Season ticket holders at Crown Oil Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Rochdale languishing in the 20th position so far. The guesting Northampton Town will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Rochdale form and stats
Rochdale's results here at Crown Oil Arena in the League One have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The Rochdale crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to AFC Wimbledon here at Crown Oil Arena in a League One match. Before that game, the home loss against Salford City with the scoreline 1-2.
Heartbreak for Rochdale in their last match as AFC Wimbledon's E. Chislett scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
This is expected to be a close game, with Rochdale perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rochdale as a small favourite), we find ten games. Rochdale has won four of these, drawn two and lost four.
Rochdale aren't scoring a lot here at Crown Oil Arena in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games. Rochdale have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Northampton Town form and stats
3-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Northampton Town in their League One matches away. Northampton has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Two travels in a row for Northampton, whose manager K. Curle could celebrate last time after the League One win against Burton Albion. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Stevenage (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Northampton Town playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were four Northampton wins, five draws and three defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Northampton Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. For Northampton Town, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Rochdale won five games, four matches ended with a draw and Northampton Town has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  M. Lund 5 goals |  J. Keohane 2 goals | A. Newby 2 goals |
Rochdale missing players
Northampton Town missing players
| Rochdale | Northampton Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 8 | 9 | 13 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 83% | 54% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 8% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 46% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 54% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 131 | 69 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 69 | 135 |
| 28 | 16 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 34 | 49 |
| 39% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 26% | 27% |
- All of Northampton Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Northampton Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Northampton Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Peterborough United | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Lincoln City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 18 | Swindon Town | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 12 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 7 |