Oldber Park 1 - 7 Barridge Villa

Key Events:

• 8' Barridge Villa Celestino Semedo scores, assisted by Ibrahim Nwafor
• 13' Yellow card to Barridge Villa Celestino Semedo
• 14' Yellow card to Oldber Park Sadiq Mohammed
• 15' Yellow card to Oldber Park Marcelo Vergara
• 16' Barridge Villa Milovan Šišić scores
• 26' Oldber Park Nick Fitzgerald scores
• 29' Barridge Villa Wilson Guzman scores, assisted by Milovan Šišić
• 32' Barridge Villa Keith Ward scores, assisted by Ibrahim Nwafor
• 51' Barridge Villa Ibrahim Nwafor scores, assisted by Wilson Guzman
• 56' Barridge Villa Keith Ward scores, assisted by Wilson Guzman
• 85' Barridge Villa Pierre Barbier scores, assisted by Wilson Guzman

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Oldber Park scored once from 0.41 xG, finishing above the chance quality it generated, while Barridge Villa scored seven from 5.09 xG. The visitors therefore outscored their estimate by nearly two goals, but the estimate itself describes a commanding attacking performance rather than a lucky landslide: 22 attempts and 19 on target gave Barridge Villa repeated opportunities to turn pressure into goals. Oldber Park, by contrast, had little attacking volume to build on. The hosts’ goal was a brief interruption to a match whose underlying numbers, as well as its final score, belonged overwhelmingly to the visitors.

• No standout performers (rating 7.0+) recorded for Oldber Park.

The early sequence gave little time for anyone to settle: Barridge Villa scored in the eighth minute, and both sides collected yellow cards before the visitors added a second in the 16th. Nick Fitzgerald pulled one back for Oldber Park ten minutes later, but Barridge Villa answered with goals in the 29th and 32nd minutes. That first-half burst put the match beyond a simple contest of possession; the visitors were converting their control into chances and then into goals at a brisk, rather unsentimental rate.

There was no change in the direction of the match after the break. Ibrahim Nwafor scored in the 51st minute, Keith Ward added his second five minutes later, and Pierre Barbier completed the seven-goal return in the 85th. Oldber Park had the same number of tackles as their opponents, but the shots-on-target count tells the clearer story of where the action spent its time. Barridge Villa leave with a 7-1 win built on volume, accuracy and a particularly busy contribution from Wilson Guzman; for Oldber Park, the lone goal offered a foothold, but not a route back into the match.