Rugham Town 1 - 4 Shamwoord

Key Events:

• 6' Rugham Town Nilson Pires scores
• 9' Shamwoord Derek Stewart scores, assisted by Stuart Mitchell
• 21' Shamwoord Friedrich Unger scores, assisted by Derek Stewart
• 25' Yellow card to Rugham Town Michael Brown
• 28' Shamwoord Israel Morales scores, assisted by Lindomar Da Silva
• 31' Yellow card to Rugham Town Seungwoo Jeong
• 71' Yellow card to Shamwoord Norbert Fischer
• 82' Shamwoord Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Derek Stewart
• 86' Yellow card to Rugham Town Pedro Chagas
• 89' Yellow card to Rugham Town Phillip Lewis

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Rugham Town scored once from 1.38 xG, a modest under-return against the chances recorded. Shamwoord scored four from 2.59 xG, outperforming its estimate by 1.41 goals. That finishing difference was decisive, though the visitors also had the more substantial attacking volume: 12 shots and nine on target to the hosts’ six and five. The near-even possession figures suggest this was not simply a matter of Shamwoord monopolising the ball. Rather, the visitors made their attacks count at a remarkable rate, while Rugham Town could not keep pace once the early lead had been erased.

• Rugham Town: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
• Shamwoord:
• Derek Stewart (7.8) - Scored once and assisted twice, contributing directly to three of Shamwoord’s four goals.

The match’s turning point arrived with unusual speed. Nilson Pires put Rugham Town ahead in the sixth minute, but Derek Stewart equalised three minutes later, and Friedrich Unger gave Shamwoord the lead in the 21st. By the time Israel Morales made it 3-1 seven minutes after that, the visitors had converted their early momentum into a substantial advantage. Rugham Town still found the target regularly enough, with five shots on target, but the scoreboard had already begun keeping its own, less comforting account.

The second half brought fewer goals but no reversal of the pattern. Luis Pinto added the fourth in the 82nd minute, with Derek Stewart supplying his second assist of the match. Rugham Town finished with four yellow cards to Shamwoord’s one, and twice as many fouls, figures that fit a side spending much of the afternoon trying to interrupt a game that had got away from it. In Division 8 League 50, Shamwoord leave with a 4-1 win built on sharp finishing and a particularly productive afternoon from Derek Stewart.