Louryhitwool Albion 0 - 5 Penton Rovers

Key Events:

• 12' Penton Rovers Guillermo Trujillo scores, assisted by Luca Colombo
• 23' Yellow card to Penton Rovers Francisco Lopes
• 28' Penton Rovers Luca Colombo scores, assisted by Guillermo Trujillo
• 34' Penton Rovers Raymond van der Meulen scores, assisted by Francisco Lopes
• 50' Penton Rovers Guillermo Trujillo scores, assisted by Francisco Lopes
• 52' Yellow card to Louryhitwool Albion Michael Brown
• 59' Penton Rovers Francisco Lopes scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 61' Yellow card to Louryhitwool Albion Seungwoo Jeong
• 66' Yellow card to Louryhitwool Albion Michel Lemoine

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Louryhitwool Albion 2.91 xG and Penton Rovers 3.89. Against those figures, the hosts’ zero goals represent a substantial underperformance, while the visitors’ five mean they finished 1.11 above their estimate. The shot counts offer a useful measure of the gap: Louryhitwool Albion registered 14 attempts, 10 on target, while Penton Rovers had 19, with 13 on target. So this was not a case of the visitors monopolising the ball or the hosts failing to find the goal; possession was 49%-51%. Rather, Penton Rovers converted their chances at a striking rate, while Louryhitwool Albion found no return from a volume that would ordinarily give a side something to show for its work. The estimate says the hosts had opportunities; the score says the finishing did not arrive.

Louryhitwool Albion: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.

Penton Rovers:

• Guillermo Trujillo (8.1) - Scored twice and assisted once, contributing directly to three of the five goals.
• Francisco Lopes (7.5) - Scored once and supplied two assists, with a yellow card in the first half.
• Luca Colombo (7.3) - Opened his account with a goal and assisted Trujillo’s opener.

The figures keep the result from being mistaken for a match in which one side simply had the ball and the other watched. Louryhitwool Albion had more dribbles and a slightly higher pass accuracy, and its 10 shots on target underline the frustration of ending with no goals. Penton Rovers, meanwhile, were more direct in the decisive sense: they put more attempts on target and scored five times. The hosts also committed 13 fouls to the visitors’ six and collected three yellow cards, all after the interval; the card count was an unhelpful companion to a deficit that was already growing. Penton Rovers made their opportunities count, and the 5-0 scoreline leaves little doubt about who controlled the outcome, even if the possession split kept the arithmetic looking almost polite.