Ston Stock 8 - 0 Bellinston

Key Events:

• 2' Ston Stock Eduardo Gomez scores, assisted by Ronald MacDonald
• 21' Yellow card to Bellinston Zdravko Ivanišević
• 22' Ston Stock Eduardo Gomez scores
• 29' Yellow card to Bellinston Jorge Alvez
• 29' Ston Stock scores, assisted by Aitor Blanco
• 35' Ston Stock Eduardo Gomez scores
• 38' Ston Stock scores, assisted by Eduardo Gomez
• 53' Ston Stock scores, assisted by Ronald MacDonald
• 55' Ston Stock scores, assisted by Giorgio Ferrario
• 74' Yellow card to Bellinston Michel Lemoine
• 76' Ston Stock Ronald MacDonald scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Ston Stock scored eight against an xG of 4.4, substantially outstripping the chances’ estimated quality. That is emphatic finishing on top of a steady supply of opportunities: 17 of 18 shots were on target, so this was not a case of goals arriving from a handful of speculative efforts. Bellinston finished with 0.01 xG and no shots, a record that leaves little room for claims of bad luck. Their 52% possession and 86% pass accuracy did not translate into a single attempt, while the hosts turned less of the ball and more of the match into danger.

• No Bellinston player reached a rating of 7.0.

The scoreline was settled early and then enlarged with admirable persistence. Ston Stock had already found the net twice by the 22nd minute; by half-time the advantage had grown to five, and the second-half goals ensured there was no question of a late reprieve. Bellinston collected three yellow cards, but the more telling imbalance was at the opposite end: the visitors completed no shots while Ston Stock put nearly every attempt on target.

Possession and pass accuracy gave Bellinston a modest statistical foothold, but neither measure produced the one thing a side needs to make possession persuasive: a shot. Ston Stock, meanwhile, combined an eight-goal return with a clear margin in chances created, even as its finishing went well beyond the xG estimate. An 8-0 result is not a close reading of the numbers; it is the numbers being asked to leave the room while the finishing keeps talking.