Hayesdal Stan 0 - 4 South Ell

The numbers behind the result are unusually clear. South Ell recorded 18 shots, 13 on target and 3.78 xG, then scored four times: a slight overperformance against the chance-quality estimate, but one supported by a steady supply of attempts. Hayesdal Stan managed one shot, which was also on target, and 0.26 xG without scoring. That is a narrow gap between estimate and outcome, though the larger tactical problem was the scarcity of opportunities in the first place. Possession was nearly even at 49-51, and both sides completed passes at 82%; the difference was not control of the ball so much as what each side made of it.

Three yellow cards arrived before the opening goal, giving the first quarter-hour a brisk administrative tone. Xinping Boon put South Ell ahead in the 28th minute, and Luis Pinto doubled the lead after the break. Pinto added another in the 76th minute before Friedrich Unger made it four four minutes later. The visitors’ four goals came from four recorded goal events, with the first two assisted and the final pair unassisted; there was no late ambiguity about which side had earned the afternoon.

Key Events:

• 7' Yellow card to South Ell Luca Colombo
• 12' Yellow card to Hayesdal Stan Allan Carroll
• 14' Yellow card to Hayesdal Stan Branko Bartolić
• 28' South Ell Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Lindomar Da Silva
• 52' South Ell Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Luca Colombo
• 76' South Ell Luis Pinto scores
• 80' South Ell Friedrich Unger scores

No Hayesdal Stan player reached a recorded rating of 7.0 or higher.

For Hayesdal Stan, the single shot and 0.26 xG tell the story of a side that could not build enough attacking threat to trouble the visitors over the full match. South Ell were not dominant in possession, nor were they asked to be: they produced far more attempts, tested the target repeatedly and converted four of them. The 4-0 result matches that broad imbalance, while the closely matched possession and passing figures are a useful reminder that having the ball and making it count are separate occupations.