Witerley Lough 1 - 3 Brough City

Key Events:

• 10' Yellow card to Brough City Zurab Khuridze
• 23' Yellow card to Witerley Lough Saliou Sow
• 37' Witerley Lough Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Luca Colombo
• 43' Brough City Emanuel Vaz scores, assisted by Zurab Khuridze
• 55' Yellow card to Brough City Hans Walter
• 60' Yellow card to Witerley Lough Xinping Boon
• 74' Brough City Zurab Khuridze scores
• 79' Brough City scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Witerley Lough 0.41 xG and Brough City 3.03. Witerley Lough scored once from a small return, finishing above expectation; Brough City scored three, almost exactly in line with theirs, marginally below. The shot count explains the difference more plainly: Brough City put 10 of 15 attempts on target, while Witerley Lough managed just one on target from two shots. Possession was close, 51% to 49%, but control of the ball did not translate into comparable danger. The visitors made their possession count in the more useful currency: repeated efforts that required a response.

• Witerley Lough: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
• Brough City:
• Zurab Khuridze (7.0) - Scored the go-ahead goal and assisted Emanuel Vaz’s equaliser, contributing decisively at both ends of the visitors’ scoring sequence.

The opening goal gave Witerley Lough a foothold, but Brough City restored parity before half-time and then took the lead in the 74th minute. Their late third settled the 3-1 scoreline. With the shots and xG both strongly in the visitors’ favour, this was not a case of a narrow escape: Brough City produced the more threatening performance and earned the margin. Witerley Lough had the ball a little more often, but the match was decided by what each side did when it had a chance to make that possession matter.