FM Preview: Rochdale v Barnet 01 Sep 2012

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Footymad preview History of the Rochdale v Barnet fixture

Barnet pack their bags to visit Rochdale at Spotland on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 15 games played, Bees have recorded 3 wins, and Rochdale have come away with 6 victories.

The previous match played between the two at Spotland was within the last three years, in October 2009, the Dale carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a League Two match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2009/2010 Sat 08 May Barnet 1 - 0 Rochdale League Two
2009/2010 Sat 10 Oct Rochdale 2-1 Barnet League Two
2008/2009 Tue 03 Mar Barnet 2 - 1 Rochdale League Two
2008/2009 Tue 18 Nov Rochdale 3 - 2 Barnet F.A. Cup
2008/2009 Sat 08 Nov Barnet 1 - 1 Rochdale F.A. Cup
2008/2009 Sat 16 Aug Rochdale 3 - 1 Barnet League Two
2007/2008 Tue 15 Apr Rochdale 3 - 0 Barnet League Two

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Recent respective form guides

Rochdale's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Dale have scored 12, a worringly large 16 have been leaked at the other end.

Barnet's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. Bees have conceded 14 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Rochdale are currently lying in 19th place in npower League Two having mustered a points tally of 2 from their 3 matches played.

Barnet find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 3 games have yielded only 1 points.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Rochdale 6 0 2 4 8 13 2
Barnet 6 2 1 3 9 13 7

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Barnet on their travels as of late, but we can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Rochdale. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Rochdale Failed to win in previous 3 home matches.
Not won in the 7 most recent games.
Barnet Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
No win in the 4 most recent games.

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