Football tips: Rochdale vs Sunderland - predictions and betting guide

Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Crown Oil Arena (10249 seats)

Struggling Rochdale will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sunderland in the upcoming league round. It’s 23rd vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League One game only two 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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Rochdale form and stats

When playing at home, Rochdale, who have the most conceded goals (77) in League One, have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 10 defeats from 20 games.

Rochdale drew their last game, 1-1 away at Gillingham. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Scunthorpe United.

Rochdale are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Accrington Stanley awaits in three days.

The Rochdale fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 22 in 20 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rochdale defense is not exactly impregnable. 35 goals conceded from 20 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Sunderland form and stats

As the visiting team Sunderland, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) away in League One, have produced an overall stat of 9-8-2 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Sunderland as they haven't lost any of their last 21 games. Sunderland are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played ten in a row without losing.

Two travels in a row for Sunderland, whose manager J. Ross could celebrate last time after the League One win against Accrington Stanley. Before that, Sunderland travelled to Portsmouth and returned home with a draw after the EFL Trophy game finished 2-2.

A quick return to home after this game, as Sunderland are hosting Burton Albion in the League One only three days away.

Sunderland are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 29 times in 19 away games so far. Sunderland are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 16 times in 19 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Rochdale and Sunderland have met before this season: Sunderland - Rochdale 4-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last one match): Rochdale 0 wins, 0 draws and Sunderland 1 victory.

Top Goalscorers

I. Henderson
17 goals / 5 assists
A. McGeady
11 goals
C. Maguire
6 goals / 1 assists

Rochdale missing players

Sunderland missing players

Playername Goals Assist Starts % Started

Rochdale Sunderland
Total Home Statistic Away Total
39 20 Played 19 38
48 22 Scored 29 67
77 35 Conceded 16 34
92% 85% Over 0.5 95% 97%
82% 70% Over 1.5 84% 87%
69% 65% Over 2.5 37% 45%
41% 40% Over 3.5 16% 21%
23% 15% Over 4.5 5% 11%
62% 50% Both teams to score 63% 68%
21% 30% Clean Sheet 37% 32%
26% 35% Failed To Score 5% 3%

  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 40 25 11 4 78 32 20 15 5 0 50 14 20 10 6 4 28 18 46 86
2 Barnsley 40 22 13 5 67 30 20 12 8 0 32 12 20 10 5 5 35 18 37 79
3 Sunderland 38 20 16 2 67 34 19 11 8 0 38 18 19 9 8 2 29 16 33 76
4 Portsmouth 39 21 11 7 68 41 19 10 6 3 33 16 20 11 5 4 35 25 27 74
5 Charlton Athletic 39 20 10 9 56 37 20 13 5 2 30 14 19 7 5 7 26 23 19 70
6 Doncaster Rovers 40 17 12 11 68 52 20 11 7 2 40 19 20 6 5 9 28 33 16 63
7 Peterborough United 39 16 10 13 60 54 20 7 6 7 25 26 19 9 4 6 35 28 6 58
8 Blackpool 40 14 15 11 45 43 20 7 8 5 26 21 20 7 7 6 19 22 2 57
9 Coventry City 40 16 9 15 45 45 20 8 5 7 21 19 20 8 4 8 24 26 0 57
10 Fleetwood Town 39 15 10 14 50 41 19 8 6 5 28 23 20 7 4 9 22 18 9 55
11 Burton Albion 39 14 11 14 53 46 20 9 5 6 29 19 19 5 6 8 24 27 7 53
12 Oxford United 40 12 13 15 47 55 20 10 2 8 30 24 20 2 11 7 17 31 -8 49
13 Gillingham 40 13 9 18 54 64 20 6 4 10 24 31 20 7 5 8 30 33 -10 48
14 Plymouth Argyle 40 12 11 17 51 63 20 8 6 6 33 31 20 4 5 11 18 32 -12 47
15 Shrewsbury Town 40 11 13 16 44 52 20 8 7 5 22 21 20 3 6 11 22 31 -8 46
16 Bristol Rovers 40 11 12 17 41 45 20 4 6 10 19 24 20 7 6 7 22 21 -4 45
17 Wycombe Wanderers 39 11 11 17 48 60 19 8 5 6 24 22 20 3 6 11 24 38 -12 44
18 Accrington Stanley 39 11 11 17 40 58 19 5 6 8 19 27 20 6 5 9 21 31 -18 44
19 Scunthorpe United 40 12 8 20 48 69 20 6 6 8 29 36 20 6 2 12 19 33 -21 44
20 Southend United 40 12 6 22 47 59 20 6 2 12 27 29 20 6 4 10 20 30 -12 42
21 Walsall 40 11 9 20 43 64 20 6 4 10 25 33 20 5 5 10 18 31 -21 42
22 AFC Wimbledon 40 12 6 22 36 58 20 5 3 12 20 34 20 7 3 10 16 24 -22 42
23 Rochdale 39 11 9 19 48 77 20 6 4 10 22 35 19 5 5 9 26 42 -29 42
24 Bradford City 40 10 6 24 43 68 20 7 2 11 24 29 20 3 4 13 19 39 -25 36

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