Bares Wanderers 6 - 0 Bedforeham

The opening goal came after three minutes, and Fernandez added two more before half-time as Bares Wanderers made their attacking superiority count. His 28th-minute finish was set up by Jorge Bethancourt, and Bernard Ouattara supplied the assist for the next, seven minutes later. The hosts had 19 shots on target from 24 attempts; Bedforeham managed three from eight. Possession and pass accuracy leaned slightly toward the visitors, but neither measure did much to trouble the goalkeepers’ workload.

The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Bares Wanderers 5.28 xG and Bedforeham 1.26. Six goals from 5.28 xG means the hosts finished about 0.72 above expectation: clinical, though not so wildly that the numbers require a separate inquiry. The visitors’ blank beside 1.26 xG points to the other half of the story: they fashioned some opportunity, but none became a goal. Their 52% possession and 84% passing accuracy did not translate into enough shots or enough threat to alter the match’s shape.

After the break, Fernandez completed his hat-trick in the 66th minute, again with Bethancourt providing the assist. Bares Wanderers then added two late goals: Luigi Vitali finished a move set up by Fernandez, before Peng Seet made it six with Ouattara assisting. The hosts collected three yellow cards, but the match’s defining pattern was not discipline or possession. It was the gap between the sides’ ability to reach promising positions and the hosts’ ability to finish them. A 6-0 scoreline leaves little room for ambiguity, even when the possession column tries to start a discussion.

Key Events:

• 3' Bares Wanderers Bernard Ouattara scores

• 5' Yellow card to Bares Wanderers Luigi Vitali

• 23' Yellow card to Bares Wanderers Avelino Dos Santos

• 28' Bares Wanderers Mario Fernandez scores, assisted by Jorge Bethancourt

• 35' Bares Wanderers Mario Fernandez scores, assisted by Bernard Ouattara

• 36' Yellow card to Bedforeham Tom Adams

• 43' Yellow card to Bares Wanderers Mario Fernandez

• 66' Bares Wanderers Mario Fernandez scores, assisted by Jorge Bethancourt

• 82' Bares Wanderers Luigi Vitali scores, assisted by Mario Fernandez

• 86' Bares Wanderers Peng Seet scores, assisted by Bernard Ouattara

• No Bedforeham players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.