Clinical Edge
Rochdale
Rochdale finished well above what their chances were worth — 2 goals from 0.82 xG.
- Goals
- 2
- Expected goals
- 0.82
- Overperformance
- +1.18
League Two · Matchday 7Rochdale
D. Moss 7'
D. Brown 63'
2 – 0
FT
HT 1–0
Oldham
League Two
Matchday 7Rochdale2–0Oldham
0.82
Expected goals
3.18
7′63′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: ROC 0.82, OLD 3.18.
Match report
Rochdale 2-0 Oldham
Rochdale saw off Oldham 2-0 at Spotland in League Two. Moss opened the scoring for Rochdale on 7' and Brown made it 2-0 to Rochdale on 63'.
Expected goals finished Rochdale 0.82, Oldham 3.18. On the balance of chances Oldham had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result Rochdale will take more happily than the performance deserved.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Rochdale graded out for clinical edge — 2 goals and 0.82 expected goals. Oldham graded out for wasteful finishing — 3.18 expected goals and 0 goals.
Daniel Moss came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.3 for Rochdale from 1 goal, 1 key pass and 1 shot.
It was a niggly afternoon: 27 fouls between them, with Rochdale conceding the most free-kicks (16).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
49%Possession51%
7Shots17
0.82xG3.18
What the numbers say
2 readsWasteful Finishing
Oldham
Oldham created more than enough to win it and did not take it — 3.18 xG for 0 goals.
- Expected goals
- 3.18
- Goals
- 0
- Shortfall
- −3.18
Timeline
D. Moss — assist: K. Taylor
⚽7'
Half-time
🔄46'
C. Kavanagh ↑ K. Payne ↓
L. Hannant ↑ J. Smith ↓
🔄57'
D. Brown — assist: B. Adeeko
⚽63'
🔄66'
L. Temple ↑ D. Daniels ↓
🔄66'
J. Hawkes ↑ F. Fawunmi ↓
L. Maguire ↑ K. Wilson ↓
🔄67'
T. Adebayo-Rowling ↑ D. Moss ↓
🔄67'
E. Francis ↑ K. Taylor ↓
🔄77'
E. Dieseruvwe ↑ D. Brown ↓
🔄77'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueSpotland, Rochdale
CompetitionLeague Two
Season2026
RoundMatchday 7
StatusMatch Finished