Fazion 3 - 3 Midge

Key Events:

• 7' Yellow card to Fazion Nilson Pires
• 8' Midge Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Luca Colombo
• 21' Yellow card to Midge Lindomar Da Silva
• 38' Yellow card to Fazion Phillip Lewis
• 42' Fazion Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 48' Midge Friedrich Unger scores
• 65' Fazion Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 77' Midge Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Luca Colombo
• 79' Yellow card to Fazion Pedro Chagas
• 84' Fazion Michel Lemoine scores, assisted by Seungwoo Jeong
• 87' Yellow card to Fazion Michel Lemoine

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Fazion 1.94 xG and Midge 1.75, a narrow edge to the hosts despite the 3-3 result. Both sides scored more than their expected total: Fazion by 1.06 goals and Midge by 1.25. That is some finishing over-performance on both sides, rather than a gulf in chance quality; six goals emerged from a combined 3.69 xG. Fazion had more shots, 10 to 8, while both sides put six on target, so the hosts’ slight volume advantage did not translate into a distinct quality advantage. Midge had more possession by two percentage points and won more corners, while Fazion made more passes accurately by a single point. The numbers suggest a fairly even contest in which each side made its chances count unusually well, and neither found a way to turn its modest statistical edges into control of the result.

The sequence of scores kept the contest moving: Midge struck first, Fazion levelled just before the break, and the visitors restored their advantage almost immediately after it. Fazion then went ahead, only for Pinto to bring Midge back level before Lemoine supplied the final answer. The four yellow cards shown to the hosts, against one for Midge, add a note of friction to a match whose main business was still being conducted in the goalmouth.

A point apiece fits the closeness of the chance estimates, even if the finishing made the afternoon considerably more eventful than those estimates might suggest. Midge had the ball slightly more and earned three extra corners; Fazion managed two extra shots. Neither advantage proved decisive, and the six goals ensured that the shared result was not short on incident. In the end, the sides traded leads and finished level, with Pinto’s brace and Lemoine’s goal-and-assist return the clearest individual marks on a busy score sheet.