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Rochdale will host visiting club Wigan at Crown Oil Arena in the League One tie on Saturday.
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📏 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.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 00:12 12/01/2021

⚽️ Team Focus:
Rochdale
Formed: 1907
Stadium: Crown Oil Arena (10,249)
Captain: Eoghan O'Connell
Chairman: Andrew Kilpatrick
Manager: Brian Barry-Murphy
Competitions: League One position 21
🔑 Key Man: Matty Lund

Generally deployed in the Centre Midfield position, Matty Lund was born in Manchester, England. After having made a senior debut playing for Hereford United in the 2010 - 2011 season, the gifted Midfielder has scored a sum of 8 league goals in the League One 2020 - 2021 campaign to date in 18 appearances.
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21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 42 | LWWWD |
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20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 38 | LLLWD |
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19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 35 | LWWDW |
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18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 33 | WWWWL |
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19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 33 | LLWDD |
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17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 33 | WLWDW |
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21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 33 | DDLLD |
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19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 32 | DWLWL |
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21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 31 | WWWDD |
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19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 30 | LWDDD |
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20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | LWDDD |
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20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 28 | DWWWW |
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20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 27 | DWDLL |
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21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | -4 | 26 | LWLLL |
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21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 26 | LWDLW |
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21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 25 | DDLWW |
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20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | -4 | 24 | WWWDW |
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18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 22 | LWWLW |
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21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -17 | 22 | LLLWD |
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20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 21 | LWLDD |
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20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 21 | LDLLL |
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21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -15 | 20 | LLDLW |
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20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -14 | 19 | WLDDW |
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23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -21 | 16 | LLLLW |
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Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1.8 |
Time first goal scored | 48 |
Time first goal conceded | 32 |
Yellow cards | 1.4 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 2.9 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.6 |
Time first goal scored | 43 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 1.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 2.1 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Matty Lund | 10 |
Stephen Humphrys | 7 |
Jimmy Keohane | 5 |
Alex Newby | 4 |
Kwadwo Baah | 3 |
Kyle Joseph | 5 |
Will Keane | 5 |
Joe Garner | 3 |
Tom James | 3 |
Kal Naismith | 2 |
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