The National League game at The Rare Breed Meat Co. Stadium on Monday sees home side Braintree Town fighting it out with opponents Rochdale.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Braintree Town v Rochdale game (plus the best game odds).
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Braintree Town
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Braintree Town will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-0 National League losing effort in their last game against Halifax.
Adam Senior (83') was the scorer for Halifax.
Steve Pitt's Braintree Town have scored 5 times in their prior six outings. The tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures is 8.
Coming into this clash, Braintree Town are unbeaten in their previous 3 home league matches.
Rochdale
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Rochdale head into the game after a 0-1 National League win versus Solihull Moors in their most recent outing.
The only name on the scoresheet from Rochdale was Ian Henderson (53').
A sequence of outstanding performances from the Rochdale defensive unit has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their previous 6 fixtures overall. During the same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 12.
Going into this encounter, Rochdale are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
The last league encounter featuring the two was National League match day 12 on 28/09/2024 which ended up with the score at Rochdale 1-0 Braintree Town.
The match was refereed by Gareth Rhodes.
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Prediction
When taking everything into account, Braintree Town could find themselves up against it to find the net against this Rochdale outfit who we reckon will score at least once to gain the upper hand.
We’re therefore expecting a narrow 0-1 winning score for Rochdale when the full-time whistle blows.
Should be a close one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Turning to the betting odds on the full-time result market, putting your money on Braintree Town is available for 3.3, betting on a drawn result is 3.4 and selecting a win for Rochdale gets you 2. These are the most competitive market prices that can be secured as of now.
Peter Guest,
16:05 02/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Braintree Town
Formed: 1898
Stadium: The Rare Breed Meat Co. Stadium (4,222)
Captain: George Langston
Chairman: Lee Harding
Manager: Steve Pitt
Competitions: National League position 19
🔑 Key Player: Kyrell Lisbie
Normally deployed in the Striker position, Kyrell Lisbie was born in England. Having played his first senior match for Braintree Town in the 2024 - 2025 season, the skilful Forward has bagged 11 league goals in the National League 2024 - 2025 campaign to date from a total of 39 appearances.