Burgath Rovers 1 - 3 Hatle Athletic

Key Events:

• 21' Yellow card to Hatle Athletic Arne Jørgensen
• 43' Burgath Rovers Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 47' Hatle Athletic Yacouba Kouassi scores, assisted by Ifeanyi Inusa
• 67' Hatle Athletic Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Yacouba Kouassi
• 70' Yellow card to Burgath Rovers Xinping Boon
• 71' Hatle Athletic Ifeanyi Inusa scores, assisted by Luca Colombo
• 88' Yellow card to Hatle Athletic Alberto Pastor

No Burgath Rovers players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher. Yacouba Kouassi (7.3) - Scored the equaliser and assisted Xinping Boon’s goal, making a decisive contribution to Hatle’s turnaround. Ifeanyi Inusa (7.3) - Scored the third goal and supplied the assist for Kouassi’s reply, with a hand in two of the visitors’ three finishes.

The match was shaped by the timing as much as the final margin. Luis Pinto gave Burgath Rovers a lead just before the interval, but Kouassi answered two minutes after the restart, leaving the hosts little time to settle into the comfort of being ahead. Boon put Hatle in front in the 67th minute, and Inusa added another four minutes later. The scoreline therefore records a two-goal away win, while the sequence records a match that swung sharply after half-time.

Burgath worked hard without the ball, making 16 tackles, and passed with greater accuracy, but those measures could not compensate for the visitors’ repeated threat in front of goal. Hatle converted their pressure into three goals and had the stronger attacking figures to support the result. In Division 8 League 109, a lead at the break proved temporary; the visitors left with the points, and the hosts with the rather less useful distinction of having kept more of the ball.