Fortham 1 - 3 Ramleigh Villa

Key Events:

• 12' Yellow card to Ramleigh Villa Pedro Chagas
• 17' Yellow card to Ramleigh Villa Michael Brown
• 21' Ramleigh Villa Jose Bermudez scores, assisted by Hugo Gonçalves
• 27' Ramleigh Villa Michael Brown scores, assisted by Hugo Gonçalves
• 35' Yellow card to Ramleigh Villa Phillip Lewis
• 39' Fortham Jalal Salah scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 42' Ramleigh Villa Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Jose Bermudez
• 49' Yellow card to Ramleigh Villa George Mitchell
• 61' Yellow card to Fortham Ruben Perez
• 62' Yellow card to Fortham Bruno Rossi

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Fortham scored once from a Gazzetta chance-quality estimate of 0.98, almost precisely matching the chances measured. Ramleigh Villa scored three from 3.18 xG, a slight underperformance by the same measure, though hardly one likely to trouble the visitors’ sense of proportion. The larger distinction was volume: Ramleigh Villa registered 15 shots, 11 on target, against Fortham’s five shots and three on target. With 52% possession and 86% passing accuracy, the visitors had a modest share of the ball but made far more of their attacking opportunities. Fortham’s 48% possession and 82% accuracy were not a collapse in control; the shot totals show that control was simply not turning into enough attempts. The three goals from Ramleigh Villa arrived in a productive first-half spell, and the quick response after Jalal Salah’s goal prevented Fortham’s brief opening from changing the shape of the match.

The scoreline was settled in the first half, but the numbers explain why Ramleigh Villa could carry it home: they put three times as many shots on target as Fortham and made their share of the ball count. Fortham did produce a goal and matched its xG closely, yet one goal from five attempts left little room for recovery once the visitors had scored three. The six yellow cards, four to Ramleigh Villa and two to Fortham, added a brisk disciplinary subplot without changing the outcome. Ramleigh Villa leave with a clear win, two standout contributors and a match in which the chance count was unusually good at keeping the story straight.