Sutton United manager Gray looking for three points in Rochdale showdown

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Borough Sports Ground (7032 seats)

The League Two standings tell a story about these sides so far, with Sutton United ahead of Rochdale by 16 points. Tipsway previews the game:

Insights:
  • Sutton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two. That game, against Carlisle United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Rochdale.

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Sutton United form and stats

34 points is a decent return from 17 League Two games here at The Borough Sports Ground for Sutton United. The data says 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. The Sutton United fans aren't used to losing league-games here at The Borough Sports Ground and will expect new points from this game. Sutton United has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

A nice win for Sutton last time playing, versus Scunthorpe United. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Randall (2), Milsom and Kizzi scoring for the victors. Midfield player Randall got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Randall scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Hartlepool United the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sutton United handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, one draw and three defeats.

Sutton United are traveling soon after this match as the EFL Trophy match at Wigan Athletic awaits in three days.

Sutton United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Borough Sports Ground with 28 goals in 17 league matches. Sutton have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rochdale form and stats

The visitors are W4-D6-L7 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Rochdale, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Carlisle United (placed 19th). Midfield player Dooley was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Dooley hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 60 successful passes (of 66 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Northampton Town.

We have checked recent matches where Rochdale have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were seven victories, five draws and three defeats.

The visiting Rochdale have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 17 games. As for defending, Rochdale rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Rochdale - Sutton United 3-2 was the product when this pair of sides formerly did battle, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Sutton UnitedD. Ajiboye
D. Ajiboye
7 goals
Sutton UnitedI. Olaofe
I. Olaofe
7 goals
Sutton UnitedR. Milsom
R. Milsom
6 goals

Sutton United missing players

Rochdale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sutton United Rochdale
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 6 Played P 5 17 32
15 10 5 Won W 1 4 8
9 4 0 Drew D 2 6 14
9 3 1 Lost L 2 7 10
50 28 15 Scored S 7 20 39
39 15 6 Conceded C 8 26 42
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 84%
73% 65% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 72%
45% 47% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 47%
30% 24% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 28%
21% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 16%
55% 53% 67% BTTS BTTS 80% 65% 59%
36% 41% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 25%
18% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 35% 31%
 
4.7 4.2 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.4 6
5.5 5.4 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 4.5
1.4 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.4 1.1 1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 12.7 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 12.1 13.1
4.4 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 2.8 3.1
35% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 43% 39%
 
12.5 10.9 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.2 11.7
4.1 3.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 3.8
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sutton United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 33 19 10 4 63 28 16 11 2 3 27 11 17 8 8 1 36 17 35 67
2 Northampton Town 34 16 9 9 39 27 17 10 3 4 23 11 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 57
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Newport County 34 14 11 9 55 45 17 8 6 3 35 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 53
7 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
8 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
9 Bristol Rovers 33 14 9 10 46 40 17 9 3 5 24 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 6 51
10 Port Vale 32 13 11 8 46 32 16 7 5 4 21 13 16 6 6 4 25 19 14 50
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Crawley Town 32 12 8 12 41 44 16 5 5 6 21 24 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 44
13 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
14 Harrogate Town 33 11 10 12 51 50 16 5 6 5 25 22 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 43
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Walsall 34 10 9 15 36 46 17 6 5 6 24 23 17 4 4 9 12 23 -10 39
17 Rochdale 32 8 14 10 39 42 15 4 8 3 19 16 17 4 6 7 20 26 -3 38
18 Leyton Orient 32 7 13 12 40 34 17 6 4 7 24 14 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 34
19 Carlisle United 33 8 10 15 26 45 17 4 7 6 12 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -19 34
20 Colchester United 34 7 12 15 32 49 17 3 8 6 18 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 33
21 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
22 Barrow 33 7 11 15 30 40 17 3 8 6 16 20 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 32
23 Oldham Athletic 32 7 10 15 33 49 15 4 3 8 20 26 17 3 7 7 13 23 -16 31
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

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 33 19 10 4 63 28 16 11 2 3 27 11 17 8 8 1 36 17 35 67
2 Northampton Town 34 16 9 9 39 27 17 10 3 4 23 11 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 57
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Newport County 34 14 11 9 55 45 17 8 6 3 35 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 53
7 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
8 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
9 Bristol Rovers 33 14 9 10 46 40 17 9 3 5 24 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 6 51
10 Port Vale 32 13 11 8 46 32 16 7 5 4 21 13 16 6 6 4 25 19 14 50
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Crawley Town 32 12 8 12 41 44 16 5 5 6 21 24 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 44
13 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
14 Harrogate Town 33 11 10 12 51 50 16 5 6 5 25 22 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 43
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Walsall 34 10 9 15 36 46 17 6 5 6 24 23 17 4 4 9 12 23 -10 39
17 Rochdale 32 8 14 10 39 42 15 4 8 3 19 16 17 4 6 7 20 26 -3 38
18 Leyton Orient 32 7 13 12 40 34 17 6 4 7 24 14 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 34
19 Carlisle United 33 8 10 15 26 45 17 4 7 6 12 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -19 34
20 Colchester United 34 7 12 15 32 49 17 3 8 6 18 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 33
21 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
22 Barrow 33 7 11 15 30 40 17 3 8 6 16 20 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 32
23 Oldham Athletic 32 7 10 15 33 49 15 4 3 8 20 26 17 3 7 7 13 23 -16 31
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

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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.