Rochdale vs Boston United

18 March 2025 · National League · 2024/25 · Referee R Massey-Ellis

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Ian Henderson 80’
Jay Bird 88’

Jacob Hazel 25’
Zak Mills 28’
Jimmy Knowles 69’

Match summary

Boston United beat Rochdale 3-2 on the road. Boston United led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jacob Hazel put Boston United ahead in the 25th minute and Zak Mills made it 0-2 from a corner in the 28th minute. In the second half, Jimmy Knowles made it 0-3 in the 69th minute, Ian Henderson pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 80th minute, and Jay Bird made it 2-3 in the 88th minute.

Rochdale can feel hard done by, creating 1.72 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Boston United's 1.11 from 12.

Match stats

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.72 xG 1.11

1.72 Non-penalty xG 1.11

Key events

Rochdale Boston United

Kick-off

25’

Jacob Hazel

0-1

28’

Zak Mills

0-2

Half-time0-2

69’

Jimmy Knowles

0-3

Ian Henderson

1-3

80’

Jay Bird

2-3

88’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Rochdale

Sam Beckwith

Boston United

Jordan Richards
Cameron Green

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.

Rochdale 1.72 xGBoston United 1.11 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Boston United attacking Rochdale attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players15 players


Sam Waller	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liam Hogan	90′	–	–	1	0.20	–	–	–
Ethan Ebanks-Landell Taken off	66′	–	–	1	0.12	–	–	–
Sam Beckwith Taken off	76′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Michael Adu-Poku	90′	–	–	2	0.12	–	–	–
Ryan East Taken off	76′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Harvey Gilmour	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Jili Buyabu Taken off	46′	–	–	1	0.00	–	–	–
Aidan Barlow	90′	–	–	3	0.39	–	–	–
Jay Bird	90′	1	–	5	0.31	–	–	–
Tarryn Allarakhia	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ian Henderson Came on as a substitute	44′	1	–	2	0.50	–	–	–
Jack Kingdon Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kairo Mitchell Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Connor McBride Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Cameron Gregory	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connor Teale	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zak Mills	90′	1	–	1	0.35	–	–	–
Bradley Nicholson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jai Rowe	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Dylan Hill	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Jordan Richards	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron Green	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Keaton Ward	90′	–	–	2	0.02	–	–	–
Jimmy Knowles Taken off	82′	1	–	3	0.12	–	–	–
Jacob Hazel Taken off	76′	1	–	3	0.50	–	–	–
James Gale Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tony Weston Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–

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

Rochdale win 58% Avg odds 1.60

Draw 24% Avg odds 3.77

Boston United win 18% Avg odds 5.19

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

Form going into the game

Rochdale D W W W D

Boston United W D D W W

Last five league games before this one, oldest first. Select one to open it.

Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Boston United 0-3 Rochdale, 10 Aug 24 Next meeting: Boston United 1-3 Rochdale, 08 Nov 25 All Rochdale vs Boston United 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.