Hodmouttle Forest 5 - 1 Martmon Athletic

Key Events:

• 21' Hodmouttle Forest Anđelko Đurić scores
• 40' Yellow card to Martmon Athletic Michel Lemoine
• 48' Hodmouttle Forest Orlando Dos Santos scores, assisted by Manuel Moreira Lopes
• 68' Hodmouttle Forest Mor Mbengue scores
• 74' Hodmouttle Forest Ivan Šimić scores, assisted by Marcelino Silva
• 78' Martmon Athletic Seungwoo Jeong scores
• 81' Hodmouttle Forest Mor Mbengue scores
• 83' Yellow card to Martmon Athletic Pedro Chagas

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Hodmouttle Forest scored five from an xG of 4.29, finishing modestly above the chance-quality estimate; Martmon Athletic scored once from 0.79 xG, also slightly above theirs. The more telling gap was in volume: Forest had 20 shots, 15 on target, against three shots and three on target for the visitors. With 60% possession and 83% pass accuracy, the hosts had both more of the ball and considerably more opportunity to turn it into danger. Their single corner, compared with Martmon Athletic’s three, is a small reminder that attacking pressure does not always arrive by the most ceremonious route.

The match’s shape changed decisively after the break. Orlando Dos Santos put Forest two ahead three minutes into the second half, and goals from Mor Mbengue and Ivan Šimić followed in a six-minute stretch. Seungwoo Jeong briefly supplied Martmon Athletic with a reply, but Mbengue restored the four-goal margin three minutes later. Forest’s five goals came from four listed scorers, while the available shot figures show how rarely Martmon Athletic could make the hosts defend for long.

The final 5-1 was a clear account of the balance between the sides, not a narrow contest inflated by a stray finish. Forest’s 15 shots on target and 4.29 xG point to sustained threat, while Martmon Athletic’s three attempts left little room for a comeback once the second-half run began. The visitors did convert a chance worth less than a goal on the estimate, but Forest had enough chances to make that detail a footnote rather than a plot twist.