Points have been hard to come by for Rochdale so far, and you could say the same about Gillingham. The bottom dwellers would trade their mothers for some crucial points here.
- Rochdale is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (17) in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Rochdale nor Gillingham 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
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Rochdale have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses from their games here at Crown Oil Arena. 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 seven attempts.
The regulars are hoping that Rochdale will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Leyton Orient (placed 1st). Rochdale's goalkeeper O'Donnell was extremely busy against Leyton Orient, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. The talented striker Lloyd outdid all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 7.85 out of 10. Lloyd scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Rochdale drew at home versus Northampton Town.Some stats: A review of the 12 latest league games reveals that 9 of them had goals from both sides.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Rochdale as they have a new game in only three days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Stockport County are visiting.
Rochdale aren't scoring a lot here at Crown Oil Arena in the league, with only {12 goals} from 15 games. Rochdale have conceded 22 in these home matches.
Gillingham form and stats
Gillingham have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-5-9 (15 played).
Gillingham go into this game after a win, the home game against Grimsby Town that ended 2-1. Attacker Hawkins got a player rating of 7.55 in the game. "Man of the match" Hawkins scored one goal.
Prior to that match, the Gillingham manager Harris faced defeat when travelling to Mansfield Town and losing 0-2.Low-scoring game? 22 of this team's most recent 26 league fixtures have had two goals or less.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Gillingham have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Gillingham have managed a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when facing Rochdale.The teams have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Gillingham - Rochdale 1-0 logged in the official records. Henderson loves to play against Gillingham and have scored 7 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Rodney 6 goals | I. Henderson 6 goals | S. Quigley 5 goals |
Rochdale missing players
Gillingham missing players
| Rochdale | Gillingham | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 47 | 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 34 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 87% | 86% |
| 61% | 67% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 62% |
| 45% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 10% | 7% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 10% | 7% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 52% | 67% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 27% | 24% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 20% | 31% |
| 39% | 27% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 67% | 59% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 9.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8.7 | 9.5 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 28% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 47% | 44% |
| 12.6 | 10.6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 12.6 | 11.4 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3 |
- Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gillingham have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals (17) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in League Two
- Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in League Two
- Gillingham have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gillingham is in the best form (4-1-1) in League Two
- Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rochdale have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in League Two
- Rochdale have the fewest points (9) at home in League Two
- Rochdale have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in League Two
- Rochdale haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rochdale is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 67 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 57 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 48 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 52 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 52 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 49 |
| 6 | Salford City | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 49 |
| 7 | Stockport County | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 48 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 48 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 46 |
| 10 | Sutton United | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -6 | 44 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 42 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 41 |
| 13 | AFC Wimbledon | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 41 |
| 14 | Barrow | 31 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -6 | 41 |
| 15 | Walsall | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 40 |
| 16 | Colchester United | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 21 | -7 | 35 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 35 |
| 18 | Newport County | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 33 |
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 33 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | -10 | 28 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 21 | -17 | 27 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 26 |
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 56 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 31 | -25 | 26 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 31 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -22 | 21 |
