Marn Albion 0 - 6 Newort City

The chance-quality estimate puts Marn Albion at 0.21 xG and Newort City at 5.99. The actual score, 0-6, sits almost exactly alongside those estimates: Newort City converted six goals from chances worth 5.99 xG, while Marn Albion recorded no goal from 0.21 xG. That is not a tale of one side stealing a result through unlikely finishing; the 25-2 shot count, including 23 shots on target for the visitors and none for the hosts, describes a sustained imbalance. Possession was less lopsided at 57%-43%, but Newort City made considerably more of its time on the ball.

The nine corners apiece offer a small statistical island of equality, surrounded by rather more decisive figures. Marn Albion made nine tackles to Newort City’s seven, but that did little to change the pattern suggested by the shots and xG. Two home yellow cards and three for the visitors added a modest disciplinary subplot; neither side had a player sent off. For Newort City, the late goals from Talla Diop and Peter Williams ensured that a dominant first half was followed by no particular need to be subtle.

Key Events:

• 6' Yellow card to Newort City Felipe Benavides
• 13' Newort City Dalibor Jovanović scores, assisted by Felipe Benavides
• 17' Newort City Peter Williams scores, assisted by Dalibor Jovanović
• 23' Yellow card to Marn Albion Michel Lemoine
• 27' Newort City Talla Diop scores
• 32' Yellow card to Newort City Dalibor Jovanović
• 61' Yellow card to Newort City an unnamed player
• 77' Newort City Hugo Gomez scores, assisted by Raul Barria
• 85' Yellow card to Marn Albion Pedro Chagas
• 86' Newort City Talla Diop scores
• 89' Newort City Peter Williams scores