Sall City 3 - 1 Stailtow

Key Events:

• 11' Sall City Douglas Milne scores, assisted by Pedro Figueroa
• 34' Yellow card to Stailtow Bjarne Kristensen
• 58' Stailtow Aleksandar Jurčević scores, assisted by Giga Dolidze
• 61' Yellow card to Sall City Greg Dawson
• 74' Sall City Macario Zavala scores
• 75' Yellow card to Stailtow Mamadou Diatta
• 76' Sall City Serge Konate scores, assisted by Greg Dawson

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Sall City scored three goals from 2.24 xG, finishing 0.76 above the Gazzetta chance-quality estimate. Stailtow, by contrast, scored once from 2.57 xG, underperforming that estimate by 1.57. The visitors’ 12 shots and nine on target, compared with Sall City’s 10 and eight, help explain why the xG model favoured them despite the result. The hosts were notably more efficient with the opportunities they had; Stailtow created enough to expect more than one goal, but the scoreboard keeps its own accounts.

The possession split also gives the match a useful shape: Stailtow held 58 per cent of the ball and had seven corners to Sall City’s three, while the hosts made their opportunities count. After Aleksandar Jurčević levelled in the 58th minute, Sall City found two replies in quick succession. Macario Zavala restored the lead at 74', and Serge Konate added the third a minute later, with Greg Dawson providing the assist after receiving a yellow card earlier in the half. Stailtow had the larger share of the game’s possession; Sall City had the more consequential few minutes.

No players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.