Syston Rovers 4 - 1 Molker Rangers

Key Events:

• 5' Yellow card to Syston Rovers Luca Colombo
• 13' Molker Rangers Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
• 16' Yellow card to Molker Rangers Jorge Alvez
• 18' Syston Rovers Weijie Hong scores, assisted by Bruno Rossi
• 32' Syston Rovers Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Weijie Hong
• 48' Syston Rovers Friedrich Unger scores, assisted by Luis Pinto
• 57' Syston Rovers Bruno Rossi scores, assisted by Friedrich Unger
• 66' Yellow card to Molker Rangers Pedro Chagas
• 70' Yellow card to Syston Rovers Xinping Boon
• 71' Yellow card to Syston Rovers Friedrich Unger
• 79' Yellow card to Molker Rangers Philippe Robert
• 81' Yellow card to Syston Rovers Weijie Hong
• 88' Yellow card to Syston Rovers Luis Pinto

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Syston Rovers scored four from an xG of 2.1, an overperformance of 1.9 goals. Molker Rangers scored once from 1.08 xG, just below the chance-quality estimate. The visitors’ early goal gave them the lead, but the home side’s 10 shots, seven on target and 11 corners point to a sustained attacking threat; Syston Rovers made that pressure count at a rate their xG alone would not predict. Molker Rangers had six shots and three on target, enough to register a goal but not enough to keep pace once the hosts found their rhythm.

The turn came quickly: Weijie Hong equalised five minutes after Nilson Pires opened the scoring, and Luis Pinto put Syston Rovers ahead before the break. Goals from Friedrich Unger and Bruno Rossi early in the second half extended the margin to 4-1, leaving the visitors with little room to alter the course of the match. Possession was not overwhelming at 55% to 45%, but the hosts converted their greater share of shots and corners into a clear result. The eight fouls apiece suggest the game was not defined by one side simply avoiding contact; five yellow cards for Syston Rovers and three for Molker Rangers supplied a more administrative subplot.

• No Molker Rangers players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.