Pothwick 2 - 6 Asham Rovers

Key Events:

• 10' Yellow card to Pothwick Francisco Serra
• 13' Asham Rovers Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Jorge Alvez
• 22' Asham Rovers Michel Lemoine scores
• 22' Yellow card to Pothwick Zaza Dumbadze
• 49' Yellow card to Pothwick Norbert Fischer
• 51' Yellow card to Pothwick Patrick Houben
• 65' Asham Rovers Jorge Alvez scores, assisted by Božidar Imamović
• 70' Pothwick Eduardo Suarez scores
• 76' Asham Rovers Jorge Alvez scores
• 83' Pothwick Manoel Fernandes scores
• 90' Asham Rovers Pedro Chagas scores
• 90' Asham Rovers Michel Lemoine scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Pothwick recorded 3.32 xG and scored twice, finishing 1.32 goals below the chance-quality estimate. Asham Rovers had 3.55 xG and scored six, a substantial return above their expected total. The xG figures suggest the sides created chances of broadly similar overall quality, but the finishing was anything but similar: the visitors converted at a remarkable rate, while Pothwick left considerably more of their attacking work unrewarded. The 15-17 shot count and identical 12 shots on target reinforce the oddity; the six-goal margin came less from a gulf in volume than from what happened when chances arrived.

• Pothwick: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
• Asham Rovers:
• Jorge Alvez (8.1) - Scored twice and assisted Pedro Chagas for the opening goal, contributing directly to three of the visitors’ goals.
• Pedro Chagas (7.6) - Scored twice, including a goal in the 90th minute.
• Michel Lemoine (7.6) - Scored twice, with the second arriving in the 90th minute.

The possession and passing figures gave Asham Rovers a modest edge, and their seven corners to Pothwick’s one offered another indication of their greater presence in attacking areas. But those differences do not, by themselves, explain six goals against two: both sides put 12 shots on target, and the xG gap was only 0.23. The telling distinction was the visitors’ finishing, with Alvez, Chagas and Lemoine all scoring twice. Pothwick had enough chances to make the contest less lopsided, but the final score stands as a blunt record of how thoroughly Asham Rovers made theirs count.