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Mansfield Town prepare to entertain Rochdale at Field Mill on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 30 wins out of 45 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Field Mill was just last season, in January 2006, the Stags carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a League Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 25 Nov | Rochdale | 2 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 21 Jan | Mansfield Town | 1-0 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Sep | Rochdale | 2 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 15 Jan | Rochdale | 1 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Sep | Mansfield Town | 1 - 0 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 07 Feb | Rochdale | 3 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 26 Dec | Mansfield Town | 1 - 0 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Mansfield Town's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The Stags's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
The away form of Rochdale however, is much more impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Dale, and 4 goals against.
Mansfield Town find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 50 points from their 42 matches. Rochdale see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 56 points from their 42 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Mansfield Town | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Rochdale | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing seems to be going right for the Stags at home recently, and I can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the Dale come away with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Mansfield Town | Been beaten in each of their previous 3 home matches. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Rochdale | 5 games since last away draw. |