Fleywor 6 - 2 Leigh City

Key Events:

• 10' Leigh City Muhammed Raji scores
• 11' Fleywor Kyle Parsons scores
• 17' Leigh City Siaka Kone scores, assisted by Stephen Wright
• 21' Fleywor Giorgi Qavtaradze scores, assisted by Osamu Okawa
• 24' Fleywor Hans Schulz scores, assisted by Osamu Okawa
• 37' Yellow card to Leigh City Stepan Tsiklauri
• 59' Fleywor Hans Schulz scores, assisted by Giorgi Qavtaradze
• 63' Yellow card to Leigh City Jerry Marshall
• 71' Fleywor Hans Schulz scores, assisted by Osamu Okawa
• 72' Yellow card to Fleywor Josef Brandt
• 74' Yellow card to Fleywor Kyle Parsons
• 81' Fleywor Giorgi Qavtaradze scores, assisted by Osamu Okawa

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The chance-quality estimate gave Fleywor 2.71 xG and Leigh City 3.32, against actual returns of six and two goals respectively. Fleywor therefore finished well beyond the chances its xG suggested, while Leigh City left a sizeable gap between its opportunities and its score. The visitors’ 15 shots, 12 on target and 55% possession show that they were not starved of the ball or attempts; the result instead points to a striking difference in conversion. Six goals from 13 shots is an unusually generous return, and the estimate is a useful reminder that the scoreboard can tell a much louder story than the chances alone.

The opening 17 minutes offered little warning that the contest would end with a four-goal margin: Leigh City scored first, Fleywor replied almost at once, and the visitors went ahead again before Fleywor began to take control of the scoring. Two goals in three minutes before the half-hour mark changed the shape of the match, and Hans Schulz completed a hat-trick after the break. Osamu Okawa assisted four of Fleywor’s goals, supplying the repeat service that made an already clinical afternoon look almost routine. Leigh City kept the ball and found the target, but Fleywor made far more of its decisive moments.