Houth Villa 0 - 9 Cold Stanley

Key Events:

• 5' Cold Stanley Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Niall Ross
• 9' Cold Stanley Niels Knudsen scores, assisted by Richard Macdonald
• 19' Cold Stanley Thomas Kane scores, assisted by Niels Knudsen
• 28' Cold Stanley Carl West scores, assisted by Niall Ross
• 42' Yellow card to Cold Stanley Carl West
• 57' Cold Stanley Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Yordan Aleksandrov
• 66' Yellow card to Cold Stanley Yordan Aleksandrov
• 69' Cold Stanley Carl West scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
• 74' Cold Stanley Klaus Bergmann scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
• 80' Cold Stanley Manuel Cordova scores
• 83' Yellow card to Houth Villa Zdravko Ivanišević
• 88' Yellow card to Houth Villa Michel Lemoine
• 90' Cold Stanley Yordan Aleksandrov scores, assisted by Carl West

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Cold Stanley produced 4.36 xG and scored nine, finishing 4.64 goals above the chance-quality estimate. That is emphatic over-performance: 16 of their 19 shots were on target, and their finishing made a strong attacking performance look almost implausibly productive. Houth Villa registered 0.01 xG and no shots, so the 0-9 scoreline was not a close contest that got away from the hosts. The possession numbers, 52% for Houth Villa and 48% for Cold Stanley, point to the important distinction: having more of the ball did not translate into an attacking threat, while the visitors repeatedly made their possession count.

The early sequence set the terms. Cold Stanley scored four times by the 28th minute, with Phillip Lewis and Niels Knudsen involved both as finishers and providers. Niall Ross supplied two assists, and Carl West added a goal before the break. The second-half goals arrived at regular intervals, including a second for Lewis and West, before Yordan Aleksandrov completed the scoring in the 90th minute. Houth Villa won five corners to the visitors’ one, but with no shots, those set-piece opportunities never became a measurable route back into the match.

The four yellow cards were shared evenly, two apiece, and neither side saw a red. That detail offers little shelter to Houth Villa from the wider arithmetic: no shots, 0.01 xG and nine goals conceded. Cold Stanley, meanwhile, were efficient well beyond their estimated chance quality, and their spread of scorers and assists suggests a collective attack rather than one player carrying the whole afternoon. A 9-0 result leaves no ambiguity about the winner; the only small statistical oddity is that the victors managed it while conceding a little more possession and taking fewer corners.

Houth Villa: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.

Cold Stanley:

• Phillip Lewis (8.6) - Scored twice and assisted twice, contributing directly to four goals.
• Carl West (7.8) - Scored twice and assisted once, despite receiving a yellow card.
• Niels Knudsen (7.3) - Scored once and assisted once in a busy attacking display.
• Niall Ross (7.0) - Set up two goals.
• Yordan Aleksandrov (7.0) - Scored once and assisted once, with a yellow card in the second half.