Lymorourlow City 0 - 5 St Grad

Key Events:

• 1' Yellow card to St Grad Michael Brown
• 17' St Grad Carl Smith scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
• 34' Yellow card to Lymorourlow City Michel Lemoine
• 37' St Grad Miguel Riquelme scores, assisted by Carlos Gonzalez
• 52' St Grad Max Brand scores, assisted by Michael Brown
• 67' Yellow card to Lymorourlow City Pedro Chagas
• 68' St Grad Morten Poulsen scores
• 85' Yellow card to Lymorourlow City Jorge Alvez
• 90' St Grad Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Morten Poulsen

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: St Grad scored five from an xG of 5.23, a return almost exactly in line with the quality of the chances created. That is not a tale of unlikely finishing so much as a side repeatedly getting into positions where goals were the sensible outcome. Lymorourlow City, by contrast, finished with 0.11 xG and no shots on target: the gap between the teams was not merely a matter of finishing, but of access to meaningful chances. Possession was relatively close at 46%-54%, yet the shot count was not: 1-22. St Grad converted its control into pressure and kept doing so after taking the lead, while Lymorourlow City had little opportunity to make possession tell.

The early yellow card for Michael Brown did not prevent him from later assisting Max Brand, a useful demonstration that a booking is not a ban on productive participation. St Grad had five different scorers, and Phillip Lewis and Morten Poulsen each finished with a goal and an assist. The visitors’ four goals after the break made the final margin emphatic; the late strike at 90' supplied the last word, though by then the match had been speaking quite clearly for some time. For Lymorourlow City, three yellow cards and 11 tackles reflect a difficult afternoon spent trying to interrupt a side that kept finding ways through.

• Lymorourlow City: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
• Phillip Lewis (7.3) - Scored once and assisted once, contributing at both ends of St Grad’s attack.
• Morten Poulsen (7.3) - Added a goal and an assist, including the final pass of the match.