The report
Key Events:
- 4' Horross United David Ayuba scores
- 8' Horross United scores, assisted by Mohamed Attia
- 10' Yellow card to Horross United Michael Griffin
- 12' Horross United Mohamed Attia scores
- 22' Horross United Mohamed Attia scores, assisted by Fernando Castaño
- 25' Horross United scores, assisted by Domingos Pires
- 35' Cravere Town Roy Ishida scores, assisted by Sam Anderson
- 38' Horross United Domingos Pires scores, assisted by Michael Griffin
- 40' Horross United Tiago Santos scores, assisted by David Ayuba
- 43' Cravere Town Shota Kitazawa scores, assisted by Roy Ishida
- 45' Horross United scores, assisted by Tiago Santos
- 51' Yellow card to Horross United an unnamed player
- 86' Horross United Domingos Pires scores
- 87' Horross United Mohamed Attia scores, assisted by Michael Griffin
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Horross United scored 10 from an xG of 5.25, an extraordinary overperformance of 4.75 goals. Cravere Town scored twice from 2.73 xG, finishing 0.73 below its chance-quality estimate. The numbers suggest the visitors created enough to expect more than two, but the decisive difference was conversion: Horross United put 20 of 22 shots on target and turned its opportunities into a result far beyond what the xG alone would predict. The hosts did not dominate the ball, holding 47% possession, but they made their attacks count with unusual and increasingly inconvenient efficiency. Cravere Town had more possession, more corners and more dribbles; the scoreboard was unmoved by the supporting documentation.
The two Cravere Town goals, from Roy Ishida and Shota Kitazawa, showed the visitors could make their own chances count; they simply could not keep pace with the volume and accuracy of Horross United’s finishing. The hosts’ seven-goal first half had already settled the contest, though a pair of late strikes from Domingos Pires and Mohamed Attia made the final margin still more emphatic. With 12 goals, 30 shots and ten of those shots finding the net, this was a match in which the usual relationship between chance quality and the final score briefly took the afternoon off.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Mohamed Attia
Scored three and assisted another, making a substantial contribution to the early avalanche and its late return.
Domingos Pires
Scored twice and supplied an assist, with his second goal arriving in the closing minutes.
David Ayuba
Opened the scoring and assisted Tiago Santos.
Tiago Santos
Scored once and assisted one of Horross United’s three goals without a credited scorer.
Roy Ishida
Scored Cravere Town’s first and assisted its second.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
David Ayuba, unassisted on the log. Origin unknown; destination 1–0.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison


