This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Brentford and Rochdale at 15:00 on Saturday, 1st November 2008 in the League Two.
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Rochdale face a trip to Brentford at Griffin Park on Saturday afternoon, with the intention of improving a poor record there. The have ended up losing on 10 of the 12 occasions the two teams have clashed.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2008, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners 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 29 Mar | Brentford | 0 - 2 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 20 Oct | Rochdale | 1 - 1 | Brentford | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 05 Nov | Rochdale | 0 - 1 | Brentford | FAC |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 23 Jan | Rochdale | 2 - 0 | Brentford | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Mon 31 Aug | Brentford | 2 - 1 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 1977/1978 | Mon 06 Mar | Brentford | 4 - 0 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 1977/1978 | Tue 13 Sep | Rochdale | 1 - 2 | Brentford | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Brentford are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Bees in those games, with 6 conceded.
Rochdale have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Dale's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Brentford are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 24 points from 14 games. Rochdale lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League Two, picking up 23 from their 14 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 |
| Brentford | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| Rochdale | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Dale could well see them head back from Griffin Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Brentford | Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Rochdale | Undefeated in last 5 away games. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |
