Yaringston 5 - 1 Whamer-Sea

Key Events:

• 8' Yellow card to Whamer-Sea Seungwoo Jeong
• 16' Yaringston Myungbak Che scores
• 21' Yellow card to Whamer-Sea Phillip Lewis
• 36' Yaringston Samuel Salisu scores, assisted by Michael Day
• 50' Yaringston Mauro Maidana scores, assisted by Samuel Salisu
• 54' Yaringston Samuel Salisu scores, assisted by Michael Day
• 59' Yellow card to Whamer-Sea Michel Lemoine
• 77' Whamer-Sea Nilson Pires scores
• 77' Yellow card to Yaringston Colin Whyte
• 83' Yaringston Michael Day scores, assisted by Myungbak Che

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis

Yaringston scored five from a Gazzetta chance-quality estimate of 5.08 xG, an almost exact match between the opportunities created and the goals collected. The 22 shots, including 19 on target, help explain why the hosts were able to build such a substantial lead: this was sustained pressure with a high proportion of attempts requiring attention from the goalkeeper, rather than a scoreline assembled from a handful of improbable finishes. Whamer-Sea scored once from 1.13 xG, finishing somewhat below the estimate, but their five shots and four on target indicate that their limited attack did find the target with some regularity. The gap in possession was only 56% to 44%; the larger difference was what each side did with its time on the ball. Yaringston turned its attacking volume into five goals, while Whamer-Sea could not match that production.

• No Whamer-Sea players reached a rating of 7.0.

The sequence after half-time settled the contest in plain terms: Mauro Maidana made it 3-0 in the 50th minute, and Samuel Salisu struck again four minutes later. Whamer-Sea did get a goal through Nilson Pires in the 77th minute, but Yaringston answered before the match was out when Michael Day finished in the 83rd. The visitors’ three yellow cards, against one for the hosts, also reflect a match in which Whamer-Sea had to spend more time trying to interrupt the game than controlling it.

The final 5-1 was supported by the broad shape of the numbers: Yaringston had more of the ball, attempted more than four times as many shots, and generated just over four times the xG. Whamer-Sea showed enough accuracy to make its goal, but not enough attacking volume to alter the outcome. With Samuel Salisu and Michael Day both involved in three goals, Yaringston had the sharper finishers and the more effective supply line. The scoreline was emphatic; the underlying figures suggest it was not a statistical accident.