Edmough 5 - 1 Soldins Park

Key Events:

• 1' Yellow card to Soldins Park Ricardo Diaz
• 2' Edmough scores, assisted by Dobri Angelov
• 13' Edmough Dobri Angelov scores, assisted by Armando Cabral
• 18' Edmough Carlos Mendes scores, assisted by Philippe Besson
• 25' Yellow card to Soldins Park Carlos Santana
• 36' Yellow card to Soldins Park Minho Chai
• 39' Edmough Antonio Gentile scores, assisted by Dobri Angelov
• 48' Yellow card to Edmough Carlos Mendes
• 58' Soldins Park Mohamed Fouad scores, assisted by Ole Hansen
• 61' Edmough Dobri Angelov scores, assisted by Antonio Gentile
• 85' Yellow card to Soldins Park Miralem Nedić
• 85' Yellow card to Soldins Park Mohamed Fouad

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis

Edmough scored five from 3.1 xG, finishing 1.9 goals above the chance-quality estimate. That is a considerable over-performance, though the 14 shots and 11 on target suggest the hosts were not simply making one lucky effort count: they generated repeated attempts and tested the opposition goalkeeper regularly. Soldins Park scored once from 0.88 xG, a small over-performance, but had only four shots and no corners. The visitors’ 14 dribbles show they carried the ball forward, yet the limited shot volume suggests that movement did not often become a clear threat. The contrast was less about possession, which was fairly close at 54% to 46%, and more about turning attacking possession into attempts on target. Edmough did that persistently; Soldins Park did it too rarely to keep the contest close.

No Soldins Park players reached a 7.0 rating in the recorded selections.

The timing made the result feel settled early: Edmough had scored four times by the 39th minute, leaving Soldins Park with a steep climb before the interval. The visitors did get a goal back at 58', but Angelov’s finish three minutes later restored the four-goal margin and closed off any prospect of a sustained revival. The late cards added a busy postscript, with Soldins Park collecting two more cautions in the 85th minute.

In the end, the 5-1 scoreline reflected both Edmough’s sharper finishing and its much greater volume of shots on target. The hosts exceeded their xG substantially, but their 11 efforts on target gave that finishing run a solid foundation. Soldins Park showed more dribbling activity and had only one fewer possession share, yet produced four shots and no corners. It was a broad reminder that getting forward and getting the ball somewhere troublesome are separate administrative departments.