The report
Key Events:
- 4' Yellow card to Eastesbrouck Jorge Alvez
- 10' Yellow card to Eastesbrouck Phillip Lewis
- 27' Eastesbrouck scores
- 28' Couth Emanuel Gomes scores, assisted by Mustafa Said
- 30' Yellow card to Couth Mustafa Said
- 31' Eastesbrouck Jorge Alvez scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
- 34' Couth Emanuel Gomes scores, assisted by Alassane Traore
- 41' Couth scores, assisted by Smail Maras
- 45' Couth Souleymane Ndiaye scores, assisted by Alassane Traore
- 53' Yellow card to Eastesbrouck Mohamed Balde
- 60' Eastesbrouck Aoto Saiki scores, assisted by Michael Brown
- 61' Couth scores, assisted by Alassane Traore
- 69' Eastesbrouck Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Michael Brown
- 74' Couth Jorge Teixeira scores
- 76' Couth Mustafa Said scores
- 78' Eastesbrouck Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Jorge Alvez
- 80' Couth Mustafa Said scores
- 83' Yellow card to Couth Alassane Traore
- 90' Yellow card to Eastesbrouck Pedro Chagas
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Eastesbrouck scored five from 2.26 xG, an overperformance of 2.74 goals; Couth scored eight from 4.20 xG, beating its estimate by 3.80. Both sides finished far more generously than their chance-quality totals would ordinarily suggest. The shot count offers some context: Couth put 15 of 19 attempts on target, compared with eight on target from Eastesbrouck's ten. That volume and accuracy gave the visitors more routes to goal, but the final score still reflects a remarkable degree of finishing beyond the chances’ estimated value. Possession, at 51-49, does not point to one side monopolising the ball; the difference was more apparent in how often Couth turned attacks into shots and goals.
The sequence made the result feel less like a steady separation than a contest repeatedly being reopened, then shut again with another goal. Eastesbrouck led at 27 minutes and restored a one-goal gap at 31, but Couth answered quickly and finished the first half with successive goals at 41 and 45. After Aoto Saiki made it 4-5, the visitors scored again almost immediately. Eastesbrouck kept finding a response, including Pedro Chagas’s second at 78, yet Mustafa Said struck again two minutes later. A match can have a rhythm; this one had several, none of them inclined to wait their turn.
The individual returns underline the attacking contributions on both sides. Pedro Chagas scored twice and assisted once for Eastesbrouck, while Michael Brown supplied two assists; Jorge Alvez added a goal and an assist. For Couth, Mustafa Said scored twice and assisted once, Emanuel Gomes also scored twice, and Alassane Traore recorded three assists. The late cards were reminders that the game’s intensity did not end when the goals did. Couth leaves with the 8-5 win and the sharper attacking numbers; Eastesbrouck leaves with five goals of its own, which is usually enough to dominate a match report and not, on this occasion, enough to take a point.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Pedro Chagas
Scored twice and assisted once, keeping Eastesbrouck in the contest.
Jorge Alvez
Contributed a goal and an assist.
Michael Brown
Set up two Eastesbrouck goals.
Mustafa Said
Scored twice and assisted once for Couth.
Emanuel Gomes
Scored twice, helping Couth answer the hosts’ goals.
Alassane Traore
Provided three assists in a productive attacking display.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
Paulo Rosa, unassisted on the log. Origin unknown; destination 1–0.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison

