Epston Palace 4 - 0 Crand Park

The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gives Epston Palace 3.29 xG against Crand Park’s 0.11. Four goals from 3.29 xG is a little above the expected return, but the scoreline was built on more than unusually sharp finishing: Epston Palace landed 11 of 16 shots on target, while Crand Park managed none. Possession was close at 51-49, so this was not a matter of the hosts simply keeping the ball out of reach. Rather, Epston Palace made its possession much more dangerous, and the visitors’ single attempt left their own attacking account almost entirely theoretical.

Bruno Rossi opened the scoring at 23 minutes, with Vladimer Dumbadze assisting, and Neil Evans made it 2-0 before the interval from Paulo Lopes’s pass. Sergio Romero then scored twice, first assisted by Vladimer Dumbadze at 79 minutes and then unassisted at 88. The cards arrived throughout the match, with three yellows apiece, but the clearest pattern was the contrast between the sides’ attacking output. Crand Park recorded more dribbles, 12 to 10, yet that effort did not translate into a shot on target. Epston Palace had enough control where it mattered: in the attempts that became genuine tests of goal.

Key Events:

• 6' Yellow card to Epston Palace Sergio Romero
• 11' Yellow card to Epston Palace Bruno Rossi
• 23' Epston Palace Bruno Rossi scores, assisted by Vladimer Dumbadze
• 35' Epston Palace Neil Evans scores, assisted by Paulo Lopes
• 61' Yellow card to Crand Park Jose Silveira
• 64' Yellow card to Epston Palace Vladimer Dumbadze
• 71' Yellow card to Crand Park Nikoloz Sikharulidze
• 79' Epston Palace Sergio Romero scores, assisted by Vladimer Dumbadze
• 85' Yellow card to Crand Park Tao Woo
• 88' Epston Palace Sergio Romero scores