Stampton Athletic 3 - 1 Newhale Town

Key Events:

• 1' Yellow card to Newhale Town Seungwoo Jeong
• 13' Yellow card to Newhale Town Michel Lemoine
• 17' Yellow card to Stampton Athletic Eric Moreau
• 20' Stampton Athletic Eric Moreau scores
• 23' Newhale Town Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 36' Yellow card to Newhale Town Allan Carroll
• 37' Stampton Athletic Ivan Cvetković scores
• 43' Stampton Athletic Richard Stone scores, assisted by Eric Moreau
• 48' Yellow card to Stampton Athletic Ivan Cvetković
• 68' Yellow card to Stampton Athletic Julio Cortes

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The 3-1 scoreline came against xG of 2.19 for Stampton Athletic and 1.13 for Newhale Town. The hosts finished modestly above their chance-quality estimate, while the visitors finished below theirs: a difference that fits the 11-5 shot count and the hosts’ 7-4 advantage in shots on target. The margins were not enormous, but Stampton Athletic made more of the attacking opportunities available. The equal possession figure gives no hint of that difference on its own; the shots and the three goals provide the less diplomatic account.

The match’s decisive stretch was compressed into the final half-hour before the break. Eric Moreau put Stampton Athletic ahead in the 20th minute, and Philippe Robert answered for Newhale Town three minutes later, with Pedro Chagas providing the assist. The visitors had restored parity, but not for long: Ivan Cvetković scored in the 37th minute, then Richard Stone added a third six minutes later, assisted by Moreau. After four goals in 23 minutes, the second half supplied only two further yellow cards, a quieter sequence that did not alter the score.

The numbers suggest two teams sharing the ball but not the same attacking return. Newhale Town had more corners, more dribbles and one fewer foul than the hosts’ difference might lead a casual observer to expect; Stampton Athletic had more shots and converted enough of that advantage to settle the contest. Both sides recorded 82% pass accuracy and seven tackles, so neither can claim the match was won by monopolising the ball or by a sudden outbreak of tackling. It was won in the more prosaic department of putting enough attempts on target and getting three of them into the net. The three-goal first-half burst did the work; the remaining 45 minutes merely confirmed that the paperwork would stand.

No Newhale Town players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.