Rochdale vs Swindon Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Rochdale play big to Swindon Town connected Saturday day looking to proceed their surge up the League Two table.

Meanwhile, contempt a three-match streak without a win, the visitors beryllium successful 12th position, 4 places supra their opponents.

Match preview

Having earned promotion from the National League past season, it was understandable that Rochdale - with a caller manager successful complaint - needed clip to accommodate to this level.

However, Ian Watson's broadside person won 3 of their past 5 matches to determination distant from the bottommost of the standings.

Victories person been posted against Shrewsbury Town, Oldham Athletic and Fleetwood Town, teams who beryllium successful the bottommost fractional of the table.

A goalless gully has besides been recorded astatine fifth-placed Walsall, and Rochdale present beryllium conscionable 5 points down leaders Barnet.

While Watson volition not needfully beryllium looking that precocious conscionable yet, it highlights that different triumph connected Saturday volition catapult Rochdale into the apical 12 and beyond.

In crisp opposition to Rochdale putting unneurotic a three-game unbeaten tally successful League Two, Swindon are without a triumph implicit the aforesaid period.

Furthermore, Ian Holloway's broadside person gone 5 games successful each competitions without a win, 4 of those fixtures ending successful defeat.

A 1-1 gully was recorded against Accrington Stanley past clip out, an acceptable effect erstwhile considering that Swindon conceded successful the archetypal infinitesimal of the match.

That said, Swindon person present gone 9 matches successful each competitions without keeping a cleanable sheet.

Rochdale League Two form:

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Swindon Town League Two form:

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Team News

Rochdale volition beryllium without Tobi Adebayo-Rowling aft helium was sent disconnected for 2 yellowish cards against Fleetwood.

Kaiden Wilson could perchance determination to left-back, with Sam Sherring being brought into the mediate of the defence.

Barring immoderate caller fittingness issues, Watson whitethorn beryllium prepared to support with the remainder of the starting lineup from the past game. Dan Moss has been ruled retired for the play with a superior genu injury.

Swindon are hopeful of having Joe Snowdon backmost successful contention aft a fittingness issue, but the midfielder volition apt lone beryllium named connected the substitutes' bench.

Ben Middlemas and Joel McGregor stay sidelined, but Matty Virtue, Daniel Butterworth and Antwoine Hackford are each pushing for starting opportunities.

Rochdale imaginable starting lineup:

Waller; Tasker, Flint, Sherring, Wilson; Adeeko, Gilmour; Smith, Middleton, Taylor; Brown

Swindon Town imaginable starting lineup:

Ripley; Ball, Majekodunmi, Negru, Butler; Munda, Thomson, Clarke; Glatzel, Drinan, Hungbo

We say: Rochdale 2-1 Swindon Town

Although Swindon stopped the rot past clip out, a location gully with Accrington Stanley volition not person provided encouragement to their supporters. In crisp contrast, Rochdale are present settled astatine this level of shot erstwhile again, and we tin lone spot a hard-earned location victory.

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