Markby 5 - 3 Horth

Key Events:

• 7' Yellow card to Markby Gilson Monteiro
• 11' Yellow card to Horth Vincent Dumont
• 12' Markby Carlos Varela scores, assisted by Bernardino Tavares Mendes
• 14' Horth Angelo Mosca scores, assisted by Vincent Dumont
• 24' Yellow card to Horth Angelo Mosca
• 25' Markby Samba Ndiaye scores, assisted by Carlos Gonçalves
• 34' Markby Gilson Monteiro scores, assisted by Carlos Varela
• 43' Markby Kakhaber Gigauri scores, assisted by Carlos Varela
• 53' Yellow card to Horth Ryan Clark
• 63' Horth Duncan Cox scores, assisted by Ryan Clark
• 66' Markby Samba Ndiaye scores, assisted by Kakhaber Gigauri
• 71' Horth Duncan Cox scores, assisted by Angelo Mosca
• 73' Yellow card to Horth Duncan Cox

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Markby scored five from an xG of 3.25, exceeding its chance-quality estimate by 1.75 goals. Horth scored three from 3.73 xG, finishing 0.73 below its estimate. The figures suggest a game in which Horth created enough to expect a closer scoreline, while Markby proved markedly more clinical. Horth’s 16 shots to Markby’s 14, including 14 on target against 12, underline that the visitors were not short of attempts; the difference was what each side made of them. With possession level at 50% apiece, this was no story of one club monopolising the ball. Markby’s sharper finishing turned an open contest into a two-goal win.

Markby established its lead through four goals before the break, with Varela involved in three of the first four: scoring once and assisting twice. Horth replied twice in the second half through Cox, keeping the scoring lively, but Ndiaye’s second goal at 66' came between those strikes and preserved Markby’s cushion. The visitors also collected four yellow cards to Markby’s one, an imbalance that adds a little edge to the record without changing its central fact: Markby finished with five goals, Horth with three. The match offered plenty of attacking output from both sides; the hosts simply converted more of it.