Lon Lymough 5 - 3 Elshbor Park

Key Events:

• 1' Yellow card to Elshbor Park Andrew Morrison
• 16' Lon Lymough Carlos Sanchez scores, assisted by Peter Dufour
• 34' Elshbor Park Javier Rojas scores, assisted by Braulio Gonzalez
• 37' Yellow card to Lon Lymough Richard Stone
• 39' Lon Lymough Peter Dufour scores, assisted by Carlos Sanchez
• 42' Lon Lymough Peter Dufour scores
• 48' Elshbor Park Andrew Morrison scores
• 65' Yellow card to Lon Lymough Gaetan Lessard
• 69' Elshbor Park Javier Rojas scores, assisted by Harvey Brewer
• 70' Lon Lymough Peter Dufour scores, assisted by Richard Stone
• 78' Lon Lymough Carlos Sanchez scores, assisted by Peter Dufour
• 90' Yellow card to Elshbor Park Javier Rojas

The turning point in the scoring came just before half-time: after Javier Rojas had brought Elshbor Park level, Lon Lymough struck twice in three minutes through Peter Dufour. The visitors resumed with Andrew Morrison’s goal and later had Rojas score again, so the contest repeatedly offered a route back into reach. But each response asked Elshbor Park to defend the next wave, and Dufour restored the margin in the 70th minute before Sanchez settled the score at 5-3. Four yellow cards, two for each side, marked a match with plenty of action but no red-card interruption.

For Lon Lymough, the scoreline reflects more than one prolific afternoon from Dufour: the hosts had the higher possession, more dribbles and a strong return from their shots on target. Elshbor Park were not short of attempts or goals, and their 3.82 xG shows they created a substantial attacking threat; the difference was that Lon Lymough made its chances count more efficiently. Three goals would normally be a healthy day’s work. Here, they were not quite enough to make the evening comfortable.