Match Report
Mansfield Town, 8th with 75 points, sat 37 points above Rochdale (24th, 38). Rochdale's recent output outran their position: 16th on form over five rounds, 24th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Mansfield Town 1.57 scored and 1.2 conceded per game, Rochdale 1 and 1.52, with the league averaging 1.17.
Mansfield Town's unbeaten run stood at 5.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 3 Mansfield Town wins, 3 for Rochdale, 1 draw, at 1.86 goals per meeting. Only 29% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The venue was One Call Stadium in Mansfield, with room for 10,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.