An important duel in the bottom section of the League One, with both Rochdale and Wigan Athletic experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 20th and the visitors in 23rd place.
- Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
The hosts Rochdale saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League One. That game was an away game at Charlton Athletic, so at least Rochdale are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Rochdale form and stats
With 1 League One win, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Rochdale are certainly not brimming with confidence. 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 eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Fleetwood Town match.
Rochdale manager B. Barry-Murphy and his team return home after a 4-4 draw away versus Charlton Athletic (placed 7th) in the League One. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 3-3 versus Crewe Alexandra.
Opportunity lost for Rochdale in the Charlton Athletic match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Rochdale are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Doncaster Rovers awaits in three days.
Rochdale are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Wigan Athletic have only collected 10 points from their away games in the League One, after 3-1-6 (10 played).
It's the second away game in a row for Wigan, but there's smiles all around after the 4-3 victory versus Burton Albion (placed 24th) in the League One last time out. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Shrewsbury Town.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Burton Albion was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? It's hard not to mention Kyle Joseph's lethal finishing against Burton Albion. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Wigan's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Rochdale and Wigan Athletic have met before this season: Wigan Athletic - Rochdale 0-5. Rochdale-Wigan Athletic H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Rochdale two wins, Wigan Athletic four wins, zero draws. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Lund 9 goals |  A. Newby 4 goals | S. Humphrys 4 goals |
Rochdale missing players
Wigan Athletic missing players
| Rochdale | Wigan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 30 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 37 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 35 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 85% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 70% |
| 65% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 45% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 10% | 25% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 10% | 25% |
| 60% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 25% | 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 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 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 12 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 8.7 | 8.5 |
| 3.4 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 45% | 34% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 45% | 44% |
- Wigan Athletic 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 | Lincoln City | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 42 |
| 2 | Hull City | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
| 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 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Accrington Stanley | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 31 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 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 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 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 | Rochdale | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | -7 | 21 |
| 21 | AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -15 | 20 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 19 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -21 | 16 |