Reepheton 2 - 3 Roth Stanley

Key Events:

• 6' Yellow card to Roth Stanley Pedro Chagas
• 6' Reepheton Jorge Alvez scores, assisted by Branko Bartolić
• 10' Reepheton Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Jorge Alvez
• 19' Roth Stanley Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 60' Roth Stanley Zdravko Ivanišević scores, assisted by Nilson Pires
• 66' Roth Stanley Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Nilson Pires

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Reepheton 2.23 xG and Roth Stanley 4.08, against the actual scores of two and three. Reepheton’s finishing was close to expectation, while Roth Stanley scored one fewer than its chance quality suggested; the visitors nevertheless created enough to make their comeback look supported by the underlying numbers rather than assembled from optimism. The shot count tells much the same story: Roth Stanley had 18 attempts, 15 on target, to Reepheton’s 10 and eight. Reepheton made its early possession count with two goals, but Roth Stanley’s sustained attacking pressure and two assists from Nilson Pires gradually shifted the match. A two-goal lead can be a useful position. It can also be an invitation for the other side to keep shooting.

For Reepheton, the opening ten minutes offered precisely the sort of start that makes a match feel manageable: two goals, contributions from Jorge Alvez, and a lead built before Roth Stanley had settled. The visitors’ reply in the 19th minute mattered not only on the scoreboard; it gave their pressure a foothold and left the contest open. Reepheton still put eight of its ten shots on target, a respectable return, but the visitors’ much larger attacking workload kept asking the home side to defend again.

The decisive stretch arrived after the break. Zdravko Ivanišević levelled on the hour, then Philippe Robert completed Roth Stanley’s three-goal response six minutes later, with Nilson Pires providing the assist in both cases. That sequence turned a match Reepheton had seemed to control into one Roth Stanley had earned through volume and persistence. The visitors leave with the 3-2 win; Reepheton leave with two early goals and the rather less useful knowledge that the first ten minutes were not the whole match.