Possible nail-biting contest in Rochdale - Swindon Town game

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Crown Oil Arena (10249 seats)

Swindon Town know they have a gruelling trip to Rochdale and their Crown Oil Arena. This preview has all the intelligence you need ahead of the match.

Insights:
  • Swindon Town have the most scored goals in the second half (46) in League Two

These are full days for the hosts, as they played only four days ago in the League Two. This match was also played here at Crown Oil Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Swindon Town have had more rest.

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Rochdale form and stats

5 victories, 10 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Rochdale have to build on here at Crown Oil Arena in the League Two.

A nice win for Rochdale last time playing, versus Carlisle United. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Kelly and Grant scoring for the victors. Grant, a striker, was the champion performer for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 7.41 (out of 10). Grant scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Crawley 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 13 games. Rochdale has won four of these, drawn eight and lost one.

Rochdale are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 19 games. More than 50 percent of these goals (12 in all) were scored after at least 60 minutes had been played. 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 18 from 19 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Swindon Town form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Swindon Town have produced an overall stat of 10-3-6 so far. Swindon Town seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

It might be tough going out on the road again for Swindon, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Crawley Town (placed 13th). The attacker McKirdy got a match rating of 7.5 in that game. McKirdy hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Sutton United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Swindon Town in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Swindon Town, two draws and two defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Swindon Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 32 goals in 19 league matches away. As opposed to that, Swindon Town have seen the ball go into their own net 28 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have battled earlier this season: Swindon Town - Rochdale 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Rochdale victories, two draws and four Swindon Town wins. Over/under statistics; ten of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swindon TownH. McKirdy
H. McKirdy
15 goals
Swindon TownJ. Payne
J. Payne
10 goals
RochdaleA. Newby
A. Newby
6 goals

Rochdale missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rochdale Swindon Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
39 19 5 Played P 7 19 38
9 5 1 Won W 3 10 17
16 10 3 Drew D 2 3 10
14 4 1 Lost L 2 6 11
43 22 7 Scored S 12 32 62
51 18 7 Conceded C 10 28 48
85% 84% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
69% 58% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 95% 84%
44% 32% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 68% 63%
26% 21% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 42% 34%
13% 11% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 11% 11%
54% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 71% 74% 68%
26% 37% 20% Clean Sheets C S 14% 16% 26%
36% 32% 40% Failed to Score F T 14% 11% 13%
 
5.8 6.2 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.9 4.9 5.1
4.6 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.7
1.1 1.1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
12.8 13.7 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 13.4 13.7
2.7 2.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 4.5 4.7
41% 39% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 38% 35%
 
11.6 11.1 13.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.8 11.2
3.8 3.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.2 4.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Swindon Town have the most scored goals in the second half (46) in League Two
  • Swindon Town 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 Forest Green Rovers 37 20 12 5 66 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 19 9 9 1 38 18 34 72
2 Exeter City 38 18 14 6 56 36 19 11 6 2 31 17 19 7 8 4 25 19 20 68
3 Northampton Town 39 19 9 11 47 33 20 12 3 5 28 14 19 7 6 6 19 19 14 66
4 Port Vale 38 17 12 9 57 36 20 10 6 4 30 15 18 7 6 5 27 21 21 63
5 Newport County 39 17 12 10 62 49 19 9 6 4 38 24 20 8 6 6 24 25 13 63
6 Bristol Rovers 39 18 9 12 53 43 19 11 3 5 28 19 20 7 6 7 25 24 10 63
7 Tranmere Rovers 39 18 9 12 44 34 19 14 1 4 29 13 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 63
8 Mansfield Town 37 18 9 10 52 43 18 12 3 3 31 19 19 6 6 7 21 24 9 63
9 Swindon Town 38 17 10 11 62 48 19 7 7 5 30 20 19 10 3 6 32 28 14 61
10 Sutton United 39 17 10 12 58 46 19 11 5 3 32 16 20 6 5 9 26 30 12 61
11 Salford City 38 16 11 11 48 35 19 9 7 3 27 16 19 7 4 8 21 19 13 59
12 Hartlepool United 39 14 10 15 41 52 19 9 7 3 24 18 20 5 3 12 17 34 -11 52
13 Crawley Town 39 14 9 16 49 55 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 7 3 9 23 28 -6 51
14 Bradford City 39 11 14 14 43 47 20 4 9 7 24 27 19 7 5 7 19 20 -4 47
15 Harrogate Town 39 12 11 16 56 61 19 5 7 7 27 28 20 7 4 9 29 33 -5 47
16 Walsall 39 12 11 16 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 24 20 4 6 10 15 27 -9 47
17 Leyton Orient 39 10 16 13 51 40 20 8 5 7 31 17 19 2 11 6 20 23 11 46
18 Carlisle United 39 12 10 17 34 52 20 6 7 7 16 21 19 6 3 10 18 31 -18 46
19 Rochdale 39 9 16 14 43 51 19 5 10 4 22 18 20 4 6 10 21 33 -8 43
20 Colchester United 39 10 12 17 37 52 20 5 8 7 20 24 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 42
21 Barrow 38 8 13 17 33 45 19 3 9 7 18 23 19 5 4 10 15 22 -12 37
22 Oldham Athletic 39 8 10 21 39 61 20 5 3 12 25 35 19 3 7 9 14 26 -22 34
23 Stevenage 38 7 13 18 34 60 19 6 6 7 22 27 19 1 7 11 12 33 -26 34
24 Scunthorpe United 39 4 12 23 26 71 20 3 5 12 13 30 19 1 7 11 13 41 -45 24

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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 37 20 12 5 66 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 19 9 9 1 38 18 34 72
2 Exeter City 38 18 14 6 56 36 19 11 6 2 31 17 19 7 8 4 25 19 20 68
3 Northampton Town 39 19 9 11 47 33 20 12 3 5 28 14 19 7 6 6 19 19 14 66
4 Port Vale 38 17 12 9 57 36 20 10 6 4 30 15 18 7 6 5 27 21 21 63
5 Newport County 39 17 12 10 62 49 19 9 6 4 38 24 20 8 6 6 24 25 13 63
6 Bristol Rovers 39 18 9 12 53 43 19 11 3 5 28 19 20 7 6 7 25 24 10 63
7 Tranmere Rovers 39 18 9 12 44 34 19 14 1 4 29 13 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 63
8 Mansfield Town 37 18 9 10 52 43 18 12 3 3 31 19 19 6 6 7 21 24 9 63
9 Swindon Town 38 17 10 11 62 48 19 7 7 5 30 20 19 10 3 6 32 28 14 61
10 Sutton United 39 17 10 12 58 46 19 11 5 3 32 16 20 6 5 9 26 30 12 61
11 Salford City 38 16 11 11 48 35 19 9 7 3 27 16 19 7 4 8 21 19 13 59
12 Hartlepool United 39 14 10 15 41 52 19 9 7 3 24 18 20 5 3 12 17 34 -11 52
13 Crawley Town 39 14 9 16 49 55 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 7 3 9 23 28 -6 51
14 Bradford City 39 11 14 14 43 47 20 4 9 7 24 27 19 7 5 7 19 20 -4 47
15 Harrogate Town 39 12 11 16 56 61 19 5 7 7 27 28 20 7 4 9 29 33 -5 47
16 Walsall 39 12 11 16 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 24 20 4 6 10 15 27 -9 47
17 Leyton Orient 39 10 16 13 51 40 20 8 5 7 31 17 19 2 11 6 20 23 11 46
18 Carlisle United 39 12 10 17 34 52 20 6 7 7 16 21 19 6 3 10 18 31 -18 46
19 Rochdale 39 9 16 14 43 51 19 5 10 4 22 18 20 4 6 10 21 33 -8 43
20 Colchester United 39 10 12 17 37 52 20 5 8 7 20 24 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 42
21 Barrow 38 8 13 17 33 45 19 3 9 7 18 23 19 5 4 10 15 22 -12 37
22 Oldham Athletic 39 8 10 21 39 61 20 5 3 12 25 35 19 3 7 9 14 26 -22 34
23 Stevenage 38 7 13 18 34 60 19 6 6 7 22 27 19 1 7 11 12 33 -26 34
24 Scunthorpe United 39 4 12 23 26 71 20 3 5 12 13 30 19 1 7 11 13 41 -45 24

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