Weston Park 3 - 2 Alness City

Key Events:

• 4' Weston Park Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 6' Yellow card to Alness City Nilson Pires
• 9' Alness City Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 14' Yellow card to Alness City Seungwoo Jeong
• 28' Yellow card to Weston Park Phillip Lewis
• 50' Weston Park Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 55' Alness City Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Michael Brown
• 62' Weston Park Philippe Robert scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The scoreline finished 3-2, while the Gazzetta chance-quality estimate put Weston Park at 2.24 xG and Alness City at 1.49. Both sides therefore scored above their expected totals, with Weston Park’s extra goal matching the difference in their xG advantage. The hosts’ 10 shots, eight on target and six corners point to a greater share of the more threatening attacking work; Alness City had seven shots, five on target and just one corner. Possession was split evenly, so this was not a matter of one side simply keeping the ball away from the other. Weston Park made more of its forward pressure, while Alness City stayed close enough on the scoreboard to make every attack consequential.

The opening exchanges were unusually generous with goals and unusually quick with the paperwork: Philippe Robert put Weston Park ahead in the fourth minute, then scored for Alness City five minutes later. After the early exchange, the match took a longer breath, though the two yellow cards for Alness City and one for Weston Park ensured the contest was not short of interruptions. Nilson Pires restored the home lead after the break, only for Alness City’s Nilson Pires to level five minutes later. Weston Park’s Philippe Robert then scored again in the 62nd minute, leaving the score at 3-2. The event ledger records no later goals, and the match total agrees with the final score: three for Weston Park, two for Alness City.

Weston Park’s clearest edge was in turning pressure into chances: six corners to one and a higher pass-accuracy figure accompanied the hosts’ modest xG advantage. Alness City, meanwhile, made 14 tackles to Weston Park’s nine and matched them on dribbles, showing a side capable of competing for the ball even as the hosts created more from it. The result was a close game, not a comfortable one, with both clubs repeatedly finding an answer until Weston Park found the last goal. Robert supplied the decisive finish, while Pedro Chagas assisted all three Weston Park goals, making the difference between an evenly shared possession count and a home victory rather plain.

No Alness City players reached a recorded rating of 7.0 or higher.