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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 46 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Field Mill was less than a year ago, in April 2007, with Rochdale inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Stags 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: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 24 Nov | Rochdale | 1 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LGE2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 14 Apr | Mansfield Town | 1-2 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Mansfield Town's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While Stags have scored 5, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.
Rochdale's away form is none too clever either, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. Those games have seen the Dale pummel 13 goals, and let in 6.
Mansfield Town are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League Two with a return of just 30 points from their 33 games thus far. Rochdale lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League Two, picking up 50 from their 32 games 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 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Rochdale | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
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 | Failed to win in previous 8 home matches. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Rochdale | 7 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |