Marwick Stanley 0 - 9 Kirsham Wanderers

Key Events:

• 1' Yellow card to Kirsham Wanderers Ismet Nachev
• 3' Yellow card to Kirsham Wanderers Christian Bernard
• 19' Yellow card to Kirsham Wanderers Seungwon Hur
• 20' Kirsham Wanderers Antonio Da Silva scores, assisted by Bruno Rossi
• 37' Yellow card to Marwick Stanley Branko Bartolić
• 42' Kirsham Wanderers Seungwon Hur scores, assisted by Bruno Rossi
• 45' Kirsham Wanderers Abdoulaye Gueye scores
• 56' Kirsham Wanderers Amilcar Estevão scores, assisted by Christian Bernard
• 60' Kirsham Wanderers Seungwon Hur scores, assisted by Ismet Nachev
• 69' Yellow card to Kirsham Wanderers Amilcar Estevão
• 71' Kirsham Wanderers Amilcar Estevão scores, assisted by Ismet Nachev
• 76' Yellow card to Marwick Stanley Phillip Lewis
• 77' Kirsham Wanderers Ismael Sanchez scores, assisted by Bruno Rossi
• 83' Kirsham Wanderers Ismet Nachev scores, assisted by Seungwon Hur
• 89' Kirsham Wanderers Amilcar Estevão scores, assisted by Ismet Nachev
• 90' Yellow card to Kirsham Wanderers Bruno Rossi

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Marwick Stanley 0.26 xG and Kirsham Wanderers 4.6. The hosts finished with no goals from their limited estimate, while Kirsham scored nine: 4.4 above xG, a substantial overperformance even for a side that put 17 of 20 shots on target. The contrast in volume is just as stark: Marwick managed one shot, also on target. Kirsham did this with 43% possession, suggesting their threat came less from keeping the ball than from making their attacks count once opportunities arrived. Nine goals cannot be explained by xG alone; the finishing ran well ahead of the chances’ estimated quality.

• No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher for Marwick Stanley.

The nine goals were spread across the match, with Kirsham moving from a 1-0 lead at 20 minutes to 3-0 by half-time, then adding six more after the break. That progression left little room for a late change of direction: Marwick’s four corners and higher possession share did not become a scoring reply, while Kirsham kept converting chances at a rate far beyond the xG forecast. The visitors were booked five times, so the evening was not without its minor frictions; it simply had rather more goals than suspense. For Marwick Stanley, one shot and no goals tell the blunt part of the story. For Kirsham Wanderers, 0-9 tells the rest.