Whippingdon Albion 2 - 2 Topster Athletic

Key Events:

• 3' Topster Athletic Spas Dimitrov scores, assisted by Oreste Gentile

• 29' Whippingdon Albion Marcel Durand scores, assisted by Eric Moreau

• 53' Whippingdon Albion Julio Cortes scores, assisted by Eckhard Köhler

• 80' Topster Athletic Oreste Gentile scores, assisted by Jorge Alvez

• 89' Yellow card to Whippingdon Albion Eric Moreau

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

For Whippingdon Albion, the match turned on making a little go a long way. Marcel Durand levelled before the break, and Julio Cortes put the hosts ahead after the interval, each goal coming with an assist. Yet four shots in total left very little room for a comfortable finish. The hosts were not short of the ball, sharing possession evenly, but Topster’s far greater number of attempts meant the lead always had a sizeable amount of company.

Topster Athletic had the stronger case on chance creation and the less satisfying arithmetic at the end. Its 12 efforts on target indicate sustained danger, while the late equaliser by Gentile ensured that pressure was not entirely wasted. Still, two goals from 3.32 xG is a reminder that putting the ball in the right neighbourhood is not the same as putting it in the net. The visitors recovered from both setbacks; the 2-2 result rewards that persistence, even if the numbers suggest they may feel they left more than a point behind.