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Match insight

Rochdale arrive full of momentum against a Colchester United side short on form — exactly the kind of gap that can catch a table position out. Rochdale currently sit 9 places and 4 points above Colchester United in the table — 10th against 19th. Colchester United have taken 3 points from their last 5, against 11 for Rochdale over the same stretch. Worth flagging: Rochdale sit well ahead of what our metrics imply, roughly 8 places above their underlying-strength rank.