The report
Key Events:
- 13' Yellow card to Beccle Palace Aleksandar Hristov
- 21' Beccle Palace Vincent Goncalves scores
- 26' Beccle Palace Hector Garcia scores, assisted by Michael Nguyen
- 30' Beccle Palace Vincent Goncalves scores, assisted by Roman Freitas
- 56' Beccle Palace Michael Nguyen scores, assisted by Roman Freitas
- 63' Beccle Palace Vincent Goncalves scores, assisted by Michael Nguyen
- 67' Yellow card to Boldsgrad Rovers Jorge Alvez
- 72' Beccle Palace Roman Freitas scores
- 75' Beccle Palace Emerson Pereira scores
- 81' Beccle Palace Vincent Goncalves scores, assisted by Derek Baxter
- 87' Beccle Palace Michael Nguyen scores
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Beccle Palace scored nine goals from 3.61 xG, substantially outperforming the chance-quality estimate. That suggests not merely a high volume of opportunities, but extraordinary conversion: they put 13 of 16 shots on target and turned those openings into a scoreline well beyond what the model expected. Boldsgrad Rovers recorded 0.26 xG and scored none, a modest shortfall by comparison. The hosts had 57% possession and 82% pass accuracy, but managed just one shot; control of the ball did not translate into meaningful threat. Beccle had less possession, yet their 16 attempts and 10 tackles point to a side that made its time on the ball count and repeatedly disrupted Boldsgrad’s efforts to build.
No Boldsgrad Rovers player reached a rating of 7.0 or higher.
The gap between the teams was apparent in the final score and in the basic attacking numbers: one shot for Boldsgrad Rovers, 16 for Beccle Palace. The hosts’ possession and passing accuracy were higher, but those figures offered little protection once Beccle began turning its shots on target into goals. The visitors also recorded more tackles, 10 to four, while both teams had one corner and one yellow card. It was not a contest settled by a marginal advantage in possession or a late swing in fortune; the decisive difference was that Beccle created far more attempts and finished them at a remarkable rate.
Nine goals from 3.61 xG is an exceptional return, and the distinction matters: the result was even more lopsided than the chance estimate alone would suggest. Goncalves’s four goals and Nguyen’s two goals and two assists give the numbers familiar names, while Freitas added a goal and two assists. Boldsgrad Rovers kept more of the ball, but a single shot left little room for a different outcome. Beccle Palace leave with a 0-9 win and a match in which the ball’s ownership and its destination proved to be separate questions.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Vincent Goncalves*
Scored four goals, providing the central force in Beccle’s nine-goal return.
Michael Nguyen*
Scored twice and assisted twice, contributing directly to four goals.
Roman Freitas*
Scored once and supplied two assists, helping keep Beccle’s attack productive.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
A booking nearby, then Vincent Goncalves for Beccle Palace. Tension, then arithmetic.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison


