On Tuesday night, Rochdale and Fleetwood Town meet at the Crown Oil Arena, as both teams look to enhance their chances of beating relegation from League One.
The home side has endured a poor campaign in the third tier of English football. In fact, Dale sit 23rd in the League One table, five points behind the visitors who occupy 20th place.
Keith Hill’s team have actually been on a decent run of late, as the home side are four games unbeaten in the league. Dale have also kept clean sheets in three of their last four league outings, conceding just one goal in the process.
Rochdale’s recent home record in League One has not helped their survival hopes, as they have failed to win in six home games, although five of those games have finished in draws.
Their recent home games in the league have also been low scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in seven of their last eight games.
Fleetwood are only outside the relegation zone on goal difference after a poor recent run of form in the third tier. The visitors have failed to win in their last nine league games. One crumb of comfort for John Sheridan’s side is that they have drawn their last three league games.
Their last three games have been low scoring in the league. However, their previous eight league games all produced over 2.5 goals.
The visitors have failed to win in their last three away games in League One while winning just three of their last 12 games on their travels in the third tier of English football.
Three of the last five meetings between these north west neighbours have ended in draws. Forebet predicts that this clash will also end in a draw, which would be a better result for the visitors than the home team.