Crewe on the other hand come in to this festive fixture 5 games undefeated but only with one home league win in seven.
Dale have won seven times on the road this season with two draws and two defeats netting 23 times and only letting in 10 goals.
The Railwaymen's defence will have to fully focused as they look to stop Rochdale's striking pair of Chris O'Grady who is on loan from Oldham Athletic and Chris Dagnall who have netted 23 goals between them.
Rochdale has the unfortunate tag of the only team to spend the longest in the bottom division since their relegation to the bottom tier in 1974, some pundits have been know to call it the Rochdale Division.
Crewe Team News....
Phillips, Brayford, Mitchell-King, O'Donnell, Tootle, Murphy, Westwood, Walton, Grant, Zola, Donaldson.
Likely Subs - Collis, Ada, Shelley, Worley, Moore, Miller, Clements.
Rochdale Team News....
Heaton, Wiseman, Kennedy, Stanton, Dawson, Kennedy, Thompson, Atkinson, Taylor, Dagnall, O'Grady
Liekly Subs - Taberner, McArdle, Flynn, Toner, Jones, Glover, Higginbotham.