Greattle City 0 - 7 Beladhal Town

The score was more emphatic than the chance-quality estimate alone would predict, though Beladhal Town had ample evidence that the goals were not an isolated accident. They recorded 13 shots, 11 on target and 3.01 xG, converting seven; that is nearly four goals above the estimate, a substantial overperformance. Greattle City had one shot, none on target and 0.11 xG, so their failure to score was consistent with the chances available. The hosts kept 51% possession and completed passes at 83%, but possession without shots on target is a rather formal way of being present.

The early sequence set the terms: Sabit Radić opened the scoring in the fifth minute, Manuel Rodriguez doubled the lead eight minutes later, and Diego Escobar made it three by 16'. Kai Rasmussen added a fourth before half-time. Beladhal Town then kept the pressure on after the interval, with Domingos Teixeira scoring in the 54th minute before Rodriguez completed his hat-trick with goals at 76' and 79'. The visitors took only one corner to Greattle City's three, a minor statistical curiosity beside the more consequential difference in shots.

Key Events:

• 3' Yellow card to Beladhal Town Jose Santos

• 5' Beladhal Town Sabit Radić scores, assisted by Jose Hernandez

• 13' Beladhal Town Manuel Rodriguez scores, assisted by Sabit Radić

• 16' Beladhal Town Diego Escobar scores

• 21' Yellow card to Beladhal Town Domingos Teixeira

• 30' Yellow card to Greattle City Khadim Diakhate

• 41' Beladhal Town Kai Rasmussen scores

• 42' Yellow card to Beladhal Town Diego Escobar

• 54' Beladhal Town Domingos Teixeira scores, assisted by Luigi Lombardi

• 76' Beladhal Town Manuel Rodriguez scores, assisted by Jose Hernandez

• 79' Beladhal Town Manuel Rodriguez scores

• No Greattle City players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

For Greattle City, the central problem was not a lack of the ball but what happened after they had it: one shot, no target and 0.11 xG across the match. Beladhal Town were far more direct in the decisive sense, putting 11 of 13 attempts on target and turning a strong chance tally into a seven-goal return. The visitors’ 49% possession did not prevent them from controlling the scoreboard, while Greattle City's three corners offered little consolation. A 0-7 defeat is a heavy one by any measure; the numbers make plain that the difference was not merely finishing, but the gulf in threat created.