Durgand Rangers 1 - 3 Boodhulwes Athletic

Key Events:

• 2' Yellow card to Boodhulwes Athletic Luca Colombo
• 7' Yellow card to Boodhulwes Athletic Vladimir štimac
• 10' Boodhulwes Athletic Kenny Au scores, assisted by Hao Chan
• 36' Boodhulwes Athletic Kenny Au scores
• 40' Boodhulwes Athletic Kenny Au scores
• 52' Durgand Rangers Branko Bartolić scores, assisted by Philippe Robert
• 54' Yellow card to Boodhulwes Athletic Lindomar Da Silva
• 58' Yellow card to Durgand Rangers Michel Lemoine
• 59' Yellow card to Durgand Rangers Zdravko Ivanišević
• 77' Yellow card to Boodhulwes Athletic Hao Chan

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Durgand Rangers scored once from 1.23 xG, a return close to the chances’ estimated quality. Boodhulwes Athletic scored three from 5.62 xG, finishing below the estimate despite Au’s hat-trick. That gap is not evidence of a lack of threat: the visitors put 20 of 26 shots on target, compared with four of Durgand Rangers’ six. The 52% possession share for Boodhulwes Athletic was only a slight edge, but the much greater volume of attempts points to a side that repeatedly turned possession into opportunities. The visitors’ three-goal first-half burst established control; the hosts’ second-half goal made the score 3-1, without erasing the imbalance in chances.

The margin was two goals, while the underlying chance picture suggests Boodhulwes Athletic had room to make it wider. Their 5.62 xG against Durgand Rangers’ 1.23 is a substantial difference, and the 26-6 shot count gives that estimate its context. Au supplied the decisive finishing, while Durgand Rangers did at least convert once and avoid being shut out. The early yellow cards for Boodhulwes Athletic brought a little disorder to the opening minutes; the goals that followed were a more persuasive way to settle matters.

• No Durgand Rangers players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.