Kidge 0 - 9 Fillshate

Key Events:

• 5' Fillshate Alberto Blanco scores
• 19' Yellow card to Kidge John Bailey
• 29' Yellow card to Kidge Julio Cortes
• 32' Fillshate Jason Ellis scores, assisted by Jemal Kapanadze
• 34' Yellow card to Fillshate Alberto Blanco
• 43' Fillshate Alberto Blanco scores, assisted by Jemal Kapanadze
• 51' Fillshate Jemal Kapanadze scores, assisted by Julio Ramirez
• 53' Yellow card to Fillshate Alejandro Camarena
• 61' Fillshate Yunseok Koh scores, assisted by Jemal Kapanadze
• 63' Yellow card to Kidge Ivan Cvetković
• 72' Fillshate Keita Sahara scores, assisted by Jemal Kapanadze
• 75' Fillshate Jason Ellis scores, assisted by Julio Ramirez
• 79' Fillshate Keita Sahara scores, assisted by Alberto Blanco
• 79' Yellow card to Fillshate Julio Ramirez
• 86' Fillshate Jemal Kapanadze scores, assisted by Julio Ramirez

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Kidge 0.76 xG and Fillshate 5.75. The final score of 0 - 9 therefore had Fillshate scoring more than three goals above its estimate, while Kidge finished without a goal despite creating chances worth a little under one. That overperformance is striking, but the volume behind it was not a fluke of a handful of attempts: Fillshate put 22 of 24 shots on target. The visitors’ efficiency made a severe afternoon even more severe; Kidge held 52 per cent possession but had only three shots, a reminder that having the ball and getting it into useful places are distant acquaintances.

• No Kidge players recorded ratings of 7.0 or higher.

The most revealing contrast was not possession but what each side did with its opportunities. Kidge completed passes at 82 per cent and attempted more dribbles, yet its three shots offered little chance to change the course of the game. Fillshate needed fewer dribbles and fewer corners; its direct threat, reflected in the shots on target, was ample. The visitors scored in both halves, and their late goals at 72, 75, 79 and 86 minutes kept widening the margin after the contest’s outcome was already plain.

For Fillshate, the result was a comprehensive display of finishing and attacking supply, with Jemal Kapanadze at the centre of both. For Kidge, the figures offer no comfort in the final score, though the near-even possession figure shows that control of the ball was not the central problem. The gulf was in turning possession into attempts and attempts into goals; on this occasion, Fillshate did the latter with startling abundance.