Walviston 3 - 2 Suttle Albion

Key Events:

• 8' Suttle Albion Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 35' Walviston Branko Bartolić scores, assisted by Philippe Robert
• 42' Yellow card to Suttle Albion Zdravko Ivanišević
• 43' Yellow card to Walviston Michel Lemoine
• 49' Yellow card to Walviston Branko Bartolić
• 58' Suttle Albion Jorge Alvez scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 67' Walviston Branko Bartolić scores, assisted by Philippe Robert
• 72' Yellow card to Suttle Albion Jorge Alvez
• 77' Yellow card to Suttle Albion Michel Lemoine
• 78' Walviston Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Walviston finished with 3 goals from 3.68 xG, a modest underperformance against the quality of chances created. Suttle Albion scored twice from 2.03 xG, almost exactly matching its estimate, and made its eight shots count by putting all eight on target. The shot count and possession tilted toward Walviston—17 attempts and 58% of the ball—but the visitors remained efficient enough to make the contest uncomfortable. The numbers point to a home side that built more attacking volume, while Suttle Albion required fewer openings to keep pace.

The match turned on Walviston’s capacity to answer rather than on any settled stretch of control. Bartolić levelled after the visitors’ early opener, then struck again after Jorge Alvez restored Suttle Albion’s lead. Robert’s two assists gave the hosts a reliable route back into the game, while Phillip Lewis supplied the decisive goal at 78 minutes. That left twelve minutes for Suttle Albion to respond, but the ledger records no further goal; football, on this occasion, kept its paperwork unusually tidy.

• Suttle Albion had no standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.