Forest Green Rovers vs Hartlepool United

28 September 2024 · National League · 2024/25 · Referee R Martin

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Charlie McCann 71’

Match summary

Forest Green Rovers won 1-0 at home to Hartlepool United. It was goalless at half-time.

Charlie McCann put Forest Green Rovers ahead in the 71st minute.

Hartlepool United can feel hard done by, creating 1.54 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Forest Green Rovers's 0.61 from 11.

Match stats

Forest Green Rovers Hartlepool United
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.61 xG 1.54
0.61 Non-penalty xG 1.54

Key events

Forest Green Rovers Hartlepool United
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Charlie McCann1-0 (Forest Green Rovers)
71’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Hartlepool United
  • Tom Parkes
  • Darren Robinson

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.61 1.54 71’ Charlie McCann (Forest Green Rovers), 1-0 71’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.61 1.54 71’ Charlie McCann (Forest Green Rovers), 1-0 McCann 71’
Forest Green Rovers 0.61 xGHartlepool United 1.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Hartlepool United attacking Forest Green Rovers attacking 
90+1’ Tom Parkes (Hartlepool United), from a corner, 0.31 xG, blocked 17’ Gary Madine (Hartlepool United), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 26’ Luke Waterfall (Hartlepool United), from a corner, 0.28 xG, off target 73’ Luke Waterfall (Hartlepool United), from a corner, 0.21 xG, off target 90+4’ Nicky Featherstone (Hartlepool United), open play, 0.18 xG, off target 89’ Harry Cardwell (Forest Green Rovers), set piece, 0.17 xG, saved 63’ Nathan Sheron (Hartlepool United), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 71’ Charlie McCann (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 90+5’ Emmanuel Osadebe (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 28’ Adam May (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+1’ Joe Grey (Hartlepool United), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 25’ Luke Charman (Hartlepool United), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 50’ Luke Charman (Hartlepool United), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 34’ Tom Knowles (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 62’ Liam Sercombe (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 86’ Marcel Lavinier (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 30’ Liam Sercombe (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 44’ Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 59’ Adam May (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+3’ Roshaun Mathurin (Hartlepool United), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 86’ Charlie McCann (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 48’ Daniel Dodds (Hartlepool United), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+1’ Tom Parkes (Hartlepool United), from a corner, 0.31 xG, blocked 17’ Gary Madine (Hartlepool United), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 26’ Luke Waterfall (Hartlepool United), from a corner, 0.28 xG, off target 73’ Luke Waterfall (Hartlepool United), from a corner, 0.21 xG, off target 90+4’ Nicky Featherstone (Hartlepool United), open play, 0.18 xG, off target 89’ Harry Cardwell (Forest Green Rovers), set piece, 0.17 xG, saved 63’ Nathan Sheron (Hartlepool United), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 71’ Charlie McCann (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 90+5’ Emmanuel Osadebe (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 28’ Adam May (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+1’ Joe Grey (Hartlepool United), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 25’ Luke Charman (Hartlepool United), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 50’ Luke Charman (Hartlepool United), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 34’ Tom Knowles (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 62’ Liam Sercombe (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 86’ Marcel Lavinier (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 30’ Liam Sercombe (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 44’ Harvey Bunker (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Roshaun Mathurin (Hartlepool United), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 59’ Adam May (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Charlie McCann (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 48’ Daniel Dodds (Hartlepool United), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Harvey Bunker Taken off
66′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
Ben Tozer
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Liam Sercombe Taken off
66′ – – 2 0.04 – – –
Adam May
90′ – – 2 0.09 – – –
90′ 1 – 2 0.13 – – –
Kyle McAllister Taken off
66′ – – – – – – –
Christian Doidge Taken off
81′ – – – – – – –
Tom Knowles Taken off
66′ – – 1 0.03 – – –
Marcel Lavinier Came on as a substitute
24′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
Ryan Inniss Came on as a substitute
24′ – – – – – – –
Emmanuel Osadebe Came on as a substitute
24′ – – 1 0.11 – – –
Harry Cardwell Came on as a substitute
24′ – – 1 0.17 – – –
Joe Quigley Came on as a substitute
9′ – – – – – – –
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

Forest Green Rovers win 61% Avg odds 1.52
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.22
Hartlepool United win 17% Avg odds 5.34

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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.