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Competition: England League One
Competition: Fri 28.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

The league table in League One tells a story about these teams so far, with Portsmouth leading Rochdale by 23 points. Match preview to follow:

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League One match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Milton Keynes Dons, was also a home game here at Fratton Park. The away team is better rested.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Portsmouth are steadily winning League One games and points here at Fratton Park. 11 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 16 games. Portsmouth has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Fratton Park. We remember; it was Peterborough United.

The Portsmouth supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Milton Keynes Dons in League One and win 3-1. Heartbreak before that as Portsmouth lost 0-1 at Fleetwood Town's place.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Portsmouth, as the FA Cup home game vs Arsenal is only three days away.

The Portsmouth fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 16 league matches. Portsmouth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Fratton Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 16 matches.

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Rochdale form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rochdale so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 5-2-10 (win-draw-lose).

Rochdale failed to get anything from their last game, a League One home match vs Coventry City (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Prior to that match, the Rochdale manager B. Barry-Murphy faced defeat when travelling to Sunderland and losing 0-3.

Rochdale find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. Rochdale have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Rochdale - Portsmouth 0-3 earlier this season. Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Portsmouth, one draw and one win for Rochdale. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Rochdale
I. Henderson
13 goals
Portsmouth
R. Curtis
11 goals
Portsmouth
J. Marquis
8 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Rochdale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portsmouth Rochdale
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 6 17 32
16 11 6 Won W 1 5 9
8 5 0 Drew D 0 2 6
8 0 0 Lost L 5 10 17
48 31 14 Scored S 4 20 36
32 13 3 Conceded C 15 32 53
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
69% 75% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 82% 81%
41% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 76% 66%
28% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 29% 22%
12% 19% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 18% 12%
47% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 59% 56%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 18% 22%
19% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 28%
 
4.9 4.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.1 3.7
4.4 3.9 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.5 5.7
2 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
457 252 99 Total Shots T S 48 169 331
153 92 35 Shots on Target S O 12 54 106
31% 34% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 34%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Portsmouth have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Rochdale has the most dropped points from leading position (24)
  • Rochdale have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 +/- P
1 Rotherham United 33 18 7 8 59 34 16 8 4 4 30 15 17 10 3 4 29 19 25 61
2 Coventry City 32 16 13 3 46 30 16 10 5 1 21 11 16 6 8 2 25 19 16 61
3 Wycombe Wanderers 33 17 8 8 44 37 18 13 3 2 34 20 15 4 5 6 10 17 7 59
4 Sunderland 33 16 10 7 46 27 18 10 7 1 33 11 15 6 3 6 13 16 19 58
5 Portsmouth 32 16 8 8 48 32 16 11 5 0 31 13 16 5 3 8 17 19 16 56
6 Peterborough United 33 16 7 10 65 39 16 11 3 2 39 13 17 5 4 8 26 26 26 55
7 Fleetwood Town 32 15 10 7 48 36 17 10 6 1 25 13 15 5 4 6 23 23 12 55
8 Oxford United 33 15 9 9 56 34 16 10 3 3 31 12 17 5 6 6 25 22 22 54
9 Ipswich Town 33 14 10 9 45 32 15 6 5 4 23 16 18 8 5 5 22 16 13 52
10 Gillingham 33 12 14 7 39 30 16 9 3 4 26 15 17 3 11 3 13 15 9 50
11 Doncaster Rovers 32 13 9 10 47 32 18 9 5 4 27 18 14 4 4 6 20 14 15 48
12 Burton Albion 32 12 10 10 45 44 15 6 6 3 16 11 17 6 4 7 29 33 1 46
13 Bristol Rovers 32 11 9 12 35 45 16 6 6 4 21 18 16 5 3 8 14 27 -10 42
14 Blackpool 32 10 11 11 41 40 15 8 2 5 24 20 17 2 9 6 17 20 1 41
15 Lincoln City 34 11 6 17 41 44 16 9 3 4 25 16 18 2 3 13 16 28 -3 39
16 Accrington Stanley 33 10 9 14 46 51 16 7 2 7 32 25 17 3 7 7 14 26 -5 39
17 Shrewsbury Town 32 9 11 12 28 39 16 6 5 5 19 21 16 3 6 7 9 18 -11 38
18 Milton Keynes Dons 33 10 6 17 35 45 17 9 1 7 20 20 16 1 5 10 15 25 -10 36
19 Rochdale 32 9 6 17 36 53 15 4 4 7 16 21 17 5 2 10 20 32 -17 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 33 7 10 16 37 51 17 5 8 4 18 18 16 2 2 12 19 33 -14 31
21 Tranmere Rovers 32 6 8 18 32 58 17 3 6 8 19 26 15 3 2 10 13 32 -26 26
22 Southend United 33 3 7 23 35 82 16 1 4 11 15 41 17 2 3 12 20 41 -47 16
23 Bolton Wanderers 31 5 8 18 25 64 16 4 7 5 17 23 15 1 1 13 8 41 -39 11

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 Rotherham United 33 18 7 8 59 34 16 8 4 4 30 15 17 10 3 4 29 19 25 61
2 Coventry City 32 16 13 3 46 30 16 10 5 1 21 11 16 6 8 2 25 19 16 61
3 Wycombe Wanderers 33 17 8 8 44 37 18 13 3 2 34 20 15 4 5 6 10 17 7 59
4 Sunderland 33 16 10 7 46 27 18 10 7 1 33 11 15 6 3 6 13 16 19 58
5 Portsmouth 32 16 8 8 48 32 16 11 5 0 31 13 16 5 3 8 17 19 16 56
6 Peterborough United 33 16 7 10 65 39 16 11 3 2 39 13 17 5 4 8 26 26 26 55
7 Fleetwood Town 32 15 10 7 48 36 17 10 6 1 25 13 15 5 4 6 23 23 12 55
8 Oxford United 33 15 9 9 56 34 16 10 3 3 31 12 17 5 6 6 25 22 22 54
9 Ipswich Town 33 14 10 9 45 32 15 6 5 4 23 16 18 8 5 5 22 16 13 52
10 Gillingham 33 12 14 7 39 30 16 9 3 4 26 15 17 3 11 3 13 15 9 50
11 Doncaster Rovers 32 13 9 10 47 32 18 9 5 4 27 18 14 4 4 6 20 14 15 48
12 Burton Albion 32 12 10 10 45 44 15 6 6 3 16 11 17 6 4 7 29 33 1 46
13 Bristol Rovers 32 11 9 12 35 45 16 6 6 4 21 18 16 5 3 8 14 27 -10 42
14 Blackpool 32 10 11 11 41 40 15 8 2 5 24 20 17 2 9 6 17 20 1 41
15 Lincoln City 34 11 6 17 41 44 16 9 3 4 25 16 18 2 3 13 16 28 -3 39
16 Accrington Stanley 33 10 9 14 46 51 16 7 2 7 32 25 17 3 7 7 14 26 -5 39
17 Shrewsbury Town 32 9 11 12 28 39 16 6 5 5 19 21 16 3 6 7 9 18 -11 38
18 Milton Keynes Dons 33 10 6 17 35 45 17 9 1 7 20 20 16 1 5 10 15 25 -10 36
19 Rochdale 32 9 6 17 36 53 15 4 4 7 16 21 17 5 2 10 20 32 -17 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 33 7 10 16 37 51 17 5 8 4 18 18 16 2 2 12 19 33 -14 31
21 Tranmere Rovers 32 6 8 18 32 58 17 3 6 8 19 26 15 3 2 10 13 32 -26 26
22 Southend United 33 3 7 23 35 82 16 1 4 11 15 41 17 2 3 12 20 41 -47 16
23 Bolton Wanderers 31 5 8 18 25 64 16 4 7 5 17 23 15 1 1 13 8 41 -39 11

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