Soughlind 8 - 1 Newbriddle City

Key Events:

• 3' Yellow card to Newbriddle City Phillip Lewis
• 8' Yellow card to Soughlind Fernando Monteiro
• 14' Soughlind Homero Molina scores, assisted by Harald Martin
• 16' Soughlind Edwin Guzman scores, assisted by Fernando Monteiro
• 18' Yellow card to Soughlind Nikoloz Chubinidze
• 19' Yellow card to Newbriddle City Seungwoo Jeong
• 22' Soughlind Edwin Guzman scores
• 27' Soughlind Edwin Guzman scores
• 33' Soughlind Bruno Lopes scores
• 38' Yellow card to Newbriddle City Pedro Chagas
• 51' Soughlind Fernando Monteiro scores, assisted by Edwin Guzman
• 56' Soughlind Nikoloz Chubinidze scores, assisted by Edwin Guzman
• 60' Soughlind Harald Martin scores
• 64' Newbriddle City Philippe Robert scores
• 78' Yellow card to Soughlind Sulejman Tomić

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis

The 8-1 scoreline was a substantial return above Soughlind’s 3.91 xG: eight goals from 16 shots, with 15 on target, speaks to finishing well beyond the chance-quality estimate. That overperformance does not make the attack’s threat imaginary; the volume and accuracy of the attempts show a side repeatedly reaching dangerous positions and making them count. Newbriddle City, by contrast, scored once from 0.01 xG despite registering no shots. Their 54% possession and 85% pass accuracy did not translate into an attempt, a neat demonstration that keeping the ball and troubling the goalkeeper are separate administrative departments.

No Newbriddle City players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The final 8-1 scoreline leaves little room for ambiguity, though the possession figures offer a reminder that Newbriddle City did have more of the ball. Soughlind made its possession count through pressure, attempts and ruthless finishing; the visitors’ only goal at 64' interrupted the run without changing its direction. Eight goals from a 3.91 xG return is an unusually generous conversion, while a goal from 0.01 xG is the sort of footnote that refuses to stay in the margin.