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* Saturday will be the 54th league game between Dale and Peterborough United and the 28th at London Road

* Dale have won four of the previous 27 away fixtures, losing 15 times and drawing eight

* Dale’s last away win over Posh came in April 2018 when Ian Henderson’s early goal sealed a 1-0 victory in our successful fight against relegation

* Dale’s best win versus United is 2-0, which they achieved at Spotland in August 2015 and November 2017

* Dale have never scored more than three goals in a game against Peterborough…

* … but United have scored four (twice), five and six goals in games versus Dale

* Dale have lost their last three games against United by a 2-12 aggregate

* Dale’s 27 visits to London Road have yielded only three clean sheets

* From 1984/85 to 1990/91, Dale made seven visits to Peterborough, five of which ended in 1-1 draws

* Dale’s leading appearance-maker against Posh is Gary Jones, with 11 games in his two spells at the club

* In the current squad, Jim McNulty (eight) has made most appearances for Dale versus Peterborough

* Dale’s top scorers against United, with three goals apiece, are Ronnie Cairns, Barry Diamond and Ian Henderson

LAST VISIT

Dale had a disastrous afternoon when they travelled to London Road on a lovely, sunny afternoon early last season.

Ivan Toney’s hat-trick, a Marcus Maddison brace and a goal from Mo Eisa helped Posh to a 6-0 win, that thankfully didn’t feature any more goals in the final 28 minutes!

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