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Walsall v Rochdale : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 12th Sep, 15:00 BST, Banks's Stadium, Walsall

Jim McNulty pays counterpart Grant Lee a visit on Saturday afternoon in the League Two, as their Rochdale and Walsall charges go head to head at the Banks's Stadium. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games for each team (at home, away or overall) with extra weighting applied to top teams. All the stats and graphics are tailored for the selected market. Head-to-head stats for this fixture are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from leading bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead we're predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Walsall and Rochdale will score a minimum of 2 between them during the standard 90 mins. It's a tip based on each side's recent form stats, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 77%. Bookmakers have it available at 1.29.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Walsall 46%	1/1	-
Draw 25%	23/10	-
Rochdale 29%	23/10	-
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	-
Walsall 1-0 10%	7/1	-
Walsall 2-1 9%	8/1	-
Walsall 2-0 8%	9/1	-
Rochdale 1-0 7%	10/1	-
Rochdale 2-1 7%	11/1	-
Draw 0-0 6%	10/1	-
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	-
Walsall 3-1 5%	16/1	-
Rochdale 2-0 4%	16/1	-
Walsall 3-0 4%	18/1	-
Walsall 3-2 3%	25/1	-
Rochdale 3-1 3%	25/1	-
Rochdale 3-2 2%	33/1	-
Walsall 4-1 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 53%	9/10	-
Under 2.5 Goals 47%	9/10	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	8/11	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	5/4	-
No 1st Goal 4%	10/1	-
BTTS - Yes 56%	8/11	-
BTTS - No 44%	1/1	-
BTTS - Home Win 22%	10/3	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 15%	11/2	-
Home/draw 71%	3/10	-
Away/draw 54%	4/6	-
Home/away 75%	3/10	-
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	2/7	-
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	5/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 31%	9/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 69%	1/3	-
Over 4.5 Goals 15%	11/2	-
Under 4.5 Goals 85%	1/9	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	12/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/25	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/20	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	10/1	-
Home DNB 64%	1/2	-
Away DNB 46%	6/4	-
Walsall win to nil 24%	11/4	-
Rochdale win to nil 14%	5/1	-
Walsall / Walsall 25%	9/4	-
Walsall / Rochdale 3%	28/1	-
Walsall / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Walsall 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Rochdale 11%	13/2	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	-
Rochdale / Walsall 4%	22/1	-
Rochdale / Rochdale 15%	9/2	-
Rochdale / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Walsall Rochdale
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Bristol R	5	4	0	1	6	12	Mar 29	Dec 26	Dec 19	Jan 9
2	Swindon	5	3	1	1	2	10	Jan 16	Oct 17	Oct 3	Apr 27
3	Barnet	5	2	3	0	4	9	Nov 14	Feb 27	Nov 28	May 1
4	Tranmere	5	2	3	0	4	9	Apr 24	Sep 26	Apr 13	Oct 10
5	Walsall	5	2	3	0	4	9	-	-	Feb 20	Sep 12
6	Fleetwood	5	2	3	0	3	9	Apr 13	Oct 10	Apr 24	Sep 26
7	Crewe	5	2	3	0	2	9	Feb 9	d 2-2F	Jan 16	Oct 17
8	Cheltenham	5	2	2	1	1	8	Jan 1	Mar 26	May 8	Dec 1
9	York	5	2	2	1	1	8	Mar 20	Nov 21	Nov 14	Feb 27
10	Oldham	5	2	1	2	2	7	Oct 20	Jan 19	Sep 19	Apr 17
11	Grimsby	5	1	4	0	1	7	d 0-00-0	Mar 13	Oct 20	Jan 19
12	Colchester	5	2	1	2	-2	7	Jan 30	Oct 31	Feb 6	l 1-0A
13	Gillingham	5	1	3	1	0	6	Mar 6	w 0-3F	l 1-4A	Feb 13
14	Northampton	5	1	3	1	0	6	Nov 28	May 1	Mar 20	Nov 21
15	Salford	5	2	0	3	-2	6	Oct 26	Jan 23	Dec 29	Apr 3
16	Exeter	5	1	2	2	0	5	Feb 13	d 0-00-0	Apr 10	Dec 12
17	Rotherham	5	1	2	2	-1	5	Apr 10	Dec 12	Mar 29	Dec 26
18	Chesterfield	5	1	2	2	-1	5	Dec 29	Apr 3	Jan 1	Mar 26
19	Accrington	5	1	2	2	-2	5	w 3-2F	Feb 6	Oct 24	Jan 23
20	Newport	5	1	1	3	-1	4	May 8	Dec 1	Mar 6	l 3-0A
21	Crawley	5	1	1	3	-3	4	Oct 3	Apr 27	l 1-2A	Mar 13
22	Rochdale	5	1	0	4	-5	3	Sep 12	Feb 20	-	-
23	Shrewsbury	5	1	0	4	-8	3	Dec 19	Jan 9	w 3-0F	Feb 9
24	Port Vale	5	0	2	3	-5	2	Sep 19	Apr 17	Jan 30	Oct 31

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Walsall	3 - 2	Accrington
Walsall	0 - 0	Grimsby
Walsall	0 - 2	Harrogate
Walsall	0 - 4	Cheltenham
Walsall	2 - 2	Gillingham
Walsall	2 - 1	Newport
Walsall	0 - 0	Cambridge
Walsall	1 - 2	Notts C
Walsall	0 - 1	Fleetwood
Walsall	0 - 2	MK Dons
Walsall	1 - 3	Barnet
Walsall	0 - 0	Crawley
Walsall	0 - 0	Accrington
Walsall	1 - 2	Oldham
Walsall	1 - 0	Crewe
Walsall	1 - 1	Shrewsbury
Walsall	3 - 1	Bromley
Walsall	0 - 2	Colchester
Walsall	1 - 2	Barrow
Walsall	2 - 1	Bristol R

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Walsall	0 - 0	Exeter
A	Walsall	2 - 2	Crewe
H	Walsall	3 - 2	Accrington
H	Walsall	0 - 0	Grimsby
A	Walsall	3 - 0	Gillingham
A	Walsall	1 - 3	Bromley
H	Walsall	0 - 2	Harrogate
A	Walsall	3 - 1	Barrow
H	Walsall	0 - 4	Cheltenham
A	Walsall	1 - 2	Swindon
H	Walsall	2 - 2	Gillingham
A	Walsall	1 - 1	Colchester
H	Walsall	2 - 1	Newport
H	Walsall	0 - 0	Cambridge
A	Walsall	3 - 0	Crewe
A	Walsall	0 - 1	Salford
H	Walsall	1 - 2	Notts C
H	Walsall	0 - 1	Fleetwood
A	Walsall	2 - 1	Shrewsbury
H	Walsall	0 - 2	MK Dons

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Colchester	1 - 0	Rochdale
Newport	3 - 0	Rochdale
Harrogate	1 - 1	Rochdale
Stockport	1 - 0	Rochdale
Mansfield	1 - 1	Rochdale
AFC Wim	0 - 1	Rochdale
Crawley	2 - 0	Rochdale
Grimsby	1 - 0	Rochdale
Crewe	1 - 1	Rochdale
L Orient	2 - 1	Rochdale
Salford	2 - 1	Rochdale
Hartlepool	2 - 0	Rochdale
Bradford	1 - 2	Rochdale
Barrow	0 - 0	Rochdale
Doncaster	4 - 3	Rochdale
Sutton	1 - 0	Rochdale
Walsall	1 - 0	Rochdale
Tranmere	1 - 1	Rochdale
Newport	0 - 1	Rochdale
Colchester	0 - 1	Rochdale

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Rochdale	1 - 4	Gillingham
H	Rochdale	3 - 0	Shrewsbury
A	Rochdale	0 - 1	Colchester
H	Rochdale	1 - 2	Crawley
A	Rochdale	0 - 3	Newport
A	Rochdale	1 - 1	Harrogate
H	Rochdale	4 - 1	Sutton
A	Rochdale	0 - 1	Stockport
H	Rochdale	2 - 2	Tranmere
H	Rochdale	0 - 3	Bradford
A	Rochdale	1 - 1	Mansfield
H	Rochdale	4 - 2	Walsall
A	Rochdale	1 - 0	AFC Wim
A	Rochdale	0 - 2	Crawley
H	Rochdale	4 - 4	Swindon
A	Rochdale	0 - 1	Grimsby
H	Rochdale	2 - 0	Stevenage
A	Rochdale	1 - 1	Crewe
H	Rochdale	1 - 2	Stockport
H	Rochdale	0 - 2	Gillingham

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Walsall

Rochdale

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 10

6 / 10

Clean sheets

4 / 10

6 / 10

WLS

ROC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Walsall
Walsall	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Rochdale
	0 - 3	Rochdale
	0 - 2	Rochdale
	0 - 3	Rochdale
Walsall	3 - 2
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Rochdale

Walsall

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

7 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

1 / 10

WLS

ROC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Rochdale
Rochdale	4 - 2
Rochdale	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Walsall
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Rochdale	4 - 0
	1 - 2	Walsall
Rochdale	4 - 0
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
Rochdale	3 - 2
	0 - 1	Walsall

Goal Statistics

	Walsall 5th	Rochdale 22nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 21% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 79% probability that Walsall will score 1 or more goals	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Rochdale will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-31 Walsall have scored 31% fewer goals at home than predicted	-30 Rochdale have scored 30% fewer goals when away than predicted
	0.9 average goals scored	0.7 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2026/2027 season

33%

better

WLS

ROC

view stats

Games scored	3		2
Failed to score	1		2
Scored first	3		1
Goals scored	8		4
Avg. goals scored	1.6		0.8
Avg. shots per game	9		4
Avg. shots per goal	6		5
Conversion rate for	18		20
Avg. XG for	2.1		0.8
KickOff rating		+33%

42%

better

WLS

ROC

view stats

Games conceded	2		3
Clean sheets	2		1
Conceded first	0		3
Goals conceded	4		6
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	13		6
Conversion rate against	8%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.8		1.5
KickOff rating		+42%

Walsall v Rochdale League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Walsall League Two squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
5	4	2	3
J Ward	A Pressley	R Smith	E Ahui

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Ward GLK	5			-
M Hancock DEF	5		1	-
E Ahui DEF	5			3 -
C. Crew MID	5			1 -
I. Moore MID	5	1		1 -
L Simper MID	5			1 -
S Sprangler MID	5			1 -
A Pressley FWD	5	4		-
R Smith FWD	5	1	2	-
A Dallas FWD	5			-
D Skura DEF	4			1 -
J Connolly DEF	4	1		1 -
H Burke DEF	4	1		-
C. Clarke MID	4		1	-
T. Sodje FWD	4			1 -
A Adomah FWD	3			-
R Browne DEF	2			-
R. Dixon DEF	1			-
R Leak DEF	1			-
A Evans MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	8	2	3
A Pressley	A Pressley	R Smith	C. Clarke

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Pressley FWD	4	8		1
I. Moore MID	1	1		1
R Smith FWD	1	2	2	2
J Connolly DEF	1	1
H Burke DEF	1	1
M Hancock DEF			1	2
E Ahui DEF		1
L Simper MID		1		1
C. Clarke MID		3	1	3
T. Sodje FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
260	12	37
M Hancock	E Ahui	M Hancock

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Hancock DEF	260	10	37
J Connolly DEF	221	4	26
D Skura DEF	220	3	20
S Sprangler MID	186	10	22
J Ward GLK	184	1	4
I. Moore MID	131	5	21
E Ahui DEF	124	12	36
A Pressley FWD	117		32
R Smith FWD	109	6	25
C. Crew MID	95	5	8
C. Clarke MID	90	1	13
H Burke DEF	66		12
L Simper MID	55	5	10
R Leak DEF	54	1	13
A Dallas FWD	38	1	13
T. Sodje FWD	29	2	6
R Browne DEF	26		2
A Evans MID	14		5
R. Dixon DEF	11	2	3
A Adomah FWD	8	1	3

Rochdale League Two squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
5	1	1	2
N. Ramming	B Adeeko	E Dieseruvwe	E Francis

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N. Ramming GLK	5			1 -
K. Wilson DEF	5			1 -
B Adeeko MID	5	1		-
Z. Silcott-Duberry MID	5			-
H Gilmour MID	5			1 -
E Francis MID	5			1 1
E Dieseruvwe FWD	5		1	-
D Brown FWD	5		1	-
D Moss DEF	4			2 -
E Ebanks-Landell DEF	4	1		-
K. Taylor MID	4			-
L Hannant MID	4	1		1 -
S Sherring DEF	3			1 -
T Adebayo-Rowling DEF	3			2 -
R East MID	3		1	-
I Henderson FWD	3			-
J Smith FWD	3	1		-
C. Tasker DEF	1	1		-
B Bilongo DEF	1			1 1
D Rodney FWD	1			-
G Middleton FWD	1		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	3	1	1
B Adeeko	D Brown	E Dieseruvwe	E Dieseruvwe

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
B Adeeko MID	1	1
E Ebanks-Landell DEF	1	1
L Hannant MID	1	3
J Smith FWD	1	1
C. Tasker DEF	1	1
E Dieseruvwe FWD		2	1	1
D Brown FWD		3	1	1
D Moss DEF		1
K. Taylor MID		1
R East MID			1	1
G Middleton FWD			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
256	6	24
K. Wilson	S Sherring	D Brown

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
K. Wilson DEF	256	5	12
N. Ramming GLK	241		6
E Ebanks-Landell DEF	214	5	11
S Sherring DEF	212	6	11
D Moss DEF	202	4	16
E Francis MID	177	3	6
B Adeeko MID	129		2
T Adebayo-Rowling DEF	126	5	12
K. Taylor MID	100	3	12
H Gilmour MID	94	4	11
D Brown FWD	82		24
R East MID	81	4	8
L Hannant MID	66	3	10
C. Tasker DEF	64	2	4
Z. Silcott-Duberry MID	48	1	7
E Dieseruvwe FWD	37	2	18
B Bilongo DEF	32		4
D Rodney FWD	28	2	5
J Smith FWD	12	1	1
I Henderson FWD	2
G Middleton FWD	1