Millehame 2 - 3 Kestere City

Key Events:

• 5' Millehame Lindomar Da Silva scores, assisted by Bruno Rossi
• 8' Kestere City Ousmane Sylla scores, assisted by Lindomar Da Silva
• 38' Kestere City Ousmane Sylla scores, assisted by Khadim Diakhate
• 42' Millehame Weijie Hong scores, assisted by Lindomar Da Silva
• 44' Yellow card to Kestere City Stuart Mitchell
• 59' Kestere City Norbert Fischer scores
• 71' Yellow card to Kestere City Khadim Diakhate
• 81' Yellow card to Kestere City Norbert Fischer

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Kestere City’s 4.92 xG substantially outstripped its three goals, while Millehame’s 2.83 xG was also above its two-goal return. Both sides therefore finished below the chance quality they created, but the gap was considerably larger for the visitors: they underperformed their estimate by 1.92 goals, compared with Millehame’s 0.83. That makes the 2 - 3 result look less like a fortunate escape than a match in which Kestere City’s greater volume of dangerous attacks eventually proved enough. The visitors registered 22 shots, 18 on target, against Millehame’s 13 and 10; the home side’s slightly greater share of possession did not translate into the same attacking pressure. In practical terms, holding the ball was one thing, repeatedly asking the opposition goalkeeper to work was another.

Kestere City’s advantage was clearest in the shot count and on-target total, while the possession figures remained close and the passing accuracy almost identical. The visitors also won more corners and made more tackles, a useful measure of how often they were able to turn their attacking intent into pressure and regain the ball. Their three yellow cards, including one for Norbert Fischer after his 59th-minute goal, add a little disorder to a performance that was otherwise productive. Millehame found two replies and kept the contest within a goal, but Kestere City created enough to make its narrow victory a reasonable reflection of the chances.