Struggling Rochdale will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lincoln City in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's no vacation for neither Rochdale nor Lincoln City 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.
Rochdale form and stats
Rochdale's struggle is real here at Crown Oil Arena with only 7 points collected from 7 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-2.
Happy days for Rochdale in their previous game, a League One match away at Plymouth Argyle (placed 13th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. In the match before that, Rochdale hosted Northampton Town and drew the game 1-1.
As mentioned above, Rochdale "killed" Plymouth Argyle in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Rochdale aren't scoring a lot here at Crown Oil Arena in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. 9 goals have been conceded.
Lincoln City form and stats
Lincoln City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Lincoln City collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the League One. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
The supporters enjoyed Lincoln's previous game versus Wigan Athletic (placed 24th), a League One 2-1 win played at home. It was a FA Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Plymouth Argyle wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
Lincoln City has another fixture away, a EFL Trophy game, against Shrewsbury Town in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Lincoln have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Lincoln City as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Rochdale won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Lincoln City has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  J. Grant 7 goals |   M. Lund 5 goals | J. Keohane 3 goals |
Rochdale missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Rochdale | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 20 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 93% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 86% |
| 79% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 29% | 57% |
| 57% | 43% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 29% | 14% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 21% | 14% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 29% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 13.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 10.7 | 11.4 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 42% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 78% | 69% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hull City | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Fleetwood Town | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Northampton Town | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Gillingham | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 17 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Swindon Town | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -9 | 16 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Oxford United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 13 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 8 |