📊 Form Guide

Rochdale

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Rochdale will be hoping for a better result after the 2-0 National League defeat in their last game at the hands of Braintree Town.

Kyrell Lisbie (45', 56') was the scorer for Braintree Town.

Their more recent scorelines reveal that quality has been evident in the Rochdale defence. Rochdale have kept it tight, seeing the number of goals that have gone in at their end during their previous six outings standing at 4. We will have to find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Southend United

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Last time out, Southend United drew 0-0 in the National League tie with Gateshead.

A tendency of at least one team drawing a blank in games featuring Southend United has been apparent of late. A glance at their last 6 meetings reveals that it has occurred 5 times. During those clashes, their opponents have hit a goal aggregate of 2 and Southend United have scored 8.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 27/04/2019 shows that Rochdale have won 3 of these games and Southend United 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.

A combined total of 14 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 9 of them for The Dale and 5 being from The Shrimpers. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

The last league match featuring these clubs was National League match day 32 on 15/02/2025 when it ended Southend United 1-1 Rochdale.

The referee was Declan Bourne.

🔮 Prediction

Our assessment is that Southend United and Rochdale could both find goals hard to come by here.

A draw is a real possibility, as a clear-cut winner doesn’t appear to be obvious. We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought 0-0 scoreline at the end of the match.

Victor Martins, 18:03 15/05/2025