Benlesalse 0 - 7 Boven Town

Key Events:

• 10' Yellow card to Benlesalse Karamoko Koko
• 15' Boven Town Domingos Lopes scores, assisted by Edinson Bernal
• 20' Boven Town Victor Castillo scores, assisted by Edinson Bernal
• 29' Boven Town Mahmoud Zaki scores, assisted by Musa Bello
• 37' Boven Town Benjamin Wallace scores, assisted by Victor Castillo
• 45' Boven Town Edinson Bernal scores, assisted by Domingos Lopes
• 47' Boven Town Victor Dos Santos scores, assisted by Musa Bello
• 69' Yellow card to Boven Town Victor Castillo
• 71' Yellow card to Boven Town Jose Bedoya
• 72' Yellow card to Boven Town Domingos Lopes
• 81' Boven Town Victor Dos Santos scores, assisted by Domingos Lopes

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Benlesalse 0.71 xG and Boven Town 4.35. The scoreline therefore represents a substantial finishing overperformance by the visitors: seven goals from 4.35 xG, while Benlesalse scored none from 0.71. That difference should not obscure the volume of chances. Boven Town had 19 shots, with 16 on target; Benlesalse managed four, two on target. The visitors converted their pressure with striking efficiency, while the hosts’ greater share of possession did not translate into comparable threat. Possession, on this occasion, was a measure of who had the ball, not who had the afternoon under control.

No Benlesalse players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The match was effectively settled before the interval: Boven Town scored five times by 45', then added another two after the break. Victor Dos Santos struck twice, while Edinson Bernal and Domingos Lopes combined goals and assists in a performance that spread the damage rather than relying on a single scorer. The sequence of goals also left little room for Benlesalse to reset; the second arrived five minutes after the opener, and the next three followed before half-time.

The numbers offer a slightly odd footnote to a very clear result. Benlesalse had 55% possession and five corners to Boven Town’s none, yet the visitors produced almost five times as many shots and put most of them on target. The hosts’ possession and passing accuracy did not become enough attacking pressure to change the score, while Boven Town turned its chances into a 0 - 7 win. Three yellow cards for the visitors added a small measure of disorder to an otherwise commanding display; the goals, meanwhile, were quite orderly enough.