Mardwood City 1 - 3 Poroodhurnass Villa

Key Events:

• 1' Yellow card to Poroodhurnass Villa Branko Bartolić
• 30' Yellow card to Mardwood City Friedrich Unger
• 36' Poroodhurnass Villa Zdravko Ivanišević scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 39' Mardwood City Bruno Rossi scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 48' Poroodhurnass Villa Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 65' Poroodhurnass Villa Branko Bartolić scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 77' Yellow card to Mardwood City Luca Colombo
• 88' Yellow card to Mardwood City Bruno Rossi

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Mardwood City scored once from 1.97 xG, finishing 0.97 goals below the chance-quality estimate. Poroodhurnass Villa scored three from 2.89 xG, a modest over-performance of 0.11. Across the match, the four goals came from 4.86 combined xG, so the scoreline was a little less productive than the chances suggested overall, with the difference between the sides coming chiefly in who made better use of them. The visitors registered 11 shots on target from 12 attempts, compared with seven from nine for Mardwood City. That gap gives the away win a statistical foundation beyond the final score: Poroodhurnass Villa put a greater share of its attempts on target and also recorded more dribbles and tackles. Possession was split exactly 50-50, but control of the ball was not the same thing as control of the match’s most consequential moments.

• Mardwood City: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
• Poroodhurnass Villa: Pedro Chagas (7.0) - Assisted Zdravko Ivanišević and Branko Bartolić.

For Mardwood City, the equaliser from Bruno Rossi, assisted by Xinping Boon, briefly brought the scores level after Zdravko Ivanišević had put the visitors ahead. The response from Poroodhurnass Villa was decisive: Nilson Pires restored the lead three minutes after the interval, and Branko Bartolić added the third on 65 minutes, with Pedro Chagas involved in two of the visitors’ goals. Mardwood City had enough attacking output to record nine attempts and 1.97 xG, but one goal left that promise largely on paper. The hosts also collected three yellow cards to the visitors’ one, while committing more than twice as many fouls.

The 1-3 result therefore reflects a match in which possession offered little separation, but efficiency and pressure did. Poroodhurnass Villa finished with more shots, more shots on target, more dribbles and more tackles; Mardwood City matched the visitors for corners and surpassed them in pass accuracy, but those measures did not change the score. The hosts’ goal made the contest level for only nine minutes, and the visitors’ two second-half goals gave the match its final shape. There was no need for a possession advantage: Poroodhurnass Villa found enough routes to goal, and Mardwood City could not find a second answer.