St Haw Albion 1 - 5 Clitne City

Key Events:

• 17' Clitne City Giorgi Medolishvili scores, assisted by Issa Basse
• 21' Clitne City Giorgi Medolishvili scores
• 36' Clitne City Giorgi Medolishvili scores, assisted by Issa Basse
• 37' St Haw Albion Kevin Hunt scores, assisted by Rocco Cirillo
• 49' Clitne City David Barnett scores, assisted by Giorgi Medolishvili
• 81' Clitne City Nelson Arias scores, assisted by John Johnston

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: St Haw Albion scored once from 0.88 xG, a modest return close to the chances’ estimated quality. Clitne City produced 3.99 xG and scored five, finishing 1.01 goals above that estimate. The visitors’ 17 shots, 15 of them on target, point to sustained pressure and a plentiful supply of attempts; their conversion went beyond even that strong volume. The possession split was comparatively narrow, 46% to 54%, so this was not simply a matter of keeping the ball. The sharper distinction was what each side made of its attacking opportunities: St Haw Albion managed four shots, while Clitne City repeatedly tested the goal and converted at a rate that turned a commanding performance into a 5-1 result.

• No St Haw Albion players reached a recorded rating of 7.0 or higher.

The goal one minute after Medolishvili completed his hat-trick briefly gave St Haw Albion a response to take into the break, but Clitne City restored the three-goal margin four minutes into the second half. Barnett’s goal, assisted by Medolishvili, extended it further; Nelson Arias added the fifth at 81', with John Johnston providing the assist. The sequence of goals left little room for a late change in the contest’s shape.

The final 5-1 score was emphatic, and the underlying numbers support the scale of it: Clitne City outshot St Haw Albion by 17 to four and put 15 efforts on target. The visitors did not need to dominate possession to create that imbalance, and their five goals were not merely a statistical accident, even if they exceeded the xG estimate. St Haw Albion had a goal and three shots on target to show for their efforts, but Clitne City made far more of the afternoon’s attacking opportunities.