Hen Leom City 3 - 2 Branston Rovers

The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gives Hen Leom City 3.58 xG and Branston Rovers 3.17. Both sides finished slightly below their expected totals: three goals from 3.58 xG for the hosts, two from 3.17 for the visitors. That is a narrow difference in conversion rather than a gulf in opportunity, and the shot figures underline how often both teams tested the opposition: 19 attempts for Hen Leom City, 15 for Branston Rovers, with 11 on target apiece. The equal possession share also suggests neither side simply monopolised the match. Hen Leom City were more accurate in their passing at 86% to 82%, while Branston Rovers made more tackles, nine to four. The numbers describe a game with chances at both ends and plenty of work for the defenders; they do not describe a comfortable home victory.

The sequence gave the visitors reason to believe they could leave with something. Xinping Boon opened the scoring after Friedrich Unger’s assist, and Lindomar Da Silva made it 2-0, but Michel Lemoine and Jorge Alvez brought Branston Rovers level. The visitors’ second goal was assisted by Seungwoo Jeong, who had been booked earlier; Luis Pinto also received a yellow card for Hen Leom City. With both teams creating and converting chances, the match remained unsettled until Xinping Boon scored again in the 90th minute. The decisive margin was one goal, and the decisive contribution belonged to the player who supplied two of them.

Key Events:

• 29' Yellow card to Branston Rovers Seungwoo Jeong

• 31' Hen Leom City Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Friedrich Unger

• 58' Hen Leom City Lindomar Da Silva scores

• 63' Branston Rovers Michel Lemoine scores, assisted by Philippe Robert

• 67' Yellow card to Hen Leom City Luis Pinto

• 71' Branston Rovers Jorge Alvez scores, assisted by Seungwoo Jeong

• 90' Hen Leom City Xinping Boon scores

• No Branston Rovers player recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.