FootyMAD's Rochdale match preview

History of the Rochdale v Bristol Rovers fixture

Bristol Rvs. face a trip to Rochdale at Spotland on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve on a record of draws against their opponents.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2004, when they played out a goalless draw in a League Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006	Sat 12 Nov	Bristol Rvs.	1 - 2	Rochdale	LGE2
2004/2005	Sat 05 Mar	Bristol Rvs.	0 - 0	Rochdale	LGE2
2004/2005	Sat 18 Dec	Rochdale	0 - 0	Bristol Rvs.	LGE2
2003/2004	Sat 17 Jan	Rochdale	2 - 2	Bristol Rvs.	LGE2
2003/2004	Sat 16 Aug	Bristol Rvs.	0 - 0	Rochdale	LGE2
2002/2003	Tue 08 Apr	Rochdale	1 - 1	Bristol Rvs.	LGE2
2002/2003	Tue 17 Dec	Rochdale	3 - 2	Bristol Rvs.	FAC

Recent respective form guides

Rochdale have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 in the wrong end.

Bristol Rvs.'s away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Rochdale find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 52 points from their 43 matches. Bristol Rvs. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca Cola League Two, picking up 60 from their 44 games so far.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Rochdale	6	1	4	1	6	7	7
Bristol Rvs.	6	3	1	2	9	5	10

FootyMad's prediction ...

The away form of the Pirates has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Rochdale. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Rochdale	Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Bristol Rvs.	6 games since last away draw.