Kesenlow 0 - 4 Benlesalse

Key Events:

• 8' Benlesalse Tito Mendes scores, assisted by Jose Lopes
• 13' Benlesalse Paulo Sousa scores
• 31' Benlesalse Edward Potter scores
• 34' Yellow card to Kesenlow Lindomar Da Silva
• 51' Benlesalse Paulo Sousa scores, assisted by Anto Milanović
• 57' Yellow card to Benlesalse Edward Potter
• 80' Yellow card to Benlesalse Miguel Mateus

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Kesenlow 1.26 xG and Benlesalse 3.78. Against the actual 0-4 score, Kesenlow finished below its expected return, while Benlesalse scored just above its estimate; the gap between the sides’ chance quality was the larger point. The visitors registered 18 shots, 13 on target, to Kesenlow’s five, all on target. That volume, alongside the three-goal first-half burst, speaks to a match in which Benlesalse repeatedly turned possession into dangerous attacks, while Kesenlow’s 56% of the ball did not bring enough sustained threat to change the course of the game.

Benlesalse were particularly effective in making their superiority count early. Tito Mendes opened the scoring in the eighth minute, Paulo Sousa added another five minutes later, and Edward Potter made it three before the break. The fourth arrived soon after half-time, with Sousa completing his brace from Anto Milanović’s assist. Kesenlow did keep the ball more often and completed passes at a higher rate, but the visitors’ 13 tackles and 18 attempts show how much of the contest was played on terms that suited them. The margins were not created by a corner-count advantage—both sides had two—but by the difference in attacking output.

• Kesenlow: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
• Benlesalse: Paulo Sousa (7.6) - Scored twice, including the fourth goal, and gave the visitors a decisive edge in front of goal.

The final score was Kesenlow 0-4 Benlesalse, and the numbers offer little shelter for the beaten side: Kesenlow had more of the ball, but Benlesalse produced more than three times as many shots and made its first-half pressure count. The visitors’ two cautions after the break did not interrupt their control of the result. For Kesenlow, the task was not to find possession; it was to find a way to make that possession matter.