Rochdale vs Wigan Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Rochdale

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Rochdale prepare for this game following a 4-4 League One drawn game vs Charlton Athletic.

For Rochdale, the goals were scored by Matty Lund (12'), Kwadwo Baah (21', 31') and Stephen Humphrys (42'). Chuks Aneke (23', 65'), Jake Forster-Caskey (37') and Ronnie Schwartz (68') scored for Charlton Athletic.

Fixtures featuring Rochdale have often been lively ones lately with a lot of goalmouth action the rule rather than the exception. Over their past six games alone, a total of 31 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 5.17 goals per game) with 14 of these coming from The Dale.

Wigan Athletic

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Wigan come into this clash following a 3-4 League One win as they beat Burton Albion in their most recent match.

For Wigan Athletic, the goalscorers were Kyle Joseph (19', 28', 73') and Will Keane (83'). John-Joe O'Toole (13'), John Brayford (25') and Kane Hemmings (72') scored for Burton Albion.

The stats tell the story, and Wigan have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 13 goals in total. In defence, The Latics have some weaknesses to address. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Heading into this fixture, Wigan Athletic have not lost to Rochdale when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head clashes going back to 08/03/1997 shows that Rochdale have won 2 of these and Wigan 4, with the number of draws being 0.

A sum of 18 goals were produced between them in these games, with 9 for The Dale and 9 for The Latics. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was League One match day 18 on 15/12/2020 which finished with the scoreline of Wigan Athletic 0-5 Rochdale.

The match was refereed by Graham Salisbury.

📰 Team News: Rochdale

Rochdale boss Brian Barry-Murphy has a full complement, with no fitness worries to speak of before this game owing to a completely injury-free group ready to go.

ℹ️ Team News: Wigan

With a completely healthy squad available to select from, Wigan boss Leam Richardson has no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game.

🔮 Prediction

When taking everything into account, Wigan could find themselves up against it to score goals against this Rochdale outfit who should score at least once to gain the upper hand.

We therefore see a narrow 1-0 win for Rochdale when all is said and done.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

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Lucas Pereira, 00:12 12/01/2021