The report
Key Events:
- 2' Yellow card to Leigh County Jesper Hansen
- 9' Leigh County Marko Imširović scores, assisted by Joseph Dickson
- 14' Yellow card to Leigh County Marko Imširović
- 19' Leigh County Marko Imširović scores, assisted by Aleksandar Hasić
- 30' Leigh County Arne Nielsen scores, assisted by Jesper Hansen
- 55' Yellow card to Leigh County Aleksandar Hasić
- 56' Leigh County Marko Imširović scores, assisted by Aleksandar Hasić
- 70' Yellow card to Leigh County Jose Rodrigues
- 73' Leigh County Aleksandar Hasić scores, assisted by Luis Cruz
- 80' Yellow card to Haraven Oumar Sylla
- 86' Yellow card to Haraven Luis Morales
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Leigh County scored five from 3.34 xG, finishing around 1.66 goals above the chance-quality estimate. That is a strong return, though the 15 shots and 12 on target show this was not a victory built from one improbable punt and a prayer. Haraven managed two shots, one on target and 0.36 xG, so the 0-0 return reflects a lack of meaningful attacking threat more than a great escape by the hosts. The possession figures slightly favoured Haraven, but Leigh County made far better use of its attacks, and the visitors’ ten corners produced no goal. Territory, on this occasion, came with no receipt.
- No Haraven player recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.
The scoreline was emphatic, but the figures give it a useful shape: Haraven had more of the ball and most of the corners, while Leigh County created the more dangerous shooting opportunities and kept the visitors to one effort on target. Four home bookings add a scruffier edge to the performance; the clean sheet, and the five goals at the other end, make that a footnote rather than the headline. Leigh County finished well above its xG and put the match beyond doubt before the closing stages, with Marko Imširović and Aleksandar Hasić accounting for much of the attacking damage. For Haraven, the possession and corners offered routes into the contest, but two shots were not enough to make those routes lead anywhere.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Marko Imširović
Scored a hat-trick and was central to the hosts’ clinical return, despite collecting a yellow card.
Aleksandar Hasić
Added a goal and two assists, supplying a decisive hand in four of Leigh County’s five goals.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
A booking nearby, then Marko Imširović for Leigh County. Tension, then arithmetic.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison

