The report
Key Events:
- 10' Yellow card to Childeld Ivan Robertson
- 17' Mars High Rangers Luka Dzneladze scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
- 18' Yellow card to Childeld Javier Pereira
- 24' Mars High Rangers Davit Beridze scores
- 29' Mars High Rangers Luka Dzneladze scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
- 37' Yellow card to Mars High Rangers Christopher Lewis
- 54' Mars High Rangers Afonso Cordeiro scores, assisted by Hasib Ostojić
- 58' Childeld Richard Miller scores, assisted by Javier Pereira
- 60' Mars High Rangers Nilton Costa scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
- 63' Yellow card to Mars High Rangers Davit Beridze
- 66' Yellow card to Childeld Hristiyan Gospodinov
- 68' Mars High Rangers Afonso Cordeiro scores, assisted by Luka Dzneladze
- 73' Yellow card to Mars High Rangers Hasib Ostojić
- 86' Yellow card to Childeld Abran Yao
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Mars High Rangers recorded 5.63 xG and scored six, finishing just above the chance-quality estimate. That close alignment suggests the six-goal return was supported by the opportunities created rather than being a result wildly out of proportion to them. Childeld, by contrast, had 2.77 xG but scored once, an undershoot of 1.77. The visitors did get nine of their 14 shots on target, so the gap was not simply a matter of failing to test the opposition; their one goal left a substantial share of their chance value unrealised. With possession level at 50-50, the telling difference was the hosts’ much greater shot volume and their ability to turn chances into goals.
The early sequence set the terms: Luka Dzneladze scored twice before the half-hour, with Phillip Lewis assisting both, and Davit Beridze added another in between. Childeld did find a response through Richard Miller after the break, but Mars High Rangers answered two minutes later and then scored again at 68'. Six goals from the hosts, one from the visitors: the arithmetic stayed clear even as the afternoon became increasingly busy.
No Childeld players reached a recorded rating of 7.0 or higher.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Luka Dzneladze
Scored twice and assisted another, making a substantial contribution to the hosts’ attacking return.
Afonso Cordeiro
Scored twice after the interval as Mars High Rangers kept adding to their advantage.
Phillip Lewis
Supplied three assists, including both of Dzneladze’s first-half goals.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
A booking nearby, then Luka Dzneladze for Mars High Rangers. Tension, then arithmetic.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison