Craccring 1 - 9 Leigh United

Key Events:

• 10' Leigh United Klaus Lorenz scores
• 11' Yellow card to Leigh United Tihomir Hyusein
• 14' Leigh United Vakhtang Mzhavanadze scores
• 20' Craccring Jorge Alvez scores
• 26' Yellow card to Leigh United Miroslav Ljubić
• 30' Leigh United Tihomir Hyusein scores, assisted by Miroslav Ljubić
• 41' Leigh United Miroslav Ljubić scores, assisted by Christian Lecomte
• 45' Leigh United Amadeu Silva scores, assisted by Klaus Lorenz
• 53' Leigh United Sada Muramatsu scores
• 61' Leigh United Amadeu Silva scores, assisted by Stanley Clark
• 82' Leigh United Sada Muramatsu scores, assisted by Amadeu Silva
• 90' Yellow card to Craccring Michel Lemoine
• 90' Leigh United Amadeu Silva scores, assisted by Christian Lecomte

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Craccring scored once from 0.56 xG, a modest over-performance that at least gave the hosts a foothold after Jorge Alvez made it 2-1. Leigh United turned 5.05 xG into nine goals, a substantial return beyond the chances’ estimated quality. The visitors’ 23 shots, with 18 on target, show that this was not merely a case of a few speculative efforts finding unlikely destinations: they kept generating attempts and repeatedly made them count. Their 54% possession and 84% pass accuracy point to a side able to sustain pressure, while the final score suggests their finishing took the afternoon well beyond what the chance-quality estimate alone would predict.

The early goals established Leigh United’s advantage, but Craccring briefly answered through Jorge Alvez at 20 minutes. The response did not halt the visitors’ momentum: Leigh United scored three more before the interval, then added four after it. Amadeu Silva finished with three goals and an assist, and Sada Muramatsu scored twice. Craccring’s 11 dribbles and 11 tackles show effort in trying to contest the match, but two shots offered little margin for recovery against a side that put 18 efforts on target. At 1-9, the contest’s central question was less who had control than how often that control would be converted.

• No Craccring players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.