Rochdale will welcome visiting opponents Mansfield Town at Crown Oil Arena in the League Two fixture on Tuesday. Kickoff set for 22nd March 22:45 EAT.
Rochdale sits 19th in the League Two table with 40 points from 36 matches. Robbie Stockdale’s men have an aim of breaking a five-game winless run losing only three of their 17 games and drawing a staggering ten times.
The hosts will be looking for an improved result here following a 3-1 League Two defeat against Leyton Orient. In that match, Rochdale had 53% possession, 8 shots with 4 of them on target and a goal scored by Alex Newby (6′). Leyton Orient got 12 shots with 5 of them on target and goals scored by Paul Smyth (40′), Ruel Sotiriou (58′) and Harry Smith (80′).
The Stags drop to 10th spot in the League Two table with 56 points from 34 matches. In the last five fixtures two wins, two losses and a draw has been recorded. Nigel Clough’s side has scored 8 times in their last six fixtures giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.33.
Clough’s men will hope for improved result following a 3-1 defeat versus Port Vale. In that match, Mansfield Town had 54% possession, 7 shots with 4 of them on target and a goal scored by Rhys Oates (22′). Port Vale had 7 shots with 5 of them on target and goals scored by ames Wilson (33′) and Kian Harratt (76′, 88′).
Rochdale vs Mansfield Town head to head
There have been 14 meetings between Rochdale and Mansfield Town since 2003. The hosts have won eight of those games while the visitors have won four times and they have drawn two times.
- Mansfield 1-1 Rochdale 18/09/21
- Mansfield 0-1 Rochdale 08/08/17
- Mansfield 3-0 Rochdale 12/04/14
- Rochdale 3-0 Mansfield 26/12/13
- Mansfield 0-4 Rochdale 08/03/08
Home
- Leyton Orient 3-1 Rochdale
- Rochdale 1-1 Salford
- Rochdale 0-0 Barrow AFC
- Sutton United 3-0 Rochdale
- Carlisle2-0 Rochdale
Away
- Port Vale 3-1 Mansfield
- Tranmere 3-2 Mansfield
- Mansfield 2-1 Exeter
- Bradford 0-2 Mansfield
- Newport County 1-1 Mansfield
Rochdale team news
Robbie Stockdale will miss the service of Alex Newby (Ill) who’s out of contention.
Mansfield Town team news
Nigel Clough will be without the service of James Perch due to injury.
Prediction and odds
Both teams have somewhat fragile defences, we predict both teams will net in this match, but it is hard to separate them, Rochdale have not beaten Mansfield Town in their last 2 league matches and Mansfield Town have not won against Rochdale in games played away from home for the previous 11 league games.
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
- Double Chance 1or 2
