Grads County 3 - 5 Maidderhar

Key Events:

• 4' Yellow card to Grads County Lindomar Da Silva
• 10' Maidderhar John Bailey scores
• 10' Yellow card to Grads County Israel Morales
• 15' Yellow card to Maidderhar Eckhard Köhler
• 17' Grads County Pedro Guzman scores, assisted by Lindomar Da Silva
• 18' Maidderhar Eric Moreau scores, assisted by Cosimo Lombardo
• 28' Maidderhar John Bailey scores, assisted by Julio Cortes
• 32' Maidderhar Eric Moreau scores, assisted by Cosimo Lombardo
• 73' Grads County Ousmane Sylla scores, assisted by Friedrich Unger
• 78' Maidderhar Cosimo Lombardo scores, assisted by Eckhard Köhler
• 84' Grads County Ousmane Sylla scores, assisted by Luis Pinto
• 85' Yellow card to Maidderhar John Bailey

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Grads County scored three from 2.49 xG, finishing modestly above the chance-quality estimate; Maidderhar scored five from 3.69 xG, also outperforming its estimate. That difference is notable, but the visitors’ 17 shots and 13 on target gave them a substantial volume advantage over Grads County’s 11 shots and nine on target. The numbers describe an attack that repeatedly reached promising positions, and a home side that made its opportunities count at a slightly higher rate than the estimate expected. With possession nearly even, the decisive distinction was less about who held the ball and more about who generated and converted more attempts.

The 3-5 result was ultimately shaped by Maidderhar’s first-half run: after Grads County replied to the opening goal, the visitors scored three more before the break. The home side then found two goals through Sylla and made the closing stretch more uncomfortable than the interval score suggested. But Maidderhar answered that pressure with Lombardo’s 78th-minute goal, and Grads County’s next strike came six minutes later. A lively finish, then, though not one that altered the arithmetic.