Harkert 7 - 1 Hexby Ive United

Key Events:

• 5' Harkert Nuno Costa scores
• 8' Harkert Rocco Berti scores, assisted by Robert MacDonald
• 15' Harkert Rocco Berti scores, assisted by Nuno Costa
• 17' Hexby Ive United scores, assisted by Gabriel Gonzalez
• 19' Harkert Rocco Berti scores, assisted by Nuno Costa
• 30' Yellow card to Harkert Issa Tall
• 32' Harkert Nikolay Ahmed scores, assisted by Miguel Fernandes
• 39' Harkert Nuno Costa scores, assisted by Gareth Pearson
• 52' Yellow card to Hexby Ive United Ramil Barbaqadze
• 57' Yellow card to Harkert Nuno Costa
• 64' Yellow card to Harkert Robert MacDonald
• 83' Yellow card to Hexby Ive United Kojo Okuno
• 87' Yellow card to Hexby Ive United Dongwon Beyon
• 89' Harkert Issa Tall scores, assisted by Nuno Costa

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Harkert scored seven from an xG of 4.4, a substantial overperformance that reflects both sharp finishing and an afternoon when chances kept arriving. Hexby Ive United scored once from 1.53 xG, finishing below the quality of the opportunities represented by that estimate. The shot count gives the tactical contrast some shape: Harkert put 17 of 18 attempts on target, while all six of the visitors’ shots were on target. So this was not simply a case of one side shooting wildly and the other doing nothing. The visitors had moments in front of goal, including their 17th-minute reply, but Harkert repeatedly turned possession into dangerous attempts and turned those attempts into goals at a remarkable rate. A 7-1 result against a combined xG total of 5.93 says the hosts created enough to deserve a clear win, then added a generous finishing surplus.

• No Hexby Ive United player reached a rating of 7.0.

The seven-goal return was not built on overwhelming possession: Harkert had 53% of the ball, only a modest edge over the visitors. But the hosts’ advantage in total attempts, 18-6, points to a match in which their attacks found the final third far more often. Hexby Ive United completed 11 dribbles to Harkert’s seven, yet that individual threat did not translate into enough volume to change the balance. With the score already 6-1 before the closing stages, Issa Tall’s 89th-minute goal added a final note to a contest whose main work had been done early. Six bookings, split evenly, supplied the administrative detail; the 7-1 scoreline supplied the rest.