Braceham 2 - 3 Marn Abbe Rot

Key Events:

• 15' Yellow card to Marn Abbe Rot Alessandro Dos Reis
• 41' Yellow card to Marn Abbe Rot Xinping Boon
• 43' Yellow card to Braceham Joseph Powell
• 44' Marn Abbe Rot Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Eugene Veenstra
• 53' Marn Abbe Rot Alessandro Dos Reis scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 68' Braceham Joseph Powell scores, assisted by Joachim Schubert
• 73' Yellow card to Braceham Marcos Fernandez
• 78' Braceham Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Joachim Schubert
• 80' Marn Abbe Rot Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Martin Kouame
• 90' Yellow card to Braceham Joachim Schubert

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis

Marn Abbe Rot’s 2.88 xG exceeded its three goals only slightly, while Braceham scored twice from 2.08 xG, also a modest return above the chance estimate. The figures support the result: the visitors produced 15 shots to Braceham’s 10 and put nine on target against seven. Neither side converted at a wildly different rate from the quality of its chances; Marn Abbe Rot simply created more of them. Possession was close, 51% to 49%, so this was less a matter of owning the ball than of making more use of the moments that mattered. Braceham’s 17 dribbles outnumbered the visitors’ 11, but Marn Abbe Rot’s 13 tackles to five suggest the visitors were more active in disrupting play. A small statistical edge can still be a decisive one, especially when the scoreboard has only room for one goal of separation.

Braceham had no standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.

• Xinping Boon (Marn Abbe Rot, 7.8) - Scored twice and assisted Alessandro Dos Reis, making a direct contribution to all three of Marn Abbe Rot’s goals.

Braceham’s response after going two goals behind was substantial: Joseph Powell pulled one back, then Xinping Boon—this time wearing Braceham’s colours—made it 2-2. The reprieve lasted two minutes. Xinping Boon of Marn Abbe Rot struck again, and that proved the final goal of a match in which the same name appeared on both sides of the scoreline, a modest administrative challenge for anyone keeping notes. Braceham had enough attacking output to stay in contention, but no corners and fewer shots left little margin for error. Marn Abbe Rot’s greater volume of attempts, paired with a more aggressive tackle count, helped preserve its lead after the late swing. The 3-2 result was close, but it was not a draw that escaped by accident: the visitors created the clearer statistical advantage, and their two-goal scorer supplied the difference.