The report
Key Events:
- 22' Buxtertlington Ivan Luketić scores, assisted by Merab Tsulaia
- 30' Buxtertlington Vicente Acevedo scores
- 45' Buxtertlington Ivan Luketić scores, assisted by Umar Samaila
- 48' Yellow card to Buxtertlington Umar Samaila
- 50' Buxtertlington Davit Abuladze scores, assisted by Umar Samaila
- 52' Yellow card to Buxtertlington Ivan Luketić
- 66' Yellow card to Greham United Saliou Sow
- 78' Buxtertlington Pascal Ribeiro scores, assisted by Davit Abuladze
- 83' Buxtertlington Davit Abuladze scores, assisted by Umar Samaila
- 88' Buxtertlington Tao Murase scores, assisted by Pascal Ribeiro
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Buxtertlington scored seven from an xG of 4.5, a substantial over-performance that reflects both their finishing and the volume of attempts they converted into dangerous work. The 17 shots on target from 19 attempts point to unusually precise execution, rather than a scoreline assembled from a few speculative efforts. Greham United’s xG of 0.01, alongside zero shots, describes a side that had possession but produced virtually no threat in front of goal. The visitors actually held 53% of the ball and recorded more dribbles, but those numbers did not translate into attempts; Buxtertlington’s approach was far more direct in its outcome, if not necessarily in its passing.
- Greham United had no standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
The final score was not a close contest disguised by a late flourish: Buxtertlington led the scoring from the 22nd minute and added four goals after the interval. Their seven goals came from a broad spread of contributors, with Luketić and Abuladze each scoring twice and Samaila involved in three assists. The three yellow cards supplied the match’s only disciplinary interruptions, though Buxtertlington kept finding ways to interrupt the more important statistic: the distance between the sides on the scoreboard.
Greham United’s possession and dribbling figures offer a curious contrast to the zero in the shots column. They moved with the ball, but Buxtertlington limited what followed, and the visitors never turned that activity into a shot on target. The hosts, by contrast, made their attacks count at a rate beyond their xG estimate. A 7-0 result leaves little ambiguity about the day’s balance of threat, even if the possession figures briefly suggested the ball had been issued to both clubs on equal terms.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Davit Abuladze
Scored twice and assisted once, contributing directly to three goals.
Ivan Luketić
Scored twice before receiving a yellow card in the second half.
Pascal Ribeiro
Scored once and provided an assist, adding to the late scoring.
Umar Samaila
Supplied three assists and was booked shortly after the interval.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
Merab Tsulaia to Ivan Luketić. The event log names a helper; it does not name a body part.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison

