Sill Albion 4 - 2 Farton Rovers

Key Events:

• 2' Yellow card to Sill Albion Jose Agudelo
• 3' Farton Rovers Michael Ray scores
• 9' Sill Albion Mike Vachon scores, assisted by Mansik Jung
• 21' Yellow card to Farton Rovers Ibrahim Jahić
• 23' Yellow card to Farton Rovers Michael Ray
• 25' Sill Albion Jose Agudelo scores, assisted by Jimmy Johnson
• 35' Yellow card to Sill Albion Mansik Jung
• 37' Farton Rovers Tsutomu Ada scores, assisted by Jose Carretero
• 70' Sill Albion Jose Agudelo scores, assisted by Mile Spasojević
• 73' Yellow card to Farton Rovers Doumbia Pokou
• 90' Yellow card to Farton Rovers Jose Carretero
• 90' Sill Albion Coulibaly Cisse scores, assisted by Mike Vachon

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Sill Albion recorded 4.38 xG and scored four, a modest under-performance against the chance-quality estimate. Farton Rovers finished with 2.77 xG and two goals, also below expectation; the visitors created enough to remain a threat, but did not convert their opportunities at the rate the estimate suggested. The 18-14 shot count and 17-9 advantage in shots on target point to a busy contest in front of goal, while the near-even possession figures show that Sill Albion did not need to monopolise the ball to generate pressure. Their 12 dribbles to Farton Rovers’ three offer one clue to how the hosts made more of their possession: they were more willing to carry the ball into dangerous areas. The final margin was two, but the xG gap of 1.61 also reflects a substantial home advantage in chance quality.

The scoreline kept its shape through a match with two equalising replies from Farton Rovers, but Sill Albion found the more decisive moments after the sides traded goals in the first half. Agudelo’s second, assisted by Mile Spasojević in the 70th minute, restored the hosts’ lead; Coulibaly Cisse then made it 4 - 2 in the 90th, with Vachon providing the assist. The visitors’ four yellow cards and 11 fouls contrast with Sill Albion’s four fouls, although the hosts also collected two cautions. A 51%-49% possession split suggests neither side had command of the ball for long, yet the hosts’ greater dribbling output and higher shot volume supplied the distinction. Sill Albion leave with the 4 - 2 win; the arithmetic was straightforward, even if the route there was not.