Hayestlins 4 - 0 Caston Rovers

Key Events:

• 2' Yellow card to Caston Rovers Silvestre Barbosa
• 28' Yellow card to Caston Rovers Adam Smith
• 35' Hayestlins Scott Pearce scores, assisted by Michael Phillips
• 47' Hayestlins Marco Gomes scores, assisted by Michael Phillips
• 57' Hayestlins Hans Vermeer scores, assisted by Scott Pearce
• 74' Hayestlins Hans Vermeer scores, assisted by Michael Phillips
• 89' Yellow card to Caston Rovers Luka Babić

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Hayestlins 4.38 xG against four actual goals, a modest underperformance of 0.38 despite a thoroughly productive afternoon. Caston Rovers finished with 1.01 xG and no goals, so the gap between their chances and their return was more substantial. The shot count helps explain the shape of the match: Hayestlins put 15 of 21 attempts on target, while all four of the visitors’ attempts were on target, but the visitors could not convert. With 53% possession and 86% pass accuracy, the hosts had the greater share of the ball and used it to create a volume of opportunities that the final score, if anything, slightly understates.

No Caston Rovers players reached a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The score was built across both halves: Scott Pearce put Hayestlins ahead before Marco Gomes scored soon after the interval, and the hosts added two more through Hans Vermeer. Caston Rovers recorded three yellow cards and committed 13 fouls, compared with five fouls and no bookings for Hayestlins. Those figures suggest a more disrupted evening for the visitors, though the decisive difference was the hosts’ ability to turn possession and pressure into goals. A four-goal margin is emphatic; here, it also had the courtesy to arrive in stages.