Rochdale vs Hartlepool United

26 April 2025 · National League · 2024/25 · Referee J O'Connor

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 3–1

Devante Rodney 6’ (pen), 52’
Ian Henderson 19’
Leon Ayinde 23’
Jay Bird 85’

Nicky Featherstone 11’

Match summary

Rochdale won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Hartlepool United. Rochdale led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Devante Rodney put Rochdale ahead from the penalty spot in the 6th minute, Nicky Featherstone equalised with a header in the 11th minute, Ian Henderson put Rochdale back in front in the 19th minute, and Leon Ayinde made it 3-1 in the 23rd minute. In the second half, Rodney made it 4-1 in the 52nd minute and Jay Bird made it 5-1 in the 85th minute.

The chances backed that up: Rochdale created 3.69 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Hartlepool United's 0.79 from 7.

Match stats

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

3.69 xG 0.78

2.93 Non-penalty xG 0.78

Key events

Rochdale Hartlepool United

Kick-off

Devante Rodney
Penalty

1-0

6’

11’

Nicky Featherstone

1-1

Ian Henderson

2-1

19’

Leon Ayinde

3-1

23’

Half-time3-1

Devante Rodney

4-1

52’

Jay Bird

5-1

85’

Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Rochdale

Ethan Ebanks-Landell

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 3.69 xGHartlepool United 0.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Hartlepool United attacking Rochdale attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Killian Barrett	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kyron Gordon	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Ethan Ebanks-Landell	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Beckwith Taken off	81′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tobi Adebayo-Rowling	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harvey Gilmour	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Aidan Barlow	90′	–	–	2	0.07	–	–	–
Tarryn Allarakhia Taken off	65′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Leon Ayinde Taken off	65′	1	–	3	1.64	–	–	–
Ian Henderson Taken off	68′	1	–	1	0.64	–	–	–
Devante Rodney Taken off	73′	2	–	2	0.89	–	–	–
Jack Kingdon Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Corey Edwards Came on as a substitute	25′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kairo Mitchell Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jay Bird Came on as a substitute	17′	1	–	3	0.37	–	–	–
Kyle Ferguson Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Players16 players


Adam Smith	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Stephonson Louis Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Parkes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
David Ferguson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Charman Taken off	55′	–	–	2	0.30	–	–	–
Jamie Miley Taken off	71′	–	–	1	0.22	–	–	–
Nathan Sheron	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nicky Featherstone	90′	1	–	2	0.25	–	–	–
Reyes Cleary Taken off	85′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Emmanuel Dieseruvwe	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Grey Taken off	71′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Hunter Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Folarin Came on as a substitute	35′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adam Campbell Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Gary Madine Came on as a substitute	19′	–	–	1	0.00	–	–	–
Kian Foreman Came on as a substitute	5′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 56% Avg odds 1.66

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.69

Hartlepool United win 19% Avg odds 4.82

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

Form going into the game

Rochdale D L W W D

Hartlepool United W W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Hartlepool United 0-3 Rochdale, 24 Sep 24 Next meeting: Rochdale 1-2 Hartlepool United, 30 Dec 25 All Rochdale vs Hartlepool 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.