Blevenhe County 2 - 3 Sodland City

Key Events:

• 20' Yellow card to Sodland City Xinping Boon
• 22' Sodland City Luca Colombo scores, assisted by Friedrich Unger
• 32' Sodland City Manuel Do Nascimento scores, assisted by Serge Dubois
• 39' Blevenhe County Mikheil Kurtanidze scores
• 40' Blevenhe County Neil Wright scores
• 53' Yellow card to Sodland City Saliou Sow
• 56' Yellow card to Blevenhe County Xinping Boon
• 70' Yellow card to Blevenhe County Adelino Gomes
• 73' Yellow card to Blevenhe County Matt King
• 80' Sodland City Luca Colombo scores, assisted by Saliou Sow

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis:

Blevenhe County scored twice from 2.48 xG, finishing 0.48 goals below the chance-quality estimate. Sodland City scored three from 3.18 xG, also a little below expectation, by 0.18. The figures suggest that the final score was close to the chances each side created, with Sodland City holding the edge in both actual goals and estimated opportunity quality. Its 18 shots to Blevenhe County’s 11, alongside 56% possession and 83% pass accuracy, point to more sustained attacking involvement; the hosts, however, put nine of their 11 attempts on target, matching the visitors’ nine on-target shots. Blevenhe County made its chances count in a remarkable two-goal burst, but Colombo’s late finish restored the visitors’ lead and settled the result.

The turning point in the narrative was not a single neat tactical adjustment but the sequence itself: Sodland City moved two ahead through Colombo and Do Nascimento, then watched Blevenhe County draw level with goals from Kurtanidze and Wright in consecutive minutes. That recovery made the match genuinely uncertain again, while the later run of three home yellow cards and two for the visitors gave the closing stages a more physical edge. Neither side received a red card, and both recorded eight tackles. Sodland City also had more dribbles, 14 to nine, while Blevenhe County won more corners, five to three. The match offered several ways to measure pressure; the visitors had more of the ball and the shots, while the hosts briefly made the most of a very compact scoring window.

Blevenhe County: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.

Sodland City:

• Luca Colombo (7.6) - Scored twice, including the 80th-minute goal that gave Sodland City its winning margin.