Rochdale welcome Grimsby Town at Crown Oil Arena, Rochdale, Greater Manchester on Tuesday, Oct 20 at 8:45 PM in a League 2 fixture that's tighter on paper than the positions suggest — just 2 points split them in the table.

Rochdale come into this fixture in good form (3W 1D 1L recently). Grimsby Town travel in mixed form (2W 2D 1L), which may hand the initiative to the hosts. Rochdale won their last outing, while Grimsby Town suffered defeat — home advantage backed by momentum.

History strongly favours Rochdale here — they've won 7 of 10 previous meetings against Grimsby Town, with 1 draws. Their last encounter ended in Rochdale won 0–1.

Verdict: This looks an evenly matched contest. Home advantage gives Rochdale a slight edge, but Grimsby Town are capable of causing problems. A draw would be a fair result.