Yartorstch 4 - 3 Ecclen Town

Key Events:

• 7' Ecclen Town Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Michael Brown
• 8' Yellow card to Yartorstch Bruno Rossi
• 23' Yartorstch Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Luca Colombo
• 49' Ecclen Town Nilson Pires scores
• 51' Yartorstch Luca Colombo scores, assisted by Luis Pinto
• 54' Yellow card to Yartorstch Xinping Boon
• 76' Yartorstch Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Saliou Sow
• 77' Yellow card to Yartorstch Saliou Sow
• 78' Ecclen Town Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Seungwoo Jeong
• 89' Yartorstch Weijie Hong scores, assisted by Luis Pinto

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The 4-3 scoreline ran ahead of the Gazzetta chance-quality estimate, which put Yartorstch at 2.89 xG and Ecclen Town at 1.99. Both sides therefore finished above their expected totals, with the hosts’ four goals representing the larger overperformance. That was not a case of one team creating everything: Yartorstch had 12 shots, 11 on target, while Ecclen Town managed nine shots and put seven on target. The hosts’ 57% possession, seven corners and 88% pass accuracy point to the greater share of territory and control; the visitors were more economical with the possession they had. Three goals each by the 78th minute made the final stretch less about calm management than about finding one more opening, and Luis Pinto supplied the assist for Hong’s decisive finish.

For Yartorstch, the clearest measure of the win was not possession alone but the ability to turn pressure into a late answer after Ecclen Town had twice recovered from falling behind. Pinto was the central figure in that effort, with two goals and two assists, while Colombo added a goal and an assist. The hosts also put more shots on target and won more corners, giving their attacking pressure a firm statistical basis even if the scoreline demanded patience.

Ecclen Town had enough threat to make the final result uncertain almost to the end. Pires scored twice, and the visitors’ seven shots on target from nine attempts showed that their attacks were not merely ceremonial. But Yartorstch found the last goal, and the 4-3 result gives the hosts the points in a game where control, chances and the lead all changed hands more than once.