The report
Key Events:
- 2' Yellow card to Strewmande City Geoffrey Mitchell
- 3' Carth Rovers Gabriel Martinez scores
- 7' Yellow card to Strewmande City Emmanuel Mallet
- 18' Carth Rovers Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Arlindo Cabral
- 24' Carth Rovers Artemio Ibarra scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
- 30' Strewmande City Xinping Boon scores
- 36' Carth Rovers Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Nikola Musić
- 45' Carth Rovers Nikola Musić scores, assisted by Alan Little
- 56' Carth Rovers Alan Little scores, assisted by Nikola Musić
- 59' Carth Rovers Artemio Ibarra scores
- 62' Yellow card to Strewmande City Bruno Rossi
- 63' Carth Rovers Nikola Musić scores
- 69' Carth Rovers Gabriel Martinez scores, assisted by Nikola Musić
- 77' Carth Rovers Nikola Musić scores
- 81' Yellow card to Carth Rovers Arlindo Cabral
- 88' Yellow card to Carth Rovers Nikola Musić
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Strewmande City scored once from 0.36 xG, exceeding its chance-quality estimate by 0.64 goals, though the single shot offers little evidence of a sustained attacking threat. Carth Rovers scored ten from 4.66 xG, finishing 5.34 goals above the estimate. That is an exceptional over-performance, not a routine conversion of the chances expected: 18 shots on target gave the visitors repeated opportunities, and their ruthless finishing made the final margin far larger than xG alone would suggest. The equal 50% possession figures disguise the central difference. Carth Rovers generated 19 shots to Strewmande City’s one, so the match was decided less by who held the ball than by who repeatedly turned possession into attempts.
No Strewmande City players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.
The final score of 1-10 reflects both Carth Rovers’ outstanding finishing and the scale of the shot-count disparity, even if the xG model suggests the visitors converted at a remarkable rate. Xinping Boon’s goal at 30 minutes briefly interrupted the procession, but Strewmande City could not build on it: that was their only shot, and their three yellow cards were the match’s only bookings until late in the second half, when Carth Rovers also collected two. For the visitors, goals arrived from several sources, with Nikola Musić driving the attack and Phillip Lewis, Gabriel Martinez and Artemio Ibarra each scoring twice. It was a comprehensive win, and the numbers leave the clearest measure of the afternoon: equal possession, one shot to nineteen, and a ten-goal return for Carth Rovers.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Nikola Musić
Scored three, assisted three and added a yellow card in a dominant contribution to the visitors’ ten-goal haul.
Phillip Lewis
Scored twice and assisted once, helping establish the early advantage.
Gabriel Martinez
Scored twice, including the opening goal in the third minute.
Artemio Ibarra
Added two goals as Carth Rovers kept stretching the lead.
Alan Little
Scored once and supplied the assist for Nikola Musić’s first goal.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
A booking nearby, then Gabriel Martinez for Carth Rovers. Tension, then arithmetic.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison

