Match Report
28 points separated the sides: Barnet 1st on 102, Rochdale 4th on 74. Per game in the league, Rochdale were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.96, Barnet 2.11 and 0.83, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Rochdale's last three games had all finished level. Barnet's unbeaten run stood at 8. Rochdale had banked 6 of the last 15 points on offer; Barnet, 13.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Rochdale, 1 draw and 2 for Barnet, at 2.67 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 83% of the meetings.
The venue was Spotland Stadium in Rochdale, with room for 10,249 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Barnet led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-4.
Goal scorers
Barnet: Callum Stead (5'), Rhys Browne (41'), Dominic David Telford (51'), Ryan Glover (84')