The report
Key Events:
- 14' Ilfreham Park Edgardo Reyes scores, assisted by Kwanghyok Rhee
- 31' Yellow card to Burchea United Michael Brown
- 33' Yellow card to Ilfreham Park Zoran Ružić
- 36' Yellow card to Ilfreham Park Umar Babalola
- 39' Ilfreham Park Edgardo Reyes scores, assisted by Allan Carroll
- 47' Ilfreham Park Zoran Ružić scores, assisted by Kwanghyok Rhee
- 52' Ilfreham Park Kwanghyok Rhee scores, assisted by Allan Carroll
- 61' Ilfreham Park Umar Babalola scores
- 64' Yellow card to Burchea United Jorge Alvez
- 67' Ilfreham Park Umar Babalola scores, assisted by Edgardo Reyes
- 77' Ilfreham Park Allan Carroll scores
- 82' Ilfreham Park Michael Brown scores, assisted by Hugo Carvalho
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Burchea United recorded 0.26 xG and scored none, a modest shortfall that reflects their single shot and limited threat. Ilfreham Park produced 6.19 xG and scored eight, exceeding the chance-quality estimate by 1.81 goals. That is a substantial return, but not one detached from the match: 23 of their 27 attempts were on target, and the pressure persisted through the second half. The possession split, 51% to 49% in Burchea United’s favour, offers a neat reminder that having the ball is not the same as making it do anything alarming to the opposition.
The scoreline was emphatic from the first half onward, then grew still more lopsided after the break. Ilfreham Park scored twice before half-time and added six more, with Reyes, Rhee, Babalola and Carroll all among the scorers. Their combinations supplied several of the goals, while the visitors also found the net without an assist on three occasions. Burchea United kept possession marginally and completed passes at the same 85% rate as their opponents, but the gap in shots and shots on target tells the more decisive story. Eight goals against 0.26 xG for the hosts is not a close reading of events; it is the sort of afternoon in which the numbers arrive wearing a very large coat.
No Burchea United players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Edgardo Reyes*
Scored twice and assisted Umar Babalola’s second goal, leading the visitors’ attack with a direct hand in three.
Kwanghyok Rhee*
Scored once and supplied two assists, contributing at both ends of Ilfreham Park’s attacking output.
Allan Carroll*
Added a goal and two assists as the visitors’ scoring spread well beyond their opener.
Umar Babalola*
Scored twice and also received a yellow card.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
Kwanghyok Rhee to Edgardo Reyes. The event log names a helper; it does not name a body part.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison