Eppen Wanderers 3 - 1 Soughle Town

Key Events:

• 5' Eppen Wanderers Ronald Cote scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 20' Yellow card to Soughle Town Pedro Chagas
• 54' Eppen Wanderers Ronald Cote scores, assisted by Kakha Gorgadze
• 84' Eppen Wanderers Lindomar Da Silva scores
• 86' Soughle Town Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Philippe Robert

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Eppen Wanderers scored three goals from 3.38 xG, a return just below the chance-quality estimate and a fair reflection of a team that repeatedly put the visitors under pressure. Their 14 shots, 13 of them on target, made the attacking advantage unusually plain; this was not a case of possession being admired from a safe distance. Soughle Town scored once from 0.98 xG, almost exactly matching its estimate, though five shots and three on target meant there was less room to build sustained danger. The 54% possession for the hosts supported their control, while the 46% for the visitors did not translate into comparable volume in front of goal. In short, Eppen Wanderers created more and finished often enough to turn that edge into a 3-1 win, while Soughle Town made its limited opportunities count at a rate xG would consider entirely respectable.

• No Soughle Town players reached a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The timing of the goals gave the match a clear shape: Cote struck early, then scored again at 54', keeping Eppen Wanderers in front before Lindomar Da Silva added the third in the 84th minute. Soughle Town answered two minutes later through Chagas, assisted by Philippe Robert, so the visitors did not leave the scoring to the hosts alone. But that reply came after the third goal, and the available figures offer little evidence that Soughle Town had been matching the hosts’ threat over the full match.

The numbers behind the result are tidy without being mysterious. Eppen Wanderers had the edge in possession, shots, shots on target, corners and dribbles, while Soughle Town committed more fouls and collected the only yellow card. Passing accuracy was close, at 83% to 81%, suggesting the difference was less about simply keeping the ball and more about what each side managed to do with it. Eppen Wanderers finished with a three-goal haul and a 3-1 victory; Soughle Town had its late moment, but not enough attacking weight to alter the larger account of the match.