Crand Park 1 - 6 Bickham United

Key Events:

• 2' Yellow card to Crand Park Mario Stewart
• 5' Bickham United Coulibaly Ouattara scores, assisted by Yifei Loh
• 8' Yellow card to Crand Park Allan Carroll
• 9' Bickham United Jose Medina scores, assisted by Coulibaly Ouattara
• 11' Crand Park Tamaz Kapanadze scores, assisted by Allan Carroll
• 15' Bickham United Coulibaly Ouattara scores, assisted by Howard Patel
• 18' Yellow card to Crand Park Tamaz Kapanadze
• 27' Bickham United Coulibaly Ouattara scores, assisted by Moustafa Hassan
• 44' Yellow card to Crand Park Michel Lemoine
• 45' Bickham United Howard Patel scores, assisted by Moustafa Hassan
• 65' Yellow card to Bickham United Howard Patel
• 71' Bickham United Yifei Loh scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate put Crand Park at 1.23 xG and Bickham United at 6.18. Crand Park scored once, 0.23 below its estimate; Bickham scored six, just 0.18 below theirs. In other words, the finishing was close to what the chances suggested, while the chance totals themselves tell the sharper story: Bickham’s 27 shots, including 23 on target, compared with six shots and four on target for Crand Park. The 51-49 possession split offers no hint of that gulf by itself. Bickham made its possession count with far more attempts, while Crand Park’s nine corners and higher pass accuracy did not translate into a comparable volume of shooting. The scoreline was emphatic, and the underlying numbers leave little room to call it an accident.

No Crand Park players reached a recorded rating of 7.0.

The first-half sequence did most of the damage: Bickham scored in the 5th and 9th minutes, Crand Park answered in the 11th, and the visitors restored and extended their advantage before the break. Coulibaly Ouattara completed his hat-trick in the 27th minute, while Howard Patel made it five on the stroke of half-time. Yifei Loh added the sixth in the 71st minute, leaving the final score at 1-6. Crand Park had the greater possession share, more corners and better pass accuracy, but Bickham’s shot count and the six goals were the measures that mattered most. Four Crand Park yellow cards also marked a difficult match for the hosts; the visitors finished with one booking and no red cards on either side.