The report
Key Events:
- 5' Yellow card to Swarking City Miroslav Lučić
- 17' Croury Spin-Den Božo Dedić scores
- 20' Yellow card to Swarking City an unnamed player
- 21' Croury Spin-Den scores, assisted by Kitae Bang
- 23' Swarking City Helmut Schuster scores
- 32' Croury Spin-Den Božo Dedić scores
- 34' Yellow card to Swarking City Helmut Schuster
- 38' Croury Spin-Den Ian Bailey scores, assisted by Enzo Imai
- 45' Yellow card to Croury Spin-Den Ian Bailey
- 45' Yellow card to Croury Spin-Den Kitae Bang
- 52' Yellow card to Swarking City Lindomar Da Silva
- 60' Croury Spin-Den Ian Bailey scores
- 77' Croury Spin-Den Stefan Panayotov scores, assisted by Ian Bailey
- 85' Yellow card to Croury Spin-Den Nick Townsend
- 90' Croury Spin-Den Božo Dedić scores
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Croury Spin-Den’s seven goals came from an xG of 4.1, an over-performance of 2.9 goals. The 18 shots, 15 on target and relatively even 53% possession show a side that created sustained attacking pressure and converted chances at exceptional efficiency. Swarking City scored once from an xG of 1.03, almost exactly matching the quality of the chances they generated. All four of their attempts were on target, but that accuracy could not compensate for the home side’s far greater volume of threat.
The scoreline was emphatic, though the match was not simply a matter of possession: Swarking City had 47% of the ball and matched Croury Spin-Den on corners. The decisive difference was what happened when attacks reached the shooting stage. Dedić’s three goals and Bailey’s two helped turn the hosts’ 18 attempts into a seven-goal return, while the visitors’ one goal arrived between the home side’s second and third. Croury Spin-Den kept adding to the margin after the break, with Panayotov’s 77th-minute finish and Dedić’s 90th-minute third leaving little doubt about the result.
No Swarking City players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.
Overall, Croury Spin-Den’s 7-1 victory reflected both its attacking dominance and a finishing display that outstripped the xG estimate by a substantial margin. Swarking City did score and put all four shots on target, but the visitors could not match the volume or continued threat of the hosts’ attack. Three yellow cards apiece for the home side and four for Swarking City added a little administrative work to an otherwise decisive afternoon.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Božo Dedić
His hat-trick supplied the most direct proof of Croury Spin-Den’s finishing edge.
Ian Bailey
Scored twice, assisted Panayotov’s goal and collected a yellow card.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
Božo Dedić, unassisted on the log. Origin unknown; destination 1–0.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison

