Forest Green Rovers vs Rochdale

18 January 2025 · National League · 2024/25 · Referee J Durkin

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Liam Sercombe 70’

Match summary

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

Liam Sercombe put Forest Green Rovers ahead with a header in the 70th minute.

The chances backed that up: Forest Green Rovers created 1.63 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Rochdale's 1.04 from 9.

Match stats

Forest Green Rovers Rochdale
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.63 xG 1.05
1.63 Non-penalty xG 1.05

Key events

Forest Green Rovers Rochdale
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Liam Sercombe1-0 (Forest Green Rovers)
70’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Forest Green Rovers
  • Liam Sercombe
  • Kyle McAllister
Rochdale
  • Jid Okeke

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 1.63 1.04 70’ Liam Sercombe (Forest Green Rovers), 1-0 70’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.63 1.04 70’ Liam Sercombe (Forest Green Rovers), 1-0 Sercombe 70’
Forest Green Rovers 1.63 xGRochdale 1.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Rochdale attacking Forest Green Rovers attacking 
83’ Adam May (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.45 xG, off target 66’ Christian Doidge (Forest Green Rovers), set piece, 0.36 xG, saved 66’ Ryan Inniss (Forest Green Rovers), set piece, 0.35 xG, saved 38’ Devante Rodney (Rochdale), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 13’ Devante Rodney (Rochdale), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 63’ Kairo Mitchell (Rochdale), open play, 0.23 xG, off target 70’ Liam Sercombe (Forest Green Rovers), set piece, 0.16 xG, goal 4’ Jordon Garrick (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 26’ Kairo Mitchell (Rochdale), open play, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 62’ Jamie Robson (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 5’ Ryan Inniss (Forest Green Rovers), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 67’ Devante Rodney (Rochdale), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 17’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 40’ Devante Rodney (Rochdale), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 44’ Liam Sercombe (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Aidan Barlow (Rochdale), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 53’ Liam Sercombe (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+2’ Tarryn Allarakhia (Rochdale), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Aidan Barlow (Rochdale), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 14’ Adam May (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.00 xG, off target 83’ Adam May (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.45 xG, off target 66’ Christian Doidge (Forest Green Rovers), set piece, 0.36 xG, saved 66’ Ryan Inniss (Forest Green Rovers), set piece, 0.35 xG, saved 38’ Devante Rodney (Rochdale), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 13’ Devante Rodney (Rochdale), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 63’ Kairo Mitchell (Rochdale), open play, 0.23 xG, off target 70’ Liam Sercombe (Forest Green Rovers), set piece, 0.16 xG, goal 4’ Jordon Garrick (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 26’ Kairo Mitchell (Rochdale), open play, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 62’ Jamie Robson (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 5’ Ryan Inniss (Forest Green Rovers), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 67’ Devante Rodney (Rochdale), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 17’ Kyle McAllister (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 40’ Devante Rodney (Rochdale), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 44’ Liam Sercombe (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 11’ Aidan Barlow (Rochdale), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 53’ Liam Sercombe (Forest Green Rovers), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+2’ Tarryn Allarakhia (Rochdale), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Aidan Barlow (Rochdale), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 14’ Adam May (Forest Green Rovers), open play, 0.00 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 0.41 – – –
Ben Tozer
90′ – – – – – – –
Sean Long
90′ – – – – – – –
Liam Sercombe
90′ 1 – 3 0.19 – –
Adam May
90′ – – 2 0.46 – – –
90′ – – 1 0.07 – – –
Kyle McAllister Taken off
80′ – – 1 0.04 – –
Christian Doidge Taken off
80′ – – 1 0.36 – – –
Jordon Garrick Taken off
55′ – – 1 0.10 – – –
Luke McCormick Came on as a substitute
35′ – – – – – – –
Emmanuel Osadebe Came on as a substitute
10′ – – – – – – –
Joe Quigley Came on as a substitute
10′ – – – – – – –
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 45% Avg odds 2.05
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.32
Rochdale win 27% Avg odds 3.40

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

Form going into the game

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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.