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Saturday’s EFL Cup action will see Tranmere Rovers battling it out with Rochdale.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale game - plus the latest betting odds.
Tranmere Rovers will play in this game following a 1-1 League Two drawn result against Grimsby Town.
The only scorer from Tranmere Rovers was Nathan Smith (64'). Justin Amaluzor (43') scored for Grimsby Town.
It’s been all too rare in recent games that Tranmere Rovers have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Tranmere Rovers have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 9 goals in the process.
In their last game, Rochdale drew 2-2 in the National League Play-offs match with Boreham Wood.
For Rochdale, the goalscorers were Tyler Smith (78') and Emmanuel Dieseruvwe (90'). Matt Rush (22') and Abdul Abdulmalik (69') scored for Boreham Wood. The game was won 3-1 by Rochdale on penalties.
Rochdale have been dangerous up front leading up to this encounter, scoring 9 times in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Rochdale can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same matches. Despite that, time will tell whether such a trend might be replicated here in this match or not.
Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels going back to 20/03/2012, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Tranmere Rovers winning 2 of those games, Rochdale 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.
A combined sum of 16 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for Super White Army and 7 netted by The Dale. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.
The previous league clash featuring the two was League Two match day 43 on 18/04/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Rochdale 2-2 Tranmere Rovers.
The referee was Scott Tallis.
It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just a single fitness concern for the Tranmere Rovers manager Darrell Clarke to be concerned about from a near full-strength squad. Josh Williams (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t play.
Here, we’re thinking that Tranmere Rovers may not find it easy to register a score against this Rochdale lineup who we think will end up scoring and staying ahead.
We therefore fancy a hard-fought 0-1 victory for Rochdale at the conclusion of the game.
Let’s see what happens.
Turning to the betting odds on the 90 min. result market, a victory for Tranmere Rovers is available for 2.7, backing a drawn result is 3.7 and putting your money on the winner to be Rochdale comes in at 2.2. They are the best prices on offer at the current time.
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🏟️ Team Focus:
Tranmere Rovers
Formed: 1884
Stadium: Prenton Park (16,587)
Captain: Sam Finley
Chairman: Mark Palios
Manager: Darrell Clarke
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLDDL |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWWWW |
| 3 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWWWD |
| 4 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWLLL |
| 5 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DWDWW |
| 6 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWLLW |
| 7 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLDDD |
| 8 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WLLLD |
| 9 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LWDDD |
| 11 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DLLLW |
| 12 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LWWWD |
| 13 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LWLWW |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLLLW |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LDWWD |
| 20 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LWDDL |
| 21 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WLDLL |
| 22 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DLWLD |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLWLL |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Grimsby Town |
| Milton Keynes Dons |
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Tranmere Rovers |
| Cheltenham Town |
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Tranmere Rovers |
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Bristol Rovers |
| Chesterfield |
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Tranmere Rovers |
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Colchester United |
| Boreham Wood |
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Rochdale |
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Scunthorpe United |
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York City |
| Braintree Town |
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Rochdale |
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Wealdstone |
| Hartlepool United |
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Rochdale |
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Grimsby Town |
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Bristol Rovers |
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Colchester United |
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Swindon Town |
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Harrogate Town |
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Oldham Athletic |
| Braintree Town |
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Rochdale |
| Hartlepool United |
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Rochdale |
| Sutton United |
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Rochdale |
| Scunthorpe United |
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Rochdale |
| Southend United |
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Rochdale |
| Eastleigh |
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Rochdale |
| Charlie Whitaker | 13 |
| Omari Patrick | 7 |
| Joe Ironside | 6 |
| Nathan Smith | 5 |
| Kristian Dennis | 4 |
| Emmanuel Dieseruvwe | 27 |
| Devante Rodney | 9 |
| Ian Henderson | 8 |
| Ryan East | 6 |
| Kyron Gordon | 6 |
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Rochdale |
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Shrewsbury Town |
| Port Vale |
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Tranmere Rovers |
| Newport County |
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Tranmere Rovers |
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Rotherham United |
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Oldham Athletic |
| Gillingham |
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Tranmere Rovers |
| Exeter City |
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Walsall |
| Chesterfield |
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Rochdale |
| Newport County |
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Rochdale |
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Crawley Town |
| Colchester United |
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Rochdale |
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Shrewsbury Town |
| Rochdale |
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Gillingham |
| Walsall |
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Rochdale |
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Oldham Athletic |
| Fleetwood Town |
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Rochdale |
| Rochdale |
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Swindon Town |
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