Gracouck Town 0 - 9 Yeoverfor City

Key Events:

• 7' Yeoverfor City Henri Collet scores, assisted by Jorge Peña
• 13' Yeoverfor City Fausto Paulo scores, assisted by Ivan Lopez
• 19' Yeoverfor City Fausto Paulo scores
• 25' Yeoverfor City Jorge Peña scores, assisted by Carlos Zalazar
• 29' Yellow card to Yeoverfor City Ignacio Lopez
• 36' Yeoverfor City Fausto Paulo scores, assisted by Ivan Lopez
• 41' Yeoverfor City David Davidson scores, assisted by Carlos Zalazar
• 43' Yellow card to Gracouck Town Jorge Alvez
• 44' Yeoverfor City Henri Collet scores, assisted by Fausto Paulo
• 50' Yeoverfor City Fausto Paulo scores, assisted by Carlos Zalazar
• 62' Yellow card to Gracouck Town Willi Schneider
• 70' Yeoverfor City Ivan Lopez scores, assisted by Jorge Peña
• 88' Yellow card to Gracouck Town Phillip Lewis

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate put Gracouck Town at 0.26 xG and Yeoverfor City at 4.26. The 0-9 result therefore represents a substantial over-performance against the visitors’ xG: nine goals from chances valued at just over four, while Gracouck Town finished without a goal from 0.26. The visitors’ 18 shots, 16 on target, show how persistently they tested the home defence; the conversion rate went well beyond what the xG estimate alone would suggest. Gracouck Town had nine corners and 52 per cent possession, but just one shot, also on target. Possession and corners supplied the appearance of activity; the shot count supplied the less comforting explanation of what that activity produced.

• No Gracouck Town players reached a rating of 7.0.

For Yeoverfor City, the nine goals were spread across the first half and into the second, with Fausto Paulo striking four times and contributing an assist. Jorge Peña, Ivan Lopez, Henri Collet and Carlos Zalazar also made substantial contributions, and the visitors had already scored seven by the interval. Gracouck Town did record more possession, corners and dribbles, but those totals could not offset the gulf in shots and goals. The home side’s single attempt was on target; the visitors put 16 of their 18 efforts on target.

The 0-9 score is emphatic, and the numbers offer no route to dressing it up as a close contest. Yeoverfor City turned pressure into a remarkable haul, while Gracouck Town could not convert its possession or corner count into meaningful attacking output. With nine goals against 4.26 xG, the visitors were extraordinarily clinical; with 0.26 xG and no goals, the hosts had little to show for their share of the ball.