Desburbing 3 - 1 Hols-ne City

Key Events:

• 3' Desburbing Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Bruno Rossi

• 18' Hols-ne City Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Philippe Robert

• 19' Yellow card to Desburbing Xinping Boon

• 23' Yellow card to Hols-ne City Michael Brown

• 27' Yellow card to Desburbing Robert Parsons

• 31' Desburbing Yong Mah scores, assisted by Roger Lacroix

• 53' Desburbing Roger Lacroix scores, assisted by Robert Parsons

• 58' Yellow card to Desburbing Bruno Rossi

• 82' Yellow card to Hols-ne City Philippe Robert

• No Hols-ne City players reached a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The early exchange offered Hols-ne City a route back into the contest, but Yong Mah restored Desburbing’s lead before the interval and Roger Lacroix extended it eight minutes into the second half. The hosts had the greater share of the ball and the overwhelming volume of shots, while Hols-ne City made more tackles and completed more dribbles. Those figures point to a visitors’ side working hard to disrupt and advance when it could, rather than one that enjoyed much room to settle. Three yellow cards for Desburbing and two for Hols-ne City added some edge, though neither side received a red.

The 3-1 result reflects the match’s decisive pattern without quite matching the gap in expected goals. Desburbing were productive enough to win by two, but the 5.57 xG leaves a conspicuous amount of unfinished business in front of goal. For Hols-ne City, the consolation was a goal from one of only three attempts; the less comforting part was that all three attempts were needed to account for their entire attacking output. Desburbing leave with the points and a strong attacking display, plus the small administrative task of converting more of the chances next time.