Rochdale hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 19 points and a 21st position in the League One table. Visiting Crewe Alexandra holds 9th place with 30 pts.
- Rochdale has the fewest points (7) at home in League One
- Crewe Alexandra has the fewest scored goals (8) away in League One
Rochdale and Crewe Alexandra should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Rochdale form and stats
Rochdale's results here at Crown Oil Arena in the League One have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Rochdale are slowly digging their own grave here at Crown Oil Arena with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Fleetwood Town match.
Rochdale's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Gillingham (placed 14th). Before that match, a win away at Wigan Athletic.
Jay Lynch had a busy but productive day in the Gillingham match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rochdale as they are travelling to their away game against Charlton Athletic in the League One. That match is three days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Rochdale here at Crown Oil Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). Rochdale have conceded 15 from these games.
Crewe Alexandra form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (8) away in League One, are W3-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
Alexandra delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Fleetwood Town (placed 10th) in their previous match; a League One game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus AFC Wimbledon at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Alexandra as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Alexandra in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - three - one (Rochdale wins - draws - Crewe Alexandra wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Lund 6 goals |   M. Mandron 6 goals |  O. Dale 5 goals |
Rochdale missing players
Crewe Alexandra missing players
| Rochdale | Crewe Alexandra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 23 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 30 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 70% |
| 61% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 39% | 22% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 17% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 56% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 45% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 20% |
| 28% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10 | 11.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 41% | 27% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 29% |
- Crewe Alexandra has the fewest scored goals (8) away in League One
- Crewe Alexandra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rochdale has the fewest points (7) at home in League One
- Rochdale has the fewest scored goals (7) at home in League One
- Rochdale have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | Lincoln City | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 41 |
| 2 | Hull City | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 37 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Accrington Stanley | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 29 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 29 |
| 12 | Oxford United | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 28 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 27 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 26 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 22 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 22 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 19 |
| 23 | Swindon Town | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 25 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -16 | 17 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -22 | 13 |