Tham Mar Albion 4 - 2 Darton Town

Key Events:

• 2' Yellow card to Darton Town Bruno Rossi
• 5' Yellow card to Darton Town Lindomar Da Silva
• 13' Darton Town Israel Morales scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 29' Darton Town Bruno Rossi scores
• 34' Tham Mar Albion Cosimo Lombardo scores, assisted by Ivan Cvetković
• 44' Tham Mar Albion Cosimo Lombardo scores, assisted by Eric Moreau
• 71' Tham Mar Albion Ivan Cvetković scores, assisted by John Bailey
• 74' Tham Mar Albion Ivan Cvetković scores, assisted by Marcel Durand

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis:

The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Tham Mar Albion 1.58 xG and Darton Town 2.63, against actual totals of four and two goals respectively. The hosts therefore finished 2.42 goals above their estimate, while Darton finished 0.63 below theirs: a decisive swing in a match where the chance-quality numbers favoured the side that lost. Darton’s 11 shots, including 10 on target, suggest they created plenty to trouble the hosts, but two goals were all that followed. Tham Mar Albion managed only six shots, all on target, and made those opportunities count with unusual efficiency. The numbers point to a contest in which Darton generated the more substantial attacking volume, while the hosts’ finishing—and their timing after going two down—settled the result.

No Darton Town players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

Darton began brightly enough to build a 2-0 lead, with Israel Morales opening the scoring and Bruno Rossi adding the second. Two yellow cards had arrived before either goal, giving the visitors a brisk start in both the disciplinary and scoring columns. Tham Mar Albion answered through Cosimo Lombardo, whose first goal came from Ivan Cvetković and whose second, assisted by Eric Moreau, made the score 2-2 just before the break.

The hosts completed the turnaround after half-time, with Cvetković scoring in the 71st and 74th minutes, assisted by John Bailey and Marcel Durand. Darton’s edge in possession and shots did not translate into a late response, while Tham Mar Albion finished a match that had initially seemed to be going the other way with a 4-2 win. The scoreline rewards the hosts’ finishing more than the chance estimate does; the points, as ever, are less interested in the estimate.