Statistics people will highlight a significant gulf in performance between these sides based on results so far, with Rochdale in front of Oldham Athletic by 8 points.
- Oldham Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-10) in League Two
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
The story so far in the League Two for Rochdale at their home stadium (Crown Oil Arena) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
No payout for Rochdale in their previous match, an away game at Burnley that ended in defeat 1-4. Rochdale's goalkeeper Jay Lynch was extremely busy against Burnley, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves. Goalkeeper Jay Lynch got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.82 out of ten. Lynch stopped the opponent with nine saves.
1-1 away at Mansfield Town before that.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Rochdale here at Crown Oil Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Rochdale are not conceding a lot of goals here at Crown Oil Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Oldham Athletic form and stats
Playing away, Oldham Athletic, who have the the worst goal difference (-10) in League Two, have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season.
The attacking players of Oldham have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 270 minutes.
Oldham lost away at Brentford (0-7) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Oldham lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-7 beating and focus on this one. Midfielder Jamie Bowden was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 6.6. Bowden dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Hartlepool United in the League Two.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Leeds United U21 in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oldham Athletic as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Oldham have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these sides: Rochdale won five, Oldham Athletic were winners in two and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Newby 2 goals | J. Beesley 2 goals |  D. Cashman 2 goals |
Rochdale missing players
Oldham Athletic missing players
| Rochdale | Oldham Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 12% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 3.6 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 14.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10 | 10.6 |
| 2.6 | 1.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 19% |
- Oldham Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Oldham Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Oldham Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Oldham Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-10) in League Two
- Oldham Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Rochdale have scored more than double the goals of Oldham Athletic.
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Harrogate Town | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Hartlepool United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Rochdale | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Bradford City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Newport County | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Carlisle United | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Barrow | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | Colchester United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | Salford City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 18 | Sutton United | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 19 | Walsall | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 7 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 4 |