Sough Rangers 1 - 3 Alney City

Key Events:

• 1' Yellow card to Alney City Pedro Chagas
• 18' Yellow card to Sough Rangers Phillip Lewis
• 25' Sough Rangers Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Seungwoo Jeong
• 25' Yellow card to Sough Rangers Michael Brown
• 28' Yellow card to Alney City Phillip Lewis
• 43' Yellow card to Alney City Michel Lemoine
• 55' Alney City Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Branko Bartolić
• 62' Alney City Jorge Alvez scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 63' Alney City Branko Bartolić scores, assisted by Nilson Pires
• 76' Yellow card to Sough Rangers Jorge Alvez

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Sough Rangers recorded 1.78 xG and scored once, falling short of the return their chances suggested. Alney City, by contrast, scored three from 1.26 xG: a substantial over-performance, built on converting a smaller set of chances with striking efficiency. The hosts’ seven shots were all on target, while the visitors put four of six on frame, so this was not a case of Sough Rangers failing to test the goalkeeper. Rather, Alney City made their moments count, and the three goals between the 55th and 63rd minutes turned a match in which the visitors had less of the ball into a decisive result. The xG figures describe the quality of the chances; the scoreline records what the sides did with them.

• Sough Rangers had no standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.

For Sough Rangers, the possession and shot totals offer little comfort beside a 1-3 defeat: the hosts had the greater share of the ball and put every recorded shot on target, yet their single goal left the match open to a sharp change in direction. Alney City were less involved in possession, committed more fouls and made more tackles, but their three-goal burst after the break settled the contest before the closing stages. Both sides collected three yellow cards, and neither received a red; discipline, at least, remained evenly apportioned. Alney City leave with the points and the unusually generous return on their chances, while Sough Rangers are left with the awkward arithmetic of having done more by several measures and still lost by two.