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Mansfield Town pack their bags to visit Rochdale at Spotland on Saturday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 41 games played, Stags have recorded 8 wins, and Rochdale have come away with 20 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Spotland was within the last three years, in September 2001, with Rochdale running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Fri 26 Dec | Mansfield Town | 1 - 0 | Rochdale | LD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 02 Feb | Mansfield Town | 3 - 1 | Rochdale | LD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Sep | Rochdale | 3 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 28 Apr | Rochdale | 1 - 0 | Mansfield Town | LD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 11 Nov | Mansfield Town | 1 - 0 | Rochdale | LD3 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 28 Mar | Mansfield Town | 0 - 0 | Rochdale | LD3 |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 14 Nov | Rochdale | 2 - 1 | Mansfield Town | LD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Rochdale have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The Dale's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Mansfield Town have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Stags's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
Rochdale are currently lying in 19th place in Nationwide League Division Three having mustered a points tally of 31 from their 29 matches played. Mansfield Town are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 53 points from 28 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rochdale | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Mansfield Town | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Mansfield Town are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rochdale | Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Mansfield Town | Not won in previous 3 away matches. |