Bidenham 3 - 5 Bershoreham

Key Events:

• 4' Bidenham Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 7' Yellow card to Bidenham Willi Schneider
• 10' Yellow card to Bershoreham Philippe Robert
• 13' Yellow card to Bershoreham Phillip Lewis
• 24' Yellow card to Bidenham Phillip Lewis
• 33' Bershoreham Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 45' Bershoreham Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 51' Bershoreham Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 54' Bidenham Willi Schneider scores, assisted by Nilson Pires
• 69' Yellow card to Bershoreham Jorge Alvez
• 76' Bershoreham Michel Lemoine scores
• 77' Yellow card to Bidenham Allan Carroll
• 77' Yellow card to Bidenham Jorge Alvez
• 81' Bershoreham Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Nilson Pires
• 86' Yellow card to Bershoreham Seungwoo Jeong
• 88' Yellow card to Bidenham Michel Lemoine
• 89' Bidenham Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Bidenham scored three from 2.14 xG, an overperformance of 0.86 goals; Bershoreham scored five from 2.65 xG, beating its estimate by 2.35. Both sides finished far more than their chance quality alone would predict, but Bershoreham’s superior shot volume—11 to nine—and ten efforts on target gave its attack the greater foundation. The visitors were especially efficient in a match where neither possession nor passing accuracy pointed to such a wide difference in the final score. Bidenham had 55% possession and 84% pass accuracy, yet Bershoreham’s attacks repeatedly produced goals; tidy circulation, it turns out, is not a substitute for keeping the ball out of the net.

Bidenham

• Nilson Pires (7.3) - Scored the opener and supplied the assist for Willi Schneider, giving Bidenham a direct hand in two goals.
• Pedro Chagas (7.3) - Assisted the early goal and scored late, offering a useful contribution at both ends of Bidenham’s scoring.

Bershoreham

• Michel Lemoine (8.3) - Scored once and assisted three goals, a remarkable share of an eight-goal afternoon.
• Pedro Chagas (7.6) - Scored twice, including the visitors’ goal on the stroke of half-time.
• Philippe Robert (7.3) - Scored twice, helping Bershoreham establish its grip after Bidenham’s early lead.

The game’s pattern shifted sharply after the opening goal: Bidenham struck first, but Bershoreham scored three times before the hosts replied through Willi Schneider. The visitors then added two more, and Pedro Chagas’s 89th-minute goal made the score 5-3 without changing the result’s character. Bidenham’s late response showed persistence, while Bershoreham’s finishing turned a competitive contest into a two-goal win. The five yellow cards for the hosts and four for the visitors supplied a stern supporting cast to an otherwise exceptionally busy scoreboard.