Billey Park 4 - 1 Midge County

Key Events:

• 24' Yellow card to Billey Park Jorge Alvez
• 28' Yellow card to Midge County Xinping Boon
• 30' Billey Park Pedro Chagas scores
• 36' Billey Park Michel Lemoine scores
• 41' Billey Park Willi Schneider scores, assisted by Nilson Pires
• 45' Midge County Celestino Andrade scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 49' Yellow card to Midge County Ron van Dijk
• 81' Yellow card to Billey Park Phillip Lewis
• 88' Billey Park Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Zdravko Ivanišević

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Billey Park 2.25 xG and Midge County 2.67. The final score of 4-1 therefore tells a story of strikingly different returns: Billey Park finished 1.75 goals above its estimate, while Midge County scored 1.67 fewer than theirs. The visitors also led the shot count 13-10 and shots on target 9-8, so the result was not a matter of Billey Park monopolising attempts. Rather, the hosts converted their opportunities with exceptional efficiency, while Midge County’s greater volume produced only one goal. The estimates point to chances at both ends; the finishing made the difference, and made it emphatically.

Billey Park built its advantage in a six-minute stretch, with Pedro Chagas, Michel Lemoine and Willi Schneider all scoring between the 30th and 41st minutes. Nilson Pires supplied the assist for the third, and Midge County did at least interrupt the procession when Celestino Andrade scored on the stroke of half-time, assisted by Xinping Boon. That response gave the visitors a goal before the break, but the deficit remained substantial.

The second half did not bring a further change to the balance of the score until Chagas finished with Zdravko Ivanišević’s assistance in the 88th minute. Both sides had two yellow cards, and possession was split evenly; neither of those figures hints at a comfortable evening for the side that lost. But Billey Park turned its chances into a clear 4-1 win, while Midge County left with the busier shot count and little reward for it. The scoreboard, as ever, declined to award points for effort alone.