Riste United 0 - 9 Lough Park

Key Events:

• 5' Lough Park Ibro Milošević scores, assisted by Ivan De la Cruz
• 39' Lough Park Andrew Bailey scores
• 51' Lough Park Silvestre Zarate scores, assisted by Adriano Pereira
• 60' Lough Park Mostafa Gaber scores, assisted by Andrew Bailey
• 64' Lough Park Andrew Bailey scores, assisted by Silvestre Zarate
• 65' Yellow card to Riste United Silvino Andrade
• 72' Lough Park Silvestre Zarate scores
• 75' Lough Park Ivan De la Cruz scores, assisted by Thierno Pouye
• 81' Yellow card to Riste United Bastiaan Hoekstra
• 82' Lough Park Andrew Bailey scores, assisted by Mostafa Gaber
• 86' Lough Park Leonardo Gonzalez scores, assisted by Mostafa Gaber
• 88' Yellow card to Lough Park Thierno Pouye

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Lough Park scored nine from an xG of 4.31, a substantial overperformance: their finishing produced more than twice the goals their chances would ordinarily suggest. Fifteen of their 20 shots were on target, indicating persistent pressure and plenty of work for the defence, but the final score also reflects unusually ruthless conversion. Riste United recorded 0.01 xG and no shots, so the 0-9 result was not merely a matter of the visitors taking every opening; the hosts had no recorded attempt to trouble them. Possession was close at 49%-51%, but the shot count tells the more useful tactical story: Lough Park made their share of the ball count, while Riste United’s nine corners did not yield a shot.

No Riste United players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The margin was built over both halves: Lough Park led 2-0 at the break, then scored seven more after the interval. Bailey’s second goal, at 64', came four minutes after Gaber had extended the lead; the sequence set the tone for a second half in which the visitors scored repeatedly and Riste United’s two yellow cards offered little change in direction. Lough Park also made 15 tackles to Riste United’s four, while recording fewer fouls. The broad lesson is plain enough: possession can be level, corners can favour the side trailing, and the match can still belong entirely to the team producing shots and goals.