Staidge Vale 4 - 2 Quedbury City

Key Events:

• 16' Staidge Vale Ricky Hill scores, assisted by Ali Farahat
• 19' Yellow card to Staidge Vale Ricky Hill
• 48' Staidge Vale Ricky Hill scores, assisted by Pedro Rubio
• 69' Yellow card to Staidge Vale David Oke
• 71' Staidge Vale Pierre Matthews scores, assisted by Ali Farahat
• 73' Quedbury City Luca Colombo scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 82' Staidge Vale Pedro Rubio scores
• 90' Quedbury City Luca Colombo scores

For Staidge Vale, the result was a clear two-goal victory, earned without needing to dominate possession or corners. Quedbury City had enough of the ball and enough chances to make the contest substantial, and Colombo’s late goal ensured the visitors did not leave empty-handed in the attacking column. But the hosts were sharper in front of goal, spread their scoring across four players, and answered the visitors’ brief return to the match with another decisive strike. In a game where both sides created, the difference was not the amount of football available; it was what Staidge Vale did with theirs.