Preview
- Anticipation builds as Southend United prepare to host Rochdale at Roots Hall on 2026-03-17 (kick-off 19:45 GMT), in week 30 of the 2025-2026 National League.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Kevin Maher and Jim McNulty.
- After 35 matchdays, Southend United sit 8th with 58 points and Rochdale are 1st having collected 91 points.
- Southend United and Rochdale will both field their strongest squads with no absentees.
- Our forecast has Southend United in a 4-man backline (4-3-3), with Rochdale set to counter in 4-4-2.
- Southend United came off a win (2-0 vs Forest Green Rovers) and Rochdale also triumphed (3-1 vs Eastleigh).
- Southend United (2-3-0) and Rochdale (4-1-0) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- Rochdale lead this rivalry - 9 wins from 21 matches versus Southend United (who've won just 6 games), alongside 6 draws.
- We predict Southend United to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (8-5-4) and 1.76 goals/game.
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Southend is going head to head with Rochdale on 17/3/2026 19:45 GMT at Roots Hall for the England National League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Southend v Rochdale H2H statistics!