Scasley 3 - 2 St Malifast

Key Events:

• 12' Scasley Pedro Chagas scores
• 19' Scasley Michel Lemoine scores
• 20' St Malifast Branko Bartolić scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 28' Yellow card to St Malifast Jorge Alvez
• 32' Yellow card to Scasley Jorge Alvez
• 42' Scasley Zdravko Ivanišević scores, assisted by Nilson Pires
• 43' Yellow card to St Malifast Pedro Chagas
• 45' Yellow card to St Malifast Philippe Robert
• 47' Yellow card to Scasley Pedro Chagas
• 49' St Malifast Michel Lemoine scores, assisted by Philippe Robert

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The chance-quality estimate gives Scasley 2.09 xG against three actual goals, an over-performance of 0.91. St Malifast recorded 3.32 xG but scored twice, under-performing by 1.32. That gap is the match’s central contradiction: the visitors had more shots, more efforts on target and the higher xG, yet Scasley finished with the win. The hosts were more efficient with their opportunities, while St Malifast turned enough promising situations into attempts to suggest their attacking threat was real, but not enough into goals to change the result. With 12 shots on target for St Malifast and seven for Scasley, this was not a case of one side failing to find the goal at all. It was a case of the scoreboard being a notably less generous judge of the visitors’ volume.

The early sequence set the terms: Scasley scored twice in seven minutes, and St Malifast answered almost immediately after the second. The hosts then made it 3-1 shortly before half-time, only for Michel Lemoine to score again four minutes into the second half. The ledger records no further goals, so the remaining stretch belongs to the contest rather than the goal list: St Malifast had the better shot count and xG, while Scasley held a narrow possession edge and made more dribbles. Both sides committed 10 fouls and took four corners, a rare patch of administrative agreement in an otherwise uneven afternoon.

Scasley: No standout performers (rating 7.0+) recorded.

St Malifast:

• Michel Lemoine (7.3) - Scored once and assisted Branko Bartolić, contributing directly to both St Malifast goals.

For Scasley, the result is three points secured despite being outshot and outscored by the chance-quality estimate. For St Malifast, the figures offer evidence of pressure and opportunity, but little comfort against a 3-2 defeat. The visitors produced 12 shots on target and 3.32 xG; the hosts produced the more useful total, namely three goals. In a match with five goals by the 49th minute, the quietest statistic was the one that mattered most: the final score did not move again.