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Sheff. Wed. prepare to entertain Rochdale at Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The The Owls have drawn both of the previous games against their opponents, however.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Hillsborough was just last season, in August 2009, with Sheff. Wed. running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 11 Aug | Sheff. Wed. | 3-0 | Rochdale | LGEC |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 11 Sep | Sheff. Wed. | 1 - 0 | Rochdale | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Sheffield Wednesday have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The away form of Rochdale is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The Dale's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Sheff. Wed.'s 21 points from 15 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Rochdale see themselves just below half way in the Npower League One, showing a record of 19 points from their 14 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sheff. Wed. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 |
| Rochdale | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that The Owls's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Rochdale. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sheff. Wed. | Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Rochdale | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |