Boreham Wood
- Boreham Wood are enjoying red-hot form, reeling off five consecutive wins, most recently beating play-off rivals Forest Green Rovers and Carlisle United in extra time.
- Boreham Wood are in fine form coming into their Sunday showdown with Rochdale, while the visiting National League 2025-2026 runners up are also looking tough.
- Boreham Wood are a high-tempo team who love to disrupt opponents and launch counter attacks, while Rochdale are a patient, possession-based side who aim to stifle opponents by retaining the ball and playing structured football.
- Luke Garrard’s men will aim to smother Rochdale in the middle third and use their energy on the flanks to catch the ball wide and attack space quickly.
Rochdale
- Rochdale are unbeaten in their last five matches, winning three and drawing two, most recently thrashing Scunthorpe United 2-1.
- On the other hand, Jimmy McNulty has instilled a possession-based ethos in Rochdale, using their double-pivot to keep the ball and frustrate Boreham Wood’s press.
- Rochdale finished with 106 points from 46 matches, 16 more than Boreham Wood, who finished with 90 points.
Head-to-Head
That’s fair enough considering Rochdale finished higher and won the last two meetings between the sides, but Wood have won their last three home matches and are in red-hot form.
Matt Rush
Matt Rush is Boreham Wood’s talisman, scoring 26 goals in 46 National League games and bagging three of his team’s last eight goals.
Emmanuel Dieseruvwe
Emmanuel Dieseruvwe has 26 goals in 40 games and two of his side’s last six.
Betting Insights
Dale are the slight favourites for this game at 2.45 , with Boreham Wood at 2.58 and a draw at 3.52 .
Prediction
I think both teams will score at 1.52 in this game, with two teams gunning for promotion and both sides capable of getting on the scoreboard in this clash.
