Ferth City 0 - 10 Burne Park

Key Events:

• 7' Burne Park Basil Ekpo scores
• 10' Yellow card to Ferth City Ivan Cvetković
• 16' Burne Park Jan van Wijk scores, assisted by Jack McDonald
• 27' Yellow card to Ferth City Eric Moreau
• 43' Burne Park Jaehyuk Noh scores
• 51' Burne Park Jack McDonald scores, assisted by Jan van Wijk
• 64' Yellow card to Ferth City Martin Willems
• 71' Burne Park Radoslav Nikolić scores
• 72' Burne Park Radoslav Nikolić scores, assisted by Jan van Wijk
• 73' Burne Park Georgi Avramov scores
• 76' Burne Park Jan van Wijk scores
• 79' Burne Park Jan van Wijk scores, assisted by Jack McDonald
• 83' Burne Park Basil Ekpo scores, assisted by Ronnie Miller

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Burne Park scored 10 from a Gazzetta chance-quality estimate of 5.3 xG, substantially outperforming the chances’ expected return. That is remarkable finishing on top of a formidable volume: 24 attempts, 19 on target, and enough pressure to make the visitors’ five-goal xG figure look almost modest. Ferth City recorded 0.36 xG and one shot on target from two attempts, a small attacking return that offered little prospect of keeping pace. The shared 50% possession did not mean shared control of the dangerous moments; the shot and tackle counts point to Burne Park generating far more of them and converting at an extraordinary rate.

• Ferth City: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
• Jan van Wijk (9.4) - Scored three goals and supplied two assists, putting his name across five of Burne Park’s goals.
• Jack McDonald (7.8) - Scored once and assisted twice, contributing directly to three goals.
• Basil Ekpo (7.6) - Scored twice, opening and closing Burne Park’s account.
• Radoslav Nikolić (7.6) - Scored twice in consecutive minutes as Burne Park’s late scoring surge gathered pace.

Burne Park’s scoring began in the seventh minute and ended with Basil Ekpo in the 83rd, with the visitors adding seven goals after the interval. The spell from Radoslav Nikolić’s first goal in the 71st minute through Jan van Wijk’s second in the 79th made an already decisive result more emphatic still. Ferth City’s three yellow cards and 12 fouls contrasted with Burne Park’s three fouls and no bookings; the hosts worked hard to disrupt the match, but the numbers suggest they spent too little time turning that effort into possession of the ball in useful areas.

The 0-10 result is far wider than the xG gap alone would predict, but it was not built on finishing in isolation: Burne Park also put 19 shots on target and restricted Ferth City to one. Ferth City had the same share of possession and better pass accuracy by a single percentage point, but neither figure translated into a meaningful contest in front of goal. Burne Park leave with a commanding win, several contributors to the scoreline, and a finishing performance that made an already one-sided match look almost implausibly so.