Regandowick City 1 - 6 Northea City

Key Events:

• 10' Northea City Drissa Kouakou scores, assisted by Humberto Lopes
• 20' Northea City Humberto Lopes scores, assisted by Hector Ferreira
• 34' Northea City Maurice Stewart scores, assisted by Gareth Jones
• 35' Yellow card to Northea City Steve Reid
• 43' Northea City Raul Venegas scores, assisted by Steve Reid
• 46' Yellow card to Regandowick City Peter Cruickshank
• 48' Northea City Steve Reid scores, assisted by Andre Medeiros
• 58' Northea City Andre Medeiros scores
• 59' Yellow card to Northea City Blaise Diarrassouba
• 87' Regandowick City Alexander Parker scores, assisted by Peter Cruickshank

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Northea City recorded 5.53 xG and scored six, a small over-performance rather than a departure from the chances they created. Regandowick City scored once from 0.49 xG, also finishing above its estimate, but the single goal arrived after the match had been shaped by a far more substantial attacking imbalance. The shot count gives that imbalance plain dimensions: 25 attempts for the visitors, 20 on target, against three attempts and one on target for the hosts. Possession was nearly even, but territory and threat were not. Northea City made its attacks count with remarkable regularity, while Regandowick City had too little volume to make its late finish a route back into the contest.

The scoreline was emphatic, and the underlying figures offer little grounds to call it an accident. Northea City put 20 shots on target, scored four times before the interval, then added two more shortly after the restart. Even with possession close to level and tackles tied, the visitors produced a level of attacking pressure Regandowick City could not match. The hosts’ 87th-minute goal, supplied by Peter Cruickshank and finished by Alexander Parker, gave the home support something to take from the closing minutes, but could not soften a 6-1 defeat.