Ston Town 1 - 5 Beden Rovers

Key Events:

• 3' Beden Rovers Boris Tomić scores, assisted by Ivan Stojanović
• 22' Yellow card to Beden Rovers Francisco Monteiro
• 26' Beden Rovers Boris Tomić scores, assisted by Francisco Monteiro
• 31' Yellow card to Ston Town Zdravko Ivanišević
• 45' Ston Town Branko Bartolić scores, assisted by Nilson Pires
• 70' Beden Rovers Francisco Monteiro scores, assisted by James Lee
• 78' Beden Rovers Alain Thomas scores
• 79' Beden Rovers Rostislav Cholakov scores, assisted by Francisco Monteiro

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate put Ston Town at 0.41 xG and Beden Rovers at 3.89. The actual 1-5 score therefore reflected a wide gap in chance creation, with Beden Rovers scoring more than their estimate while Ston Town also finished above theirs. That small home-side overperformance produced a goal, but the larger tactical story was the visitors’ repeated access to shooting positions: 19 attempts and 13 on target, against two attempts and one on target for Ston Town. Ston Town had more possession and eight corners to Beden Rovers’ four, but those measures did not translate into comparable threat. Beden Rovers were more direct in the useful sense: not merely moving the ball, but turning their attacks into shots and goals.

The goals came in two clear bursts: Tomić struck in the opening minutes and again at 26', then Branko Bartolić pulled one back on the stroke of half-time. Beden Rovers supplied the emphatic reply after the break, with Francisco Monteiro, Alain Thomas and Rostislav Cholakov scoring between the 70th and 79th minutes. That late sequence settled the result decisively; the visitors did not leave the final stretch to interpretation.

For Ston Town, the possession and corner advantage offered little comfort against the shot count, and no player recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher. Beden Rovers earned the 1-5 result through a much higher volume of threatening attempts, with Tomić and Monteiro leading the individual contributions. The final score was not a close reading of the numbers so much as their bluntest possible summary: Beden Rovers made far more of the match’s chances, and the scoreboard kept the record.