Rochdale vs Stevenage: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Crown Oil Arena (10249 seats)

The guesting Stevenage team should be the strongest party at Rochdale, as the guests enjoy a 38 point edge from their 32 league matches this season.

Insights:
  • Rochdale have the fewest points (9) at home in League Two

The visiting Stevenage played their last game only four days ago, a League Two match. That game was also an away game, at AFC Wimbledon. 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

Rochdale's struggle is real here at Crown Oil Arena with only 9 points collected from 17 League Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-12. 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 nine attempts.

Rochdale travelled for their previous game, a trip to Crewe Alexandra that ended 1-1. Ebanks-Landell, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Ebanks-Landell won 9 of 13 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Stockport County with the scoreline 1-2.

Rochdale have scored {13 league goals} here from 17 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rochdale defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Stevenage form and stats

5-8-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stevenage in their League Two matches away.

It's the second away game in a row for Stevenage, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus AFC Wimbledon (placed 15th) last time out. That win felt sweet as this club had gone five league matches without winning. Sweeney, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.3. Sweeney served one assist, hit three key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.

A loss against Tranmere Rovers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visiting Stevenage have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 16 games. 18 goals have been conceded by Stevenage in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stevenage have avoided a loss in the last 5 matches (4-1-0) against Rochdale.

Stevenage - Rochdale 1-0 was the outcome when this pair of sides previously played each other, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

StevenageL. Norris 'Hacker'
L. Norris 'Hacker'
8 goals
StevenageJ. Roberts
J. Roberts
8 goals
RochdaleD. Rodney
D. Rodney
7 goals

Rochdale missing players

Stevenage missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rochdale Stevenage
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 6 16 32
5 2 1 Won W 2 5 17
7 3 1 Drew D 4 8 9
22 12 4 Lost L 0 3 6
27 13 3 Scored S 9 17 46
52 26 6 Conceded C 7 18 28
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
65% 71% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 66%
44% 47% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 44%
9% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 19%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
53% 65% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 47%
12% 6% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 41%
38% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 22%
 
4.3 4.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.6 4.8
5 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.8 3.6
2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 10.4 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 13.2 13.8
3 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 4.5
26% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 25% 32%
 
12.8 10.9 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 10.6 9.1
3.6 3.6 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.2 2.4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • 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 (-13) at home in League Two
  • Rochdale haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 34 21 8 5 45 21 17 13 3 1 24 5 17 8 5 4 21 16 24 71
2 Stevenage 32 17 9 6 46 28 16 12 1 3 29 10 16 5 8 3 17 18 18 60
3 Carlisle United 33 16 10 7 54 34 17 9 5 3 26 16 16 7 5 4 28 18 20 58
4 Northampton Town 33 15 11 7 46 32 16 7 5 4 21 15 17 8 6 3 25 17 14 56
5 Stockport County 33 16 6 11 48 31 16 9 4 3 24 13 17 7 2 8 24 18 17 54
6 Bradford City 32 15 9 8 40 29 16 6 6 4 20 15 16 9 3 4 20 14 11 54
7 Salford City 34 15 8 11 48 36 17 7 5 5 20 17 17 8 3 6 28 19 12 53
8 Mansfield Town 32 15 7 10 51 42 16 7 5 4 29 25 16 8 2 6 22 17 9 52
9 Sutton United 33 14 8 11 36 38 16 10 3 3 20 13 17 4 5 8 16 25 -2 50
10 Swindon Town 32 13 9 10 43 35 16 7 5 4 25 15 16 6 4 6 18 20 8 48
11 Barrow 34 14 6 14 37 41 17 9 2 6 21 15 17 5 4 8 16 26 -4 48
12 Tranmere Rovers 34 13 8 13 34 32 17 8 4 5 21 14 17 5 4 8 13 18 2 47
13 Doncaster Rovers 32 14 4 14 36 43 16 9 1 6 22 18 16 5 3 8 14 25 -7 46
14 Walsall 31 10 13 8 35 28 15 7 5 3 21 13 16 3 8 5 14 15 7 43
15 AFC Wimbledon 33 10 12 11 35 36 16 6 6 4 19 16 17 4 6 7 16 20 -1 42
16 Grimsby Town 30 10 8 12 34 38 15 3 7 5 15 18 15 7 1 7 19 20 -4 38
17 Crewe Alexandra 32 8 14 10 28 39 18 6 6 6 18 20 14 2 8 4 10 19 -11 38
18 Newport County 32 9 10 13 31 36 16 4 4 8 15 21 16 5 6 5 16 15 -5 37
19 Colchester United 34 9 8 17 31 40 17 4 7 6 16 18 17 5 1 11 15 22 -9 35
20 Gillingham 32 8 9 15 21 37 16 6 4 6 11 16 16 2 5 9 10 21 -16 33
21 Harrogate Town 33 7 10 16 38 51 17 4 6 7 22 27 16 3 4 9 16 24 -13 31
22 Hartlepool United 34 6 10 18 36 62 17 3 7 7 19 29 17 3 3 11 17 33 -26 28
23 Crawley Town 31 6 8 17 34 53 15 6 2 7 22 26 16 0 6 10 12 27 -19 26
24 Rochdale 34 5 7 22 27 52 17 2 3 12 13 26 17 3 4 10 14 26 -25 22

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 Leyton Orient 34 21 8 5 45 21 17 13 3 1 24 5 17 8 5 4 21 16 24 71
2 Stevenage 32 17 9 6 46 28 16 12 1 3 29 10 16 5 8 3 17 18 18 60
3 Carlisle United 33 16 10 7 54 34 17 9 5 3 26 16 16 7 5 4 28 18 20 58
4 Northampton Town 33 15 11 7 46 32 16 7 5 4 21 15 17 8 6 3 25 17 14 56
5 Stockport County 33 16 6 11 48 31 16 9 4 3 24 13 17 7 2 8 24 18 17 54
6 Bradford City 32 15 9 8 40 29 16 6 6 4 20 15 16 9 3 4 20 14 11 54
7 Salford City 34 15 8 11 48 36 17 7 5 5 20 17 17 8 3 6 28 19 12 53
8 Mansfield Town 32 15 7 10 51 42 16 7 5 4 29 25 16 8 2 6 22 17 9 52
9 Sutton United 33 14 8 11 36 38 16 10 3 3 20 13 17 4 5 8 16 25 -2 50
10 Swindon Town 32 13 9 10 43 35 16 7 5 4 25 15 16 6 4 6 18 20 8 48
11 Barrow 34 14 6 14 37 41 17 9 2 6 21 15 17 5 4 8 16 26 -4 48
12 Tranmere Rovers 34 13 8 13 34 32 17 8 4 5 21 14 17 5 4 8 13 18 2 47
13 Doncaster Rovers 32 14 4 14 36 43 16 9 1 6 22 18 16 5 3 8 14 25 -7 46
14 Walsall 31 10 13 8 35 28 15 7 5 3 21 13 16 3 8 5 14 15 7 43
15 AFC Wimbledon 33 10 12 11 35 36 16 6 6 4 19 16 17 4 6 7 16 20 -1 42
16 Grimsby Town 30 10 8 12 34 38 15 3 7 5 15 18 15 7 1 7 19 20 -4 38
17 Crewe Alexandra 32 8 14 10 28 39 18 6 6 6 18 20 14 2 8 4 10 19 -11 38
18 Newport County 32 9 10 13 31 36 16 4 4 8 15 21 16 5 6 5 16 15 -5 37
19 Colchester United 34 9 8 17 31 40 17 4 7 6 16 18 17 5 1 11 15 22 -9 35
20 Gillingham 32 8 9 15 21 37 16 6 4 6 11 16 16 2 5 9 10 21 -16 33
21 Harrogate Town 33 7 10 16 38 51 17 4 6 7 22 27 16 3 4 9 16 24 -13 31
22 Hartlepool United 34 6 10 18 36 62 17 3 7 7 19 29 17 3 3 11 17 33 -26 28
23 Crawley Town 31 6 8 17 34 53 15 6 2 7 22 26 16 0 6 10 12 27 -19 26
24 Rochdale 34 5 7 22 27 52 17 2 3 12 13 26 17 3 4 10 14 26 -25 22

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