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Lincoln City face a trip to Rochdale at Spotland on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 54 games played, The Red Imps have recorded 16 wins, and Rochdale have come away with 23 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2008, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Fri 10 Oct | Lincoln City | 1 - 1 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 09 Feb | Lincoln City | 2 - 1 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 05 Jan | Rochdale | 0 - 2 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 31 Mar | Rochdale | 2 - 0 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 21 Oct | Lincoln City | 7 - 1 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 06 May | Lincoln City | 1 - 1 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 29 Oct | Rochdale | 1 - 2 | Lincoln City | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Rochdale are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Dale in those games, with 6 conceded.
In complete contrast to Rochdale, Lincoln City are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the The Red Imps have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Rochdale lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League Two, picking up 38 points from their 23 games so far. Lincoln City's 31 points from 24 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rochdale | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
| Lincoln City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Dale, as the The Red Imps have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rochdale | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Lincoln City | 6 games since last away draw. No win in the 3 most recent games. |