23 10 10 63 40 21 14 5 2 33 15 22 9 5 8 30 25 23 79
6 Doncaster Rovers 43 19 12 12 71 54 21 12 7 2 42 19 22 7 5 10 29 35 17 69
7 Peterborough United 42 18 11 13 64 55 21 8 6 7 27 26 21 10 5 6 37 29 9 65
8 Coventry City 43 18 10 15 52 49 22 9 6 7 23 19 21 9 4 8 29 30 3 64
9 Burton Albion 43 16 12 15 61 50 22 10 5 7 33 22 21 6 7 8 28 28 11 60
10 Blackpool 43 14 17 12 47 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 22 7 9 6 21 24 1 59
11 Fleetwood Town 42 15 12 15 55 48 21 8 8 5 31 26 21 7 4 10 24 22 7 57
12 Oxford United 43 14 14 15 52 57 22 11 3 8 32 25 21 3 11 7 20 32 -5 56
13 Gillingham 43 14 9 20 57 69 22 7 4 11 27 34 21 7 5 9 30 35 -12 51
14 Bristol Rovers 43 12 14 17 45 48 21 5 6 10 22 26 22 7 8 7 23 22 -3 50
15 Shrewsbury Town 43 12 14 17 48 55 21 8 8 5 23 22 22 4 6 12 25 33 -7 50
16 Accrington Stanley 42 12 12 18 43 61 21 6 6 9 21 29 21 6 6 9 22 32 -18 48
17 Rochdale 43 13 9 21 52 83 22 7 4 11 24 37 21 6 5 10 28 46 -31 48
18 Wycombe Wanderers 43 12 11 20 52 65 21 8 5 8 26 26 22 4 6 12 26 39 -13 47
19 Plymouth Argyle 43 12 11 20 52 70 21 8 6 7 33 33 22 4 5 13 19 37 -18 47
20 Scunthorpe United 43 12 10 21 49 73 22 6 7 9 29 39 21 6 3 12 20 34 -24 46
21 AFC Wimbledon 43 12 9 22 38 60 22 5 5 12 22 36 21 7 4 10 16 24 -22 45
22 Southend United 43 12 8 23 50 64 21 6 2 13 27 31 22 6 6 10 23 33 -14 44
23 Walsall 43 11 10 22 46 70 22 6 5 11 27 37 21 5 5 11 19 33 -24 43
24 Bradford City 43 10 6 27 45 74 21 7 2 12 24 30 22 3 4 15 21 44 -29 36

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