TVOS gives us the lowdown ahead of Saturday's home fixture versus Gillingham.

* Saturday will be the 45th league game between Dale and Gillingham and the 23rd at Spotland

* Dale have won 12 of the previous 22 home fixtures, losing three times and drawing seven

* Our last home win over Gillingham came in September 2018 when Ian Henderson’s solitary Dale hat-trick clinched a 3-0 victory

* Dale are unbeaten in their last eight home games versus The Gills, including the 0-0 draw in the first leg of the play-off semi-final in May 2009

* From March 2017 to September 2018, Dale defeated Gillingham three times at home by an aggregate score of 10-1

* Dale’s most common score against The Gills is 1-1, which has occurred eight times

* Dale’s best win versus Gillingham is 4-1, which they achieved at Spotland in March 2017

* Dale have lost five of their last six matches at Gillingham’s Priestfield Stadium

* The only league double in 22 seasons’ worth of meetings was achieved by Dale in 1993/94, winning 3-0 at home and 2-1 in Kent

* Dale’s leading appearance-maker against Gillingham is Ian Henderson, with 11 games in his seven years at the club

* Dale’s top scorers against The Gills, with seven goals, is also Ian Henderson

LAST VISIT

Dale and Gillingham drew 2-2 in an exciting fixture at Spotland at the end of January.

Ian Henderson’s penalty gave Dale the lead, only for Jordan Roberts to turn the game on its head with a brace for the visitors.

Stephen Dooley rifled home a fine rising drive for Dale’s equaliser and they should have been given the chance to score a winner from the spot when Aaron Wilbraham was blatantly pushed over in the area, but the referee inexplicably waved play on!

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