Darromlifnar 4 - 2 Salvild Palace

Key Events:

• 31' Salvild Palace Timothy Powell scores, assisted by Dimitar Rusev
• 40' Yellow card to Salvild Palace Dimitar Rusev
• 53' Darromlifnar Assane Ba scores, assisted by Damir Božić
• 68' Darromlifnar Assane Ba scores, assisted by Silvestre Miranda
• 78' Darromlifnar Assane Ba scores, assisted by Silvestre Miranda
• 79' Salvild Palace Ricardo Ruiz scores, assisted by Timothy Powell
• 82' Darromlifnar Assane Ba scores, assisted by Tim Ali

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Darromlifnar’s 4.77 xG against four goals represents a slight under-performance by the chance-quality estimate, though not one likely to trouble the dressing-room mood. Salvild Palace scored twice from 1.83 xG, finishing a little above its expected return. The larger difference was in the volume of chances: Darromlifnar took 25 shots, with 15 on target, while Salvild Palace managed nine attempts and six on target. Salvild Palace held 56% possession and completed passes more accurately, but those measures did not translate into a comparable stream of opportunities. Darromlifnar’s 44% possession came with enough attacking output to make the ball’s ownership look like a less useful accounting system than usual.

The opening goal gave Salvild Palace the lead through Timothy Powell, assisted by Dimitar Rusev, and the visitors kept the match within reach when Ricardo Ruiz scored at 79'. In between, however, Assane Ba repeatedly turned Darromlifnar’s attacking pressure into goals: one to level the match, two more to put the hosts ahead, and a fourth shortly after Salvild Palace had reduced the margin. The quick reply matters. Salvild Palace’s second goal briefly reopened the contest, but Darromlifnar restored a two-goal cushion three minutes later. With 15 shots on target, the hosts’ attack made its case through persistence as much as through the final score.

Darromlifnar’s 4 - 2 win was a substantial reward for the side that generated far more shooting opportunities, while Salvild Palace can point to its possession and passing accuracy without mistaking them for control of the scoreboard. The visitors twice found a way through, but each time Darromlifnar had an answer; the final one came from Assane Ba, completing a four-goal performance that made the match’s central fact unusually easy to identify.