Hedge Park 2 - 2 Corne Albion

Key Events:

• 9' Yellow card to Corne Albion Antonio Contreras
• 14' Yellow card to Corne Albion Paul Jimoh
• 38' Hedge Park Jorge Alvez scores, assisted by Nilson Pires
• 47' Corne Albion Michel Lemoine scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 56' Hedge Park Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 61' Yellow card to Hedge Park Michael Brown
• 67' Yellow card to Hedge Park Phillip Lewis
• 74' Yellow card to Hedge Park Nilson Pires
• 77' Yellow card to Hedge Park Michel Lemoine
• 87' Corne Albion Michel Lemoine scores, assisted by Abba Salisu

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate put Hedge Park at 1.39 xG and Corne Albion at 3.77. Against those figures, Hedge Park scored twice from a modest supply of six shots, finishing above expectation; Corne Albion also scored twice, but fell well short of the chances their 18 shots and 13 on target produced. The visitors’ 11 corners and substantial shot advantage point to sustained attacking pressure, while Hedge Park made its smaller return count. That is not a claim that every attempt was a clear chance; it is simply a sizeable gap between the chance quality recorded and the goals eventually collected.

• No Hedge Park players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

For Hedge Park, Jorge Alvez opened the scoring before Phillip Lewis restored the lead, with Nilson Pires and Michel Lemoine providing the assists. Corne Albion answered quickly after the break and again late on: Michel Lemoine finished twice, assisted first by Pedro Chagas and then by Abba Salisu. The four goals were spread across a match in which Corne Albion had the clear edge in shots, corners and xG, but not on the scoreboard.

The cards added a further thread to the contest: Corne Albion picked up two yellows early, while Hedge Park received four after the interval. Neither side saw a player sent off. In the end, Hedge Park took a point despite the visitors’ much stronger chance-quality total, and Corne Albion left with the less generous side of a 2-2 draw. The result records the balance; the underlying figures record how unusually hard that balance had to work.