Thot United 1 - 7 Midge Villa

Key Events:

• 8' Midge Villa Otto Janssen scores, assisted by Allan Carroll
• 13' Yellow card to Midge Villa Paolo Monti
• 22' Midge Villa Paolo Monti scores, assisted by Koichi Sakaguchi
• 29' Midge Villa Paolo Monti scores
• 39' Thot United Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Seungwoo Jeong
• 49' Midge Villa Paolo Monti scores, assisted by Michael Brown
• 69' Yellow card to Midge Villa Nuno Lopes
• 75' Midge Villa Koichi Sakaguchi scores
• 76' Yellow card to Midge Villa Phillip Lewis
• 80' Yellow card to Thot United Pedro Chagas
• 83' Midge Villa Paolo Monti scores, assisted by Otto Janssen
• 90' Midge Villa Paolo Monti scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Midge Villa recorded 5.24 xG and scored seven, finishing 1.76 goals above the Gazzetta chance-quality estimate. That is emphatic over-performance, though the underlying volume was emphatic too: 25 shots, 18 on target and 57% possession gave the visitors a steady supply of opportunities. Thot United scored once from 0.41 xG, 0.59 above its estimate, with Philippe Robert converting the hosts’ only shot on target. The gap between two shots and 25 tells the tactical story plainly: Midge Villa kept the pressure and chances coming, while Thot United had little opportunity to turn its brief return to the match into a longer one.

• No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher recorded for Thot United.

For Thot United, the goal at 39 minutes briefly interrupted the visitors’ procession and showed what the hosts could do when they found a route forward. But the match resumed its established direction after the break: Midge Villa scored at 49 minutes, then added three more, with Paolo Monti completing his five-goal haul in the final minute. The visitors’ 18 shots on target and greater possession made the result less a sudden collapse than a sustained imbalance. Four yellow cards supplied a little friction; the score supplied rather more of the afternoon’s substance.