S.P.Read Esq: Rochdale v Stoke
Our daily columnist and pundit S.P. Read Esq. looks ahead to the FA Cup match on Monday evening (8pm, LIVE BT SPORT) between ROCHDALE v STOKE and finds the best opportunities available on Star Spreads, the home of sports spread betting.
Decent profit yesterday thanks to the late string of yellow cards for Brighton.
At 8pm tonight Rochdale play Stoke in the final fourth round game (apart from replays) but before that at 7pm there’s a reason to watch The One Show on BBC – it’s the draw for the fifth round !!!
Stoke are actually playing good football this season, demonstrated by their 10th position in the Premier League table so should prove far too strong for League One rivals Rochdale who are fifth in the table and come into this on the back of three wins.
Rochdale have some good FA Cup successes to their name in recent years, especially at home at Spotland and have dispatched Nottingham Forest and Leeds in the last two seasons. However, they’ve never progressed further than the fifth round.
The biggest worry for their manager Keith Hill is Keith Hill ! The player-manager is suffering from a virus and has been unable to train with his players.
The two sides have never met in the FA Cup and have enjoyed totally contrasting build-ups to this game.
Rochdale have been forced to train indoors in a local sports centre with snow on the Spotland pitch whilst Stoke returned on Friday from a training camp in Dubai !
Rochdale v Stoke
FA Cup Fourth Round
8pm LIVE ON BT SPORT
HEAD TO HEAD STATS
(Maximum 10 matches)
Aug 2007 Carling Cup Rochdale 2-2 Stoke
Aug 2003 Carling Cup Stoke 2-1 Rochdale
Mar 2000 League Trop Stoke 1-0 Rochdale
Mar 2000 League Trop Rochdale 1-3 Stoke
Feb 1999 League Trop Rochdale 2-1 Stoke
Aug 1997 League Cup Stoke 1-1 Rochdale
Aug 1997 League Cup Rochdale 1-3 Stoke
Apr 1927 Div 3 (north) Rochdale 4-0 Stoke
Nov 1926 Div 3 (north) Stoke 3-1 Rochdale
I’m a bit like a broken record at the moment but the bookings market is working well for the column and my bank balance.
We get the chance to buy at 31 tonight which is well below Martin Atkinson’s average of 40.6 so far this season. The spread makers will argue there is less likely to be cards in cup matches but so far this weekend it hasn’t been the case.
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(JANUARY RETURN: +177.50 points)
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