Rochdale vs Northampton Town prediction and preview

League Two · Saturday 20 March 2027, 15:00 UTC

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Rochdale vs Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 20 March 2027, 15:00 UTC · Crown Oil Arena, Rochdale

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Rochdale vs Northampton Town preview

Rochdale welcome Northampton Town at Crown Oil Arena in Rochdale on Saturday 20 March 2027 (15:00 UTC) in the League Two. Rochdale are 20th in the table with 15 points from 14, while Northampton Town sit 21st on 14 points after 13 matches.

Recent form: Rochdale L-L-D-L-D, Northampton Town L-D-W-L-W (most recent first). Over their last 6, Rochdale have scored 1.3 and conceded 2.5 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Northampton Town average 1.0 scored and 0.7 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.

Head to head, Rochdale have 0 wins to Northampton Town's 1 across 1 meeting, with 0 draws. Those games averaged 3.0 goals, 1 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 0. The most recent meeting, on 17 Sep 2022, ended Northampton Town 3-0 Rochdale.

At home this season Rochdale have 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 7 matches; on the road Northampton Town have 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 6.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

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20Rochdale144371726-915DLDLL
21Northampton Town13355910-114WLWDL

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Head-to-head

1 meetings: Rochdale 0, draws 0, Northampton Town 1.

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Rochdale expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sam Waller, Aden Flint, Kaiden Wilson, Charlie Kian Tasker, Tobi Adebayo-Rowling, Harvey Gilmour, Glenn Middleton, Baba Adeeko, Cian Hayes, Dajaune Brown

Northampton Town expected line-up (3-4-2-1)

Zach Jeacock, Elliott Moore, Jon Guthrie, Janoi Donacien, Lee Evans, Joe Wormleighton, Connor Lemonheigh-Evans, Josh Powell, Owen Dale, Matty Warhurst, Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh

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