Lods Hemough 8 - 0 Ambleywore United

Key Events:

• 8' Yellow card to Ambleywore United Richard Paterson
• 9' Lods Hemough Phillip Hartmann scores, assisted by Renato Colombo
• 11' Yellow card to Ambleywore United Luca Colombo
• 17' Lods Hemough scores, assisted by Roberto Lopez
• 23' Lods Hemough Antonio Millan scores, assisted by Salvatore Mancini
• 26' Yellow card to Ambleywore United Xinping Boon
• 41' Lods Hemough Roberto Lopez scores, assisted by Phillip Hartmann
• 45' Yellow card to Ambleywore United Kauan Da Silva
• 50' Lods Hemough Renato Colombo scores
• 58' Lods Hemough Roberto Lopez scores, assisted by Theo van der Veen
• 61' Lods Hemough scores, assisted by Phillip Hartmann
• 65' Lods Hemough Francisco Santos scores, assisted by Theo van der Veen
• 74' Yellow card to Lods Hemough Salvatore Mancini

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Lods Hemough scored eight from 4.1 xG, a substantial over-performance: their 18 shots produced 15 on target, and the finishing was far more ruthless than the chance-quality estimate alone would predict. The attack kept finding ways to convert, with Roberto Lopez scoring twice and Phillip Hartmann contributing both a goal and two assists. At the other end, Ambleywore United recorded 0.01 xG from zero shots, so their 53 per cent possession never became a meaningful test of the home defence. Seven corners and plenty of dribbling made for activity, but not a single attempt on goal. The gap between territory and threat was, on this occasion, not a subtle one.

• No Ambleywore United players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

For Lods Hemough, the scoreline reflected both sharp finishing and an attack that kept producing chances: eight goals, spread across a run from the ninth minute through the 65th. The first goal arrived before the away side’s second yellow card, and by half-time the hosts had scored four. Roberto Lopez and Phillip Hartmann were central to that early damage, while the second-half goals ensured there was no late suspense to rescue the evening for Ambleywore United.

The visitors’ possession and corner count point to a side that did have the ball and reached attacking positions, but the zero in the shots column is the more revealing detail. Four yellow cards arrived before the interval, while Lods Hemough received one in the 74th minute; neither side had a player sent off. For the hosts, an eight-goal win is a commanding result by any ordinary measure, and the 4.1 xG suggests the finishing made it even more emphatic. Ambleywore United leave with the uncomfortable distinction of having held more possession without recording a shot.