Pickfield 4 - 5 Borloch Vale

Key Events:

• 4' Yellow card to Borloch Vale Koji Fujioka
• 7' Borloch Vale Samuel Leal scores
• 21' Pickfield Ilija Lučić scores
• 30' Borloch Vale Luca Colombo scores, assisted by Ulrich Beckmann
• 32' Borloch Vale Ulrich Beckmann scores, assisted by Koji Fujioka
• 36' Pickfield Francisco Ramos scores, assisted by Tsvetoslav Mihaylov
• 38' Pickfield Marcial Contreras scores, assisted by Alexandre Jacques
• 39' Yellow card to Borloch Vale Saliou Sow
• 50' Borloch Vale Feliciano Bustos scores, assisted by Carlos Cruz
• 74' Yellow card to Borloch Vale Samuel Leal
• 89' Borloch Vale Ulrich Beckmann scores, assisted by Bruno Rossi
• 90' Pickfield Ross Baker scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Pickfield recorded 4.13 xG and scored four, a slight underperformance of 0.13 goals. Borloch Vale scored five from 3.1 xG, a substantial overperformance of 1.9. That gap helps explain the odd arithmetic of the match: Pickfield had more shots, 20 to 14, and more on target, 14 to 11, yet Borloch Vale converted their chances with greater efficiency. The figures suggest the hosts generated enough opportunity to win, but the visitors made their smaller share count. With nine goals between them, defensive restraint was evidently not the leading tactical instruction.

The final score was 4-5, and the statistics make the defeat a particularly awkward one for Pickfield to file away. They had the higher xG and more attempts, while Borloch Vale had the possession edge, more corners and far more dribbles. The visitors’ three yellow cards and 12 fouls also point to a more combative afternoon, though neither side collected a red card. Ulrich Beckmann supplied the decisive quality at the sharp end, scoring at 32' and 89' and assisting another goal. Pickfield kept answering, including Ross Baker’s 90th-minute strike, but a final goal is not the same thing as a final reversal.