Accrington V Rochdale

Back to league football this Saturday as Rochdale come to The Frazer Eagle Stadium.

Rochdale haven`t had the best starts of the season, losing all their league games 1-0 have put them in a lowly position of 23rd, only Bury lower than them.

Accrington Stanley on the other hand will be looking to take their 3 game unbeaten run to 4 games, having beat Barnet, drawn with Stockport and knocked Nottingham Forest out of The Carling Cup with a one goal from Paul Mullin Being Enough To see them through to round 2.

Vital Quotes:

John Coleman: “We are moving in the right direction and starting to find our feet” he went onto say “We have not really seen the best of our flair players – when we do, I think people will be surprised”

Rochdale boss Steve Parkin says: “I remain positive but we have to start winning sooner or later” he added, ‘We knew it was going to be a difficult season, although I had hoped to get off to a better start. We will keep working hard and plugging away”

Accrington Stanley Team News:

Midfielder Andy Procter is back in contention for a start as he is back from a 3 match suspension, however rob Elliot is still sidelined with an ankle injury picked up in pre-season, it was also feared Leam Richardson had broken he`s cheekbone in the game on Monday against Forest but hopefully should get the nod to play.

Player to watch: Rommy Boco

The Benin international has scored 2 goals this season and no doubt wants to improve on his 8 goals that he scored last season.

Rochdale Team News:

Rickie Lambert could give manager Steve Parkin a selection headache, Lambert has been out for four weeks with a bruised bone and hoping to be back for Saturdays game against Accrington.

Skipper Gary Jones may have to wait another week before he can play after just over 6 weeks out with a medial ligament strain

Player to watch: Rickie Lambert

Just coming back from injury but if Lambert`s got his shooting boots on, he could cause the Stanley defence some Troubles.

Match Facts & Stats

Accrington
16th – 4 points

Rochdale
23rd – 0 points

Ref Watch:

Andy Penn is saturdays referee, this season he has already handed out 8 yellow cards.
Last season he handed out 67 yellow cards and 1 red in the 30 games he officiated.

Next Fixtures:

Lincoln City V Accrington Stanley