Open game expected at Crown Oil Arena: Rochdale vs Forest Green Rovers preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 17.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Crown Oil Arena (10249 seats)

Rochdale are ready to do battle with Forest Green Rovers in this League Two fixture. All you can know about the game can be found here!

It's no vacation for neither Rochdale nor Forest Green Rovers 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.

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Rochdale form and stats

The first League Two game here at Crown Oil Arena resulted in a draw. Last season Rochdale's home game statistics were 4 victories, 9 draws and 10 defeats from 23 games.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Rochdale, who played 0-0 against Scunthorpe United. That match was also played at this venue (Crown Oil Arena). Eoghan O'Connell was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.82 out of 10. The defender O'Connell won 9 of 12 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Harrogate Town.

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 eight games. Rochdale has won three of these, drawn three and lost two.

Rochdale are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Northampton Town awaits in four days.

At Crown Oil Arena, Rochdale has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the League Two, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 10 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats from 23 matches.

Two travels in a row for Forest, whose manager R. Edwards could celebrate last time after the League Two win against Walsall. Regan Hendry got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, top player of the team. Hendry hit four key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 48 total).

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Bristol City (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Forest Green Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were five Forest Green Rovers wins, three draws and four defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Crawley Town in just four days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Forest Green Rovers has managed 3 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Forest Green RoversM. Stevens
M. Stevens
3 goals
RochdaleC. Grant
C. Grant
1 goals
RochdaleA. Newby
A. Newby
1 goals

Rochdale missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rochdale Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 3 5
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 9 6.5
5 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5.5
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 12.5
1.5 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 3.5
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 60% 71%
Rochdale Last season Forest Green Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   24 48
11 4   Won W   10 21
14 9   Drew D   6 13
21 10   Lost L   8 14
61 27   Scored S   28 63
78 42   Conceded C   26 56
91% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 90%
78% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 69%
57% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 48%
35% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 21%
22% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
54% 57%   BTTS BTTS   46% 52%
20% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 33%
35% 39%   Failed to Score F T   29% 25%
 
4.7 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 5.5
5 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.7
1.3 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
3 2   Red cards R C   0 4
 
10.8 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 12
3.5 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4
38% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
2 Stevenage 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Mansfield Town 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
4 Northampton Town 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Leyton Orient 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
6 Bradford City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Carlisle United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Tranmere Rovers 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 3
10 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Barrow 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
12 Hartlepool United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
13 Newport County 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
14 Salford City 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 Rochdale 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
16 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
18 Port Vale 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Scunthorpe United 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
20 Exeter City 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
21 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
23 Bristol Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
24 Walsall 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
Last season 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 46 27 8 11 80 38 23 14 4 5 32 14 23 13 4 6 48 24 42 89
2 Peterborough United 46 26 9 11 83 46 23 15 5 3 52 22 23 11 4 8 31 24 37 87
3 Blackpool 46 23 11 12 60 37 23 12 7 4 30 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 23 80
4 Sunderland 46 20 17 9 70 42 23 9 8 6 32 25 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 77
5 Lincoln City 46 22 11 13 69 50 23 9 5 9 35 30 23 13 6 4 34 20 19 77
6 Oxford United 46 22 8 16 77 56 23 13 4 6 39 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 21 74
7 Charlton Athletic 46 20 14 12 70 56 23 8 7 8 36 37 23 12 7 4 34 19 14 74
8 Portsmouth 46 21 9 16 65 51 23 9 5 9 29 24 23 12 4 7 36 27 14 72
9 Ipswich Town 46 19 12 15 46 46 23 12 5 6 25 18 23 7 7 9 21 28 0 69
10 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 63 60 23 10 5 8 31 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 3 67
11 Accrington Stanley 46 18 13 15 63 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 23 8 6 9 32 42 -5 67
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 12 16 56 61 23 10 7 6 32 30 23 8 5 10 24 31 -5 66
13 Milton Keynes Dons 46 18 11 17 64 62 23 10 7 6 36 28 23 8 4 11 28 34 2 65
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 23 11 4 8 34 32 23 8 3 12 29 35 -4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 23 9 8 6 26 17 23 7 4 12 23 29 3 60
16 Burton Albion 46 15 12 19 61 73 23 7 4 12 32 42 23 8 8 7 29 31 -12 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 23 5 8 10 28 31 23 8 7 8 22 26 -7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 23 11 4 8 31 39 23 3 7 13 22 41 -27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 23 5 10 8 22 31 -16 51
20 Wigan Athletic 46 13 9 24 54 77 23 5 6 12 26 42 23 8 3 12 28 35 -23 48
21 Rochdale 46 11 14 21 61 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 23 7 5 11 34 36 -17 47
22 Northampton Town 46 11 12 23 41 67 23 8 5 10 20 26 23 3 7 13 21 41 -26 45
23 Swindon Town 46 13 4 29 55 89 23 8 1 14 25 38 23 5 3 15 30 51 -34 43
24 Bristol Rovers 46 10 8 28 40 70 23 7 2 14 23 32 23 3 6 14 17 38 -30 38
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 46 24 10 12 61 39 23 13 5 5 37 21 23 11 5 7 24 18 22 82
2 Cambridge United 46 24 8 14 73 49 23 12 5 6 30 20 23 12 3 8 43 29 24 80
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 10 13 59 50 23 11 5 7 27 23 23 12 5 6 32 27 9 79
4 Morecambe 46 23 9 14 69 58 23 13 5 5 38 27 23 10 4 9 31 31 11 78
5 Newport County 46 20 13 13 57 42 23 13 5 5 27 17 23 7 8 8 30 25 15 73
6 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 13 13 59 51 23 10 7 6 31 27 23 10 6 7 28 24 8 73
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 55 50 23 11 5 7 30 22 23 9 8 6 25 28 5 73
8 Salford City 46 19 14 13 54 34 23 11 11 1 36 15 23 8 3 12 18 19 20 71
9 Exeter City 46 18 16 12 71 50 23 11 7 5 38 20 23 7 9 7 33 30 21 70
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 23 12 5 6 38 25 23 6 7 10 22 26 9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 23 9 7 7 32 25 23 8 3 12 21 30 -2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 23 10 6 7 30 27 23 6 7 10 26 35 -6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 23 9 5 9 27 25 23 8 4 11 30 32 0 60
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 23 8 8 7 26 20 23 6 10 7 15 21 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 23 9 7 7 22 19 23 7 4 12 26 34 -5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 23 6 10 7 33 31 23 7 9 7 24 24 2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 23 8 5 10 24 29 23 8 4 11 28 32 -9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 23 6 2 15 31 42 23 9 7 7 41 39 -9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 23 7 6 10 20 27 23 4 14 5 25 26 -8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 23 10 7 6 32 26 23 1 11 11 12 35 -17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 23 7 8 8 32 32 23 6 3 14 21 27 -6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 23 7 6 10 22 28 23 6 3 14 19 36 -23 48
23 Southend United 46 10 15 21 29 58 23 5 6 12 16 29 23 5 9 9 13 29 -29 45
24 Grimsby Town 46 10 13 23 37 69 23 5 8 10 17 30 23 5 5 13 20 39 -32 43

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
2 Stevenage 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Mansfield Town 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
4 Northampton Town 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Leyton Orient 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
6 Bradford City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Carlisle United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Tranmere Rovers 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 3
10 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
11 Barrow 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
12 Hartlepool United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
13 Newport County 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
14 Salford City 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 Rochdale 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
16 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
18 Port Vale 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Scunthorpe United 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
20 Exeter City 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
21 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
23 Bristol Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
24 Walsall 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.