Kesenlow 2 - 5 Yatheate United

Key Events:

• 3' Yatheate United Gregor Schneider scores, assisted by Soumaila Coulibaly
• 5' Yellow card to Yatheate United Gia Dzavashvili
• 9' Yellow card to Kesenlow Derek Williams
• 12' Yatheate United Cesar Gomez scores, assisted by Soumaila Coulibaly
• 18' Yatheate United Tonny Christensen scores, assisted by Gregor Schneider
• 25' Yellow card to Kesenlow Georgi Yordanov
• 36' Yatheate United Ben Bailey scores
• 53' Yellow card to Yatheate United Fidel Sanchez
• 61' Kesenlow Peter Scott scores, assisted by Derek Williams
• 69' Kesenlow Mark van Lieshout scores, assisted by Peter Scott
• 86' Yatheate United Gia Dzavashvili scores, assisted by Cesar Gomez

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Kesenlow scored twice from 1.54 xG, a modest over-performance, while Yatheate United scored five from 3.19 xG. The visitors also registered 15 shots, 11 on target, against Kesenlow’s six shots, all on target. That gap points to a match in which Yatheate United repeatedly reached dangerous positions and made their early chances count, while Kesenlow were efficient when they did get a clear attempt away. The hosts’ 53% possession and better pass accuracy did not translate into enough volume near goal to undo the damage of four goals conceded by the 36th minute.

The four-goal deficit did not quite settle the afternoon as completely as it might have. Peter Scott pulled one back after the break, then turned provider for Mark van Lieshout eight minutes later; Kesenlow had made the scoreline look more like a contest again, and the home side’s finishing gave its possession a belated point. But Yatheate United kept creating the greater share of the danger, and Gia Dzavashvili’s 86th-minute goal restored the three-goal margin. The final 5-2 was emphatic without making Kesenlow’s second-half response disappear: the hosts found a way into the match, only for the visitors to show why they had controlled its most consequential moments.