Gatler Thistle 2 - 7 Witcheles

Key Events:

• 9' Yellow card to Witcheles Manuel Fernandes
• 25' Gatler Thistle Giuseppe Fontana scores, assisted by Giorgi Samkharadze
• 27' Yellow card to Witcheles Rainer Müller
• 30' Yellow card to Gatler Thistle Lindomar Da Silva
• 37' Yellow card to Gatler Thistle Mao Liew
• 42' Witcheles Rainer Müller scores
• 44' Witcheles Stuart Mitchell scores, assisted by Hasan Bošnjak
• 56' Witcheles Adilson Varela scores, assisted by Manuel Fernandes
• 61' Witcheles Gabriel Mendes scores, assisted by Luka Stojanović
• 78' Witcheles Luka Stojanović scores, assisted by Adilson Varela
• 86' Gatler Thistle Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Lindomar Da Silva
• 89' Witcheles Rainer Müller scores, assisted by Israel Morales
• 90' Witcheles Adilson Varela scores, assisted by Rainer Müller

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Gatler Thistle scored twice from 1.34 xG, outperforming the chance-quality estimate by 0.66 goals. Witcheles scored seven from 5.84 xG, also finishing above expectation, by 1.16. Those figures point to sharp finishing from both sides, but the scale of the difference is best explained by the shot count: Witcheles attempted 25 times and put 22 on target, while Gatler Thistle managed seven attempts and four on target. The hosts edged possession 52%-48% and won the tackle count 11-4, but neither measure supplied the pressure that the visitors generated in the final third. Witcheles did not need a majority of the ball to build a dominant attacking return; its volume of accurate attempts turned a close possession split into a decidedly less close match.

• Gatler Thistle: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
• Witcheles:
• Adilson Varela (8.1) - Scored twice and assisted once, contributing directly to three goals.
• Rainer Müller (7.8) - Scored twice and assisted once, despite receiving a yellow card.
• Luka Stojanović (7.3) - Scored once and supplied an assist.

The sequence after the break made the result increasingly emphatic: Witcheles added goals at 56', 61' and 78', and then scored twice in the final minutes. Xinping Boon briefly replied at 86' for Gatler Thistle, assisted by Lindomar Da Silva, but the late exchange did not change the balance of the contest. Seven goals for the visitors, two for the hosts, and a 22-4 advantage in shots on target leave the clearest closing assessment in the numbers: Gatler Thistle found moments to score, while Witcheles kept finding ways to make those moments feel rather small.