Newood Park 4 - 0 Merhea City

Key Events:

• 20' Newood Park Friedrich Unger scores
• 30' Newood Park Friedrich Unger scores, assisted by Lindomar Da Silva
• 35' Yellow card to Merhea City Friedrich Unger
• 36' Yellow card to Merhea City Xinping Boon
• 52' Newood Park Friedrich Unger scores, assisted by Saliou Sow
• 65' Yellow card to Merhea City Lindomar Da Silva
• 82' Newood Park Friedrich Unger scores, assisted by Lindomar Da Silva

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Newood Park scored four from 3.83 xG, a near-exact return for the quality of chances created. Merhea City finished without a goal despite 1.31 xG, so the gap between the sides was not simply a matter of the visitors never reaching promising positions; they failed to convert them. The shot count, 17 to 7, and shots on target, 14 to 4, underline the hosts’ greater control in the attacking areas. With 54% possession and 85% pass accuracy, Newood Park had enough of the ball to keep the pressure coming, while Merhea City made more tackles and committed more fouls but could not turn that defensive work into a foothold in the match.

The four-goal margin was earned through repeated threat rather than a single spell of fortune. Unger had already scored twice by the half-hour, then completed the hat-trick shortly after the break and added a fourth late on. The two assists from Lindomar Da Silva helped give the scoring a little structure beyond the obvious headline. For Merhea City, three yellow cards accompanied a difficult afternoon of containment; the visitors did manage four shots on target, but none changed the score. A 4-0 result can make a contest look one-sided in every department, yet the xG suggests Merhea City had chances of its own. The difference was that Newood Park repeatedly made theirs count.

No Merhea City player reached a 7.0 rating.