Pridpon Park 1 - 5 Malles

Key Events:

• 3' Yellow card to Malles John MacPherson
• 24' Yellow card to Malles Mark Christensen
• 31' Malles Mark Christensen scores, assisted by Henrik Rasmussen
• 40' Malles Michael Walsh scores
• 42' Pridpon Park Agustin Romero scores
• 50' Malles Mark Christensen scores, assisted by Michael Walsh
• 54' Malles Michael Walsh scores, assisted by Mark Christensen
• 62' Yellow card to Malles Paul Walker
• 64' Yellow card to Malles Henrik Rasmussen
• 72' Yellow card to Malles Myungbak Ryu
• 74' Yellow card to Pridpon Park Brian Morgan
• 84' Malles Steen Hansen scores, assisted by Henrik Rasmussen

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis

Malles scored five from 4.88 xG, almost exactly matching the chance quality they produced. Pridpon Park scored once from 0.41 xG, finishing their limited opportunity rather more generously than the estimate suggested. The shot count—23 to two, with 17 of Malles’ efforts on target—gives the clearest account of the imbalance. Pridpon Park had more possession, corners and dribbles, but those measures did not turn into much threat; Malles made less of the ball and considerably more of its visits to the shooting department.

• Agustin Romero (No rating recorded) — No Pridpon Park player reached the 7.0 rating threshold.
• Michael Walsh (8.1) - Scored twice and supplied an assist in a decisive attacking performance.
• Mark Christensen (7.8) - Scored twice, assisted once and collected a yellow card.

For Pridpon Park, Agustin Romero’s 42nd-minute goal briefly interrupted the visitors’ scoring run, but it did not alter the wider pattern. Malles restored their two-goal cushion before the break, then scored twice in four second-half minutes to make the contest a steep climb for the hosts. Steen Hansen added the fifth late on, with Henrik Rasmussen involved again.

The hosts’ 55% possession and five corners offer evidence of activity, but not of sustained danger: two shots across the match left little room for a different outcome. Malles were far more direct in what they did with their opportunities, and their five goals came from a performance that the xG estimate says was no freakish windfall. The visitors did collect five yellow cards, an unusually busy parallel schedule, but their finishing supplied the headline. Pridpon Park 1 - 5 Malles was a clear win, built on a gulf in attempts and confirmed by the score.