Hykenry Athletic 1 - 5 Kirsham Wanderers

Key Events:

• 3' Kirsham Wanderers Alberto Gonzalez scores, assisted by Ismet Nachev
• 4' Yellow card to Kirsham Wanderers Seungwon Hur
• 22' Kirsham Wanderers Israel Morales scores, assisted by Ismet Nachev
• 33' Yellow card to Kirsham Wanderers Israel Morales
• 35' Yellow card to Hykenry Athletic Jorge Alvez
• 38' Kirsham Wanderers Christian Bernard scores, assisted by Amilcar Estevão
• 44' Hykenry Athletic Seungwoo Jeong scores, assisted by Jorge Alvez
• 48' Yellow card to Hykenry Athletic Michel Lemoine
• 61' Kirsham Wanderers Ismet Nachev scores, assisted by Amilcar Estevão
• 84' Kirsham Wanderers Amilcar Estevão scores, assisted by Reza Abdo

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Kirsham Wanderers scored five from 4.14 xG, an overperformance of 0.86 goals, while Hykenry Athletic scored once from 0.59 xG, finishing 0.41 above its estimate. Those modest positive margins mattered, but the greater divide was the volume and quality of pressure: Kirsham recorded 17 shots, 16 on target, against Hykenry’s four shots and one on target. Hykenry had more possession, 53 per cent to 47, but control of the ball did not translate into enough attacking threat. Kirsham were more direct in the useful sense of repeatedly making the goalkeeper’s afternoon relevant.

• No Hykenry Athletic players reached a rating of 7.0.

The early goals gave Kirsham the platform to dictate the match without needing to own the ball. Ismet Nachev helped establish that advantage with two assists before scoring himself, while Amilcar Estevão supplied two assists and the late fifth. The visitors spread their scoring across the match, with Alberto Gonzalez, Israel Morales and Christian Bernard also finding the net before the interval. That made Hykenry’s response through Seungwoo Jeong just before half-time a pause in the pattern rather than a change of direction.

Hykenry’s 53 per cent possession and 13 tackles show a side that stayed involved, but the attacking numbers tell the plainer story: one shot on target was not enough to trouble a team already three goals ahead at the break. Kirsham, meanwhile, maintained its threat after the restart, with Nachev making it four in the 61st minute and Estevão completing the 5-1 score in the 84th. The final margin matched the balance of the chances, and the visitors’ finishing gave an already commanding display a suitably decisive ending.