Ashoutton Wednesday 3 - 2 Crouth City

Key Events:

• 2' Yellow card to Crouth City Pedro Chagas
• 8' Yellow card to Ashoutton Wednesday Adel Abdallah
• 14' Ashoutton Wednesday Ivan Jurčević scores
• 23' Crouth City Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Jorge Alvez
• 43' Yellow card to Ashoutton Wednesday Ivan Jurčević
• 48' Yellow card to Ashoutton Wednesday Ronald Jimenez
• 65' Yellow card to Crouth City Michel Lemoine
• 70' Crouth City Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 75' Ashoutton Wednesday Ronald Jimenez scores, assisted by John Hanson
• 79' Ashoutton Wednesday Ivan Jurčević scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Ashoutton Wednesday 2.38 xG and Crouth City 3.02, against the final score of 3-2. The hosts therefore finished above their estimate, while the visitors scored fewer than their chances suggested; that is a useful summary of the difference between the match’s opportunity count and its result. Crouth City registered 15 shots and 10 on target, compared with 13 and seven for Ashoutton Wednesday, and also led in dribbles, 16-10. Possession was level at 50% apiece, so neither side monopolised the ball. Instead, the visitors created more overall danger but could not turn that edge into enough goals, while the hosts made their chances count when the game was in its decisive stretch.

The final sequence gave Ashoutton Wednesday a result that its xG did not quite predict, without making the win an inexplicable one. After Nilson Pires put Crouth City ahead in the second half, Ronald Jimenez levelled five minutes later, and Ivan Jurčević settled it at 79'. The hosts were more efficient in the moments that mattered; the visitors’ larger xG total is the lingering evidence that efficiency was doing some heavy lifting. Five yellow cards added a brisk disciplinary subplot, though neither side saw red.

• Crouth City had no standout performers rated 7.0 or above.