Kirkhapley 0 - 7 Hort-instot

Key Events:

• 2' Hort-instot Mario Zalazar scores, assisted by Joost Kok
• 4' Hort-instot Kenneth Tan scores, assisted by Yifei Hong
• 7' Hort-instot Kenneth Tan scores, assisted by Joost Kok
• 31' Hort-instot Mario Zalazar scores
• 40' Hort-instot Joost Kok scores, assisted by Kenneth Tan
• 48' Yellow card to Hort-instot Mario Melo
• 51' Hort-instot Yifei Hong scores, assisted by Kenneth Tan
• 63' Hort-instot Jose De Oliveira scores, assisted by Yifei Hong
• 68' Yellow card to Hort-instot Kenneth Tan
• 74' Yellow card to Hort-instot Jose De Oliveira

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Hort-instot scored seven from 3.06 xG, a substantial overperformance against the chance-quality estimate. The visitors turned their 15 shots, including 10 on target, into a remarkable haul; the early goals gave them control of the scoreline, and they kept converting opportunities as the match went on. Kirkhapley finished without a goal from 0.36 xG, with only two shots and one on target. Its 57% possession and 27 dribbles did not translate into a comparable threat in front of goal. The figures point to a sharp divide between having the ball and doing damage with it.

• Kirkhapley recorded no standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.

The 7-0 scoreline was settled early: Hort-instot struck in the second, fourth and seventh minutes, leaving Kirkhapley with a steep task before the match had properly found its afternoon. The hosts did win the possession and dribble counts, and their 10 corners show they reached situations from which pressure might have grown. Yet their two shots underline the difficulty: territory and movement brought little return in attempts, while Hort-instot paired its 15 shots with 12 tackles and repeatedly turned the contest back toward the hosts’ goal.

The visitors’ three yellow cards were a small blemish on an otherwise emphatic afternoon, but they did not interrupt the scoring: Yifei Hong made it six at 51 minutes, and Jose De Oliveira completed the seven-goal total at 63. Hort-instot’s conversion was unusually generous even against its clear advantage in shots and xG, so the margin should not be mistaken for a routine seven-goal yield from those chances. It was, nonetheless, a decisive win built on a blistering start, continued attacking output and a Kirkhapley side unable to turn possession into a goal.