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League One strugglers Rochdale and Fleetwood set for a draw

League One strugglers Rochdale and Fleetwood set for a draw

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.

League One Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Portsmouth 94 44 27 13 4 36
2
Derby County 86 44 26 8 10 38
3
Bolton Wanderers 83 44 24 11 9 33
4
Peterborough 80 43 24 8 11 28
5
Barnsley 75 44 21 12 11 19
6
Oxford United 73 44 21 10 13 22
7
Lincoln City 71 44 19 14 11 26
8
Blackpool 70 44 20 10 14 17
9
Stevenage 67 44 18 13 13 10
10
Leyton Orient 62 44 17 11 16 -3
11
Northampton Town 59 44 17 8 19 -8
12
Wycombe 58 43 15 13 15 2
13
Exeter City 58 44 16 10 18 -15
14
Bristol Rovers 57 44 16 9 19 -12
15
Wigan Athletic 56 44 18 10 16 4
16
Charlton Athletic 52 44 11 19 14 0
17
Reading 50 44 15 11 18 -2
18
Shrewsbury 47 44 13 8 23 -30
19
Cambridge Utd 46 43 12 10 21 -21
20
Burton Albion 43 44 11 10 23 -26
21
Cheltenham 41 43 11 8 24 -24
22
Port Vale 40 44 10 10 24 -31
23
Fleetwood Town 37 44 8 13 23 -27
24
Carlisle Utd 30 44 7 9 28 -36

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