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Predictions and Tips
The National League clash at The Rare Breed Meat Co. Stadium on Monday sees hosts Braintree Town lock horns with Rochdale.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Braintree Town v Rochdale (plus the best game odds).
📏 Form Guide

Braintree Town
LWLDDL
Braintree Town will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 1-0 National League defeat in their last game at the hands of 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 will go into this game following on from a 0-1 National League win over Solihull Moors in their last outing.
The only scorer 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.
↔️ Head to head
The last league match featuring these clubs was National League match day 12 on 28/09/2024 when the final score was Rochdale 1-0 Braintree Town.
The match was refereed by Gareth Rhodes.
💭 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.
Peter Guest, 13:03 05/05/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

🏟️ 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.
Rochdale |
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Braintree Town |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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45 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 99 | LDDWW |
2 |
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45 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 93 | WWWDW |
3 |
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45 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 27 | 82 | LLDWW |
4 |
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45 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 74 | WWDWW |
5 |
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45 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 70 | LLWDL |
6 |
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45 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 70 | DLWLW |
7 |
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45 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 67 | DLDWW |
8 |
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45 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 66 | WWLLL |
9 |
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45 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 63 | WLLWL |
10 |
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45 | 17 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 63 | LWLLW |
11 |
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45 | 14 | 17 | 14 | -1 | 59 | DLDWD |
12 |
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45 | 14 | 17 | 14 | -3 | 59 | WDLWL |
13 |
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45 | 15 | 14 | 16 | -5 | 59 | WLDLW |
14 |
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45 | 16 | 9 | 20 | -6 | 57 | WWWLL |
15 |
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45 | 13 | 18 | 14 | -7 | 57 | WWDWD |
16 |
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45 | 15 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 56 | LWDLL |
17 |
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45 | 15 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 55 | WWWLW |
18 |
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45 | 13 | 15 | 17 | -15 | 54 | LLDLL |
19 |
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45 | 14 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 53 | WLDDL |
20 |
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45 | 12 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 51 | LDWDW |
21 |
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45 | 12 | 14 | 19 | -22 | 50 | WDLDL |
22 |
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45 | 13 | 10 | 22 | -21 | 49 | WWDDW |
23 |
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45 | 11 | 7 | 27 | -32 | 40 | LLLDL |
24 |
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45 | 3 | 13 | 29 | -58 | 22 | LWLLL |
Braintree Town |
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Rochdale |
Halifax |
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Braintree Town |
Braintree Town |
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Dagenham & Redbridge |
Southend United |
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Braintree Town |
Tamworth |
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Braintree Town |
Braintree Town |
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Barnet |
Braintree Town |
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Rochdale |
Solihull Moors |
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Rochdale |
Rochdale |
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Hartlepool United |
Rochdale |
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AFC Fylde |
Altrincham |
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Rochdale |
Rochdale |
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Eastleigh |
Braintree Town |
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Dagenham & Redbridge |
Braintree Town |
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Barnet |
Braintree Town |
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York City |
Braintree Town |
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Boston Utd |
Braintree Town |
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Eastleigh |
Braintree Town |
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Wealdstone |
Solihull Moors |
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Rochdale |
Altrincham |
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Rochdale |
Sutton United |
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Rochdale |
Woking |
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Rochdale |
Maidenhead United |
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Rochdale |
Oldham Athletic |
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Rochdale |
Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 37 |
Time first goal conceded | 42 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 3 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 36 |
Time first goal conceded | 53 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
Kyrell Lisbie | 11 |
John Akinde | 10 |
Jermaine Francis | 8 |
Chay Cooper | 4 |
Matt Robinson | 3 |
Devante Rodney | 17 |
Kairo Mitchell | 14 |
Ian Henderson | 9 |
Tarryn Allarakhia | 4 |
Jay Bird | 4 |
Braintree Town |
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Rochdale |
Rochdale |
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Southend United |
