Crodburn 3 - 2 Cownhampton

Key Events:

• 3' Crodburn Nilson Pires scores
• 4' Cownhampton Willi Schneider scores, assisted by Zdravko Ivanišević
• 41' Crodburn Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Michael Brown
• 56' Crodburn Zdravko Ivanišević scores, assisted by Philippe Robert
• 65' Yellow card to Cownhampton Michel Lemoine
• 65' Yellow card to Cownhampton Phillip Lewis
• 70' Cownhampton Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Nilson Pires
• 86' Yellow card to Cownhampton Jorge Alvez

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis

Crodburn finished with 2.24 xG and three goals, an over-performance of 0.76; Cownhampton recorded 1.06 xG and two goals, exceeding that estimate by 0.94. The visitors were notably clinical with limited opportunities: all four of their shots were on target, while the hosts put eight of their ten attempts on target. Crodburn had 60% possession and seven corners, compared with none for Cownhampton, and turned that greater volume of attacking play into the winning goal. The xG figures point to a closer chance-quality contest than the final score alone might suggest, while the shot totals show how much more often Crodburn tested the opposition.

No Cownhampton players reached the recorded 7.0 rating threshold.

Crodburn’s 3-2 win was built on the steadier weight of its attack, but the visitors made the finish less comfortable than their shot count might imply. They scored twice from four attempts, with every attempt on target; the hosts, meanwhile, had the ball more often and created the larger volume of pressure. That contrast gave the match its shape: Crodburn did more of the asking, while Cownhampton kept answering often enough to prevent the afternoon from settling into a routine home victory.

The sequence also mattered. After the sides traded goals in the opening minutes, Nilson Pires put Crodburn back in front before Zdravko Ivanišević extended the lead after the break. Philippe Robert’s goal at 70' cut the margin again, leaving the closing stretch with a live contest rather than a comfortable procession. Cownhampton collected all three recorded yellow cards, while Crodburn committed fewer fouls and took none; the figures offer a neat measure of two different kinds of strain. The final score remains 3-2: enough for Crodburn, though not enough to make the final minutes feel administrative.