Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Portsmouth welcomes Rochdale

Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (20821 seats)

Only a win will satisfy Portsmouth supporters in this Fratton Park clash with Rochdale, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League One table.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League One game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Accrington Stanley. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Portsmouth have collected 36 points from their home games so far after 10-6-3.

Happy days for Portsmouth in their previous game, a League One match away at Wycombe Wanderers that ended with a 3-2 victory. The points were shared before that, a EFL Trophy home game that ended 2-2 versus Sunderland.

Portsmouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fratton Park with 33 goals in 19 matches. From these home matches, Portsmouth have conceded only 16 goals.

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Rochdale form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (79) in League One, on their travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Rochdale, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Accrington Stanley in the League One last time out. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Sunderland.

Rochdale have scored 27 goals on their travels this season, 20 away games. The Rochdale manager B. Barry-Murphy has some worries about the defense as 42 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Rochdale - Portsmouth 1-3, played this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 4 Portsmouth victories, 1 draw and 1 Rochdale win.

Top Goalscorers

I. Henderson
18 goals / 1 assists
J. Lowe
13 goals / 6 assists
R. Curtis
11 goals / 8 assists

Portsmouth missing players

Rochdale missing players

Portsmouth Rochdale
Total Home Statistic Away Total
37 17 Played 20 41
64 28 Scored 27 50
41 15 Conceded 42 79
95% 94% Over 0.5 100% 93%
84% 82% Over 1.5 90% 80%
51% 41% Over 2.5 70% 68%
27% 24% Over 3.5 40% 39%
16% 6% Over 4.5 30% 22%
65% 53% Both teams to score 70% 61%
27% 35% Clean Sheet 15% 22%
14% 18% Failed To Score 15% 24%
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.

  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 41 25 12 4 80 34 21 15 6 0 52 16 20 10 6 4 28 18 46 87
2 Sunderland 40 21 17 2 70 36 20 11 9 0 39 19 20 10 8 2 31 17 34 80
3 Barnsley 41 22 13 6 68 33 20 12 8 0 32 12 21 10 5 6 36 21 35 79
4 Portsmouth 40 22 11 7 71 43 19 10 6 3 33 16 21 12 5 4 38 27 28 77
5 Charlton Athletic 41 22 10 9 59 37 20 13 5 2 30 14 21 9 5 7 29 23 22 76
6 Doncaster Rovers 41 18 12 11 69 52 20 11 7 2 40 19 21 7 5 9 29 33 17 66
7 Peterborough United 40 17 10 13 62 54 21 8 6 7 27 26 19 9 4 6 35 28 8 61
8 Blackpool 41 14 16 11 47 45 20 7 8 5 26 21 21 7 8 6 21 24 2 58
9 Coventry City 41 16 10 15 45 45 21 8 6 7 21 19 20 8 4 8 24 26 0 58
10 Burton Albion 41 15 12 14 57 48 21 10 5 6 32 20 20 5 7 8 25 28 9 57
11 Fleetwood Town 40 15 11 14 52 43 20 8 7 5 30 25 20 7 4 9 22 18 9 56
12 Oxford United 41 13 13 15 50 56 20 10 2 8 30 24 21 3 11 7 20 32 -6 52
13 Gillingham 41 13 9 19 54 66 20 6 4 10 24 31 21 7 5 9 30 35 -12 48
14 Shrewsbury Town 41 11 14 16 45 53 21 8 8 5 23 22 20 3 6 11 22 31 -8 47
15 Plymouth Argyle 41 12 11 18 51 65 21 8 6 7 33 33 20 4 5 11 18 32 -14 47
16 Bristol Rovers 41 11 13 17 41 45 20 4 6 10 19 24 21 7 7 7 22 21 -4 46
17 Accrington Stanley 41 11 12 18 41 60 20 5 6 9 19 28 21 6 6 9 22 32 -19 45
18 Scunthorpe United 41 12 9 20 49 70 20 6 6 8 29 36 21 6 3 12 20 34 -21 45
19 Rochdale 41 12 9 20 50 79 21 6 4 11 23 37 20 6 5 9 27 42 -29 45
20 Wycombe Wanderers 41 11 11 19 50 64 21 8 5 8 26 26 20 3 6 11 24 38 -14 44
21 AFC Wimbledon 41 12 7 22 37 59 21 5 4 12 21 35 20 7 3 10 16 24 -22 43
22 Southend United 41 12 7 22 49 61 20 6 2 12 27 29 21 6 5 10 22 32 -12 43
23 Walsall 41 11 9 21 44 67 21 6 4 11 26 36 20 5 5 10 18 31 -23 42
24 Bradford City 41 10 6 25 43 69 21 7 2 12 24 30 20 3 4 13 19 39 -26 36

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