Blanningse 3 - 1 Farleston

Key Events:

• 5' Yellow card to Farleston Jorge Alvez
• 6' Farleston Nilson Pires scores
• 12' Yellow card to Farleston Pedro Chagas
• 17' Yellow card to Farleston Philippe Robert
• 26' Blanningse Fred Campbell scores
• 33' Yellow card to Farleston Seungwoo Jeong
• 34' Blanningse Miroslav Nedić scores
• 41' Yellow card to Blanningse Oscar Castro
• 49' Yellow card to Blanningse Nikola Mihajlović
• 58' Yellow card to Farleston Phillip Lewis
• 73' Blanningse Namil Ho scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Blanningse 5.47 xG against three goals, a substantial under-performance against the opportunities created. Farleston scored once from 0.36 xG, making the early lead a notably efficient return from its only shot, which was also on target. The contrast is stark: Blanningse put 17 of 29 attempts on target and kept applying pressure, while Farleston had to make its one chance count. The hosts’ three goals were enough to win, but the gap between their chance volume and final tally suggests this could have been a much broader result. Possession offers little counter-story: Farleston had 52% to Blanningse’s 48%, but the ball did not often become a shot.

No players for Blanningse or Farleston had a recorded rating of 7.0 or higher.

Blanningse’s response to conceding in the sixth minute was decisive: Fred Campbell equalised in the 26th, and Miroslav Nedić put the hosts ahead eight minutes later. Namil Ho added the third in the 73rd, giving the result some breathing room after a first half in which the lead changed hands only once. No assists are recorded, so the goals stand on their own in the ledger, as goals are occasionally obliged to do.

The figures leave Blanningse with a deserved win and a curious accounting problem: three goals from enough chances for considerably more. Farleston made its lone effort count and had more possession, but could not turn that share of the ball into further attempts. Seven yellow cards across the match, including five for the visitors, added a busy disciplinary subplot. In the end, Blanningse took the points, while the shot count suggests the scoreline was the most restrained participant.