Calham United 4 - 1 Marston Albion

Key Events:

• 4' Yellow card to Calham United Žarko Stjepanović
• 8' Yellow card to Marston Albion Jorge Alvez
• 22' Calham United Domingos Da Costa scores, assisted by Jose Gimenez
• 29' Calham United Domingos Da Costa scores, assisted by Vladimir štimac
• 48' Yellow card to Marston Albion Pedro Chagas
• 51' Yellow card to Marston Albion Philippe Robert
• 51' Calham United Alan Foster scores
• 54' Marston Albion Michel Lemoine scores, assisted by Seungwoo Jeong
• 61' Yellow card to Calham United Jose Gimenez
• 84' Calham United Alan Foster scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Calham United scored four from an xG of 3.09, an over-performance of 0.91 goals; Marston Albion scored once from 1.82, finishing 0.82 below its estimate. The gap between the teams’ chance-quality estimates was meaningful, but the final margin also reflects the contrast in finishing: Calham United turned 11 of 14 shots on target into four goals, while Marston Albion put six of nine shots on target and found the net once. With 54% possession and slightly better pass accuracy, Calham United had more of the ball and made it count. The visitors had more dribbles, corners and tackles, but those figures did not translate into enough goals to change the shape of the result.

The two braces gave Calham United a clear pair of finishers to thank, while the 84th-minute goal restored the three-goal margin after Marston Albion had briefly answered. The visitors’ xG suggests there was enough attacking promise to make the scoreline less comfortable than their single goal implies, but the hosts’ advantage in possession and shots on target offers a sound explanation for the win. Five yellow cards were shared across the match, with no red cards; the disciplinary ledger stayed busy without becoming the main story.

• No Marston Albion players reached a rating of 7.0 or higher.