Boston United vs Forest Green Rovers

17 August 2024 · National League · 2024/25 · Referee L Impey

Full time 0 – 4

Half-time: 0–3

Christian Doidge 3’, 57’
Liam Sercombe 21’, 42’

Match summary

Forest Green Rovers won comfortably, 4-0 away at Boston United. Forest Green Rovers led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Christian Doidge put Forest Green Rovers ahead in the 3rd minute, Liam Sercombe made it 0-2 in the 21st minute, and Sercombe made it 0-3 in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Doidge made it 0-4 with a header in the 57th minute.

Boston United can feel hard done by, creating 1.92 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Forest Green Rovers's 1.37 from 10. Jacob Hazel had a penalty saved for Boston United.

Match stats

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.92 xG 1.37

1.16 Non-penalty xG 1.37

Key events

Boston United Forest Green Rovers

Kick-off

3’

Christian Doidge

0-1

21’

Liam Sercombe

0-2

42’

Liam Sercombe

0-3

Half-time0-3

57’

Christian Doidge

0-4

Full-time0-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Boston United

Zak Mills
Dan Mooney

Forest Green Rovers

Adam May

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Boston United 1.92 xGForest Green Rovers 1.37 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Forest Green Rovers attacking Boston United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Cameron Gregory	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zak Mills	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Michael Bostwick Taken off	63′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mitchell Roberts	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron Green	90′	–	–	2	0.01	–	–	–
Jordan Richards	90′	–	–	2	0.20	–	–	–
Martin Woods Taken off	74′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jai Rowe	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dan Mooney Taken off	74′	–	–	5	0.48	–	–
Tony Weston Taken off	74′	–	–	3	0.21	–	–	–
Pemi Aderoju Taken off	63′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dylan Hill Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jacob Hazel Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	2	0.78	–	–	–
Frankie Maguire Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Samuel Osborne Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adam Marriott Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Jed Ward	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sean Long	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Inniss	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Tozer	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamie Robson Taken off	77′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liam Sercombe Taken off	65′	2	–	2	0.15	–	–	–
Adam May Taken off	73′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Knowles Taken off	62′	–	–	2	0.12	–	–	–
Emmanuel Osadebe	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kyle McAllister	90′	–	–	1	0.24	–	–	–
Christian Doidge Taken off	77′	2	–	4	0.81	–	–	–
Harvey Bunker Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Charlie McCann Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Teddy Jenks Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marcel Lavinier Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tyrese Omotoye Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Boston United win 25% Avg odds 3.76

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.49

Forest Green Rovers win 49% Avg odds 1.89

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Boston United L

Forest Green Rovers D

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Forest Green Rovers 1-0 Boston United, 14 Dec 24 All Boston United vs Forest Green Rovers meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.