Leigh City 0 - 10 Borthes Thistle

Key Events:

• 3' Borthes Thistle Domingo Blanco scores, assisted by Gustavo Sosa
• 18' Borthes Thistle Steven Davies scores, assisted by Gustavo Sosa
• 22' Borthes Thistle Gustavo Sosa scores, assisted by Favio Moraes
• 24' Borthes Thistle Domingo Blanco scores, assisted by Favio Moraes
• 34' Borthes Thistle Favio Moraes scores, assisted by Martyn Austin
• 38' Yellow card to Leigh City Luis Pinto
• 40' Borthes Thistle Domingo Blanco scores, assisted by Favio Moraes
• 50' Borthes Thistle Ahmed Ragheb scores, assisted by Domingo Blanco
• 52' Yellow card to Leigh City Xinping Boon
• 57' Yellow card to Borthes Thistle Steven Davies
• 68' Borthes Thistle Domingo Blanco scores, assisted by Steven Davies
• 70' Yellow card to Borthes Thistle Craig Jenkins
• 73' Borthes Thistle Ahmed Ragheb scores, assisted by Gustavo Sosa
• 86' Borthes Thistle Gustavo Sosa scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Borthes Thistle scored 10 against an xG of 5.26, substantially exceeding the quality estimate; Leigh City scored none from 0.26 xG. The visitors’ 20 shots on target from 22 attempts show that this was not merely a matter of clinical finishing: they repeatedly got efforts through to goal and converted at a rate that went well beyond the chances’ expected value. Leigh City had only one shot, on target, and its nine corners could not compensate for the shortage of open-play threat. Possession was relatively close at 47–53%, but the shot count and the final score make clear that control of the ball was not control of the match.

For Leigh City, the limited shot return left little opportunity to change the direction of the contest, despite a share of possession that looked respectable in isolation. The hosts also won nine corners to one, a count that suggests territory at moments but not the penetration needed to make those set pieces count. Their two yellow cards arrived amid a match already moving decisively away from them; the numbers offer no comfort, only a precise account of how thoroughly the visitors made their chances matter.

Borthes Thistle were not perfect by the measure of xG, because ten goals from 5.26 expected is an extraordinary return, but they were relentless in getting shots on target and spread the scoring across four players. The 0 - 10 scoreline reflects both a major finishing overperformance and a gulf in attacking output: the visitors registered 22 attempts, the hosts one. With four goals from Domingo Blanco and a combined five goal contributions from Gustavo Sosa, the afternoon had a clear cast of leading performers, and a final score that required no interpretive assistance.