The game between Rochdale and Southampton in the League One on 12th April 2011 at 19:45 takes centre stage for FootyMad's preview analysis.

History of the Rochdale v Southampton fixture

Rochdale play host to Southampton at Spotland on Tuesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having managed to conjure up a win from 2 of the previous 3 games.

The last time the two teams met at Rochdale was amazingly over twenty years ago, in September 1990, where Southampton annihilated the Dale 0-5 in a League Cup match.

Recent encounters between the teams

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Recent respective form guides

Rochdale have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

The Saints have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Saints, and 3 goals against.

Rochdale lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower League One, picking up 61 points from their 40 games so far.

Southampton are holding the final promotion place in the Npower League One, and have accumulated 74 points from the 39 games they have played so far.

Current overall team form

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FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at Spotland for the Dale and the Madmen are unable to see past Southampton claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics

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