Beard Rovers 4 - 3 Rotfort Ive Palace

Key Events:

• 6' Beard Rovers Weijie Hong scores, assisted by Lindomar Da Silva
• 32' Yellow card to Beard Rovers Bruno Rossi
• 39' Yellow card to Rotfort Ive Palace Milorad Spahić
• 41' Beard Rovers Lindomar Da Silva scores
• 44' Beard Rovers Weijie Hong scores, assisted by Friedrich Unger
• 45' Rotfort Ive Palace Thomas Green scores
• 50' Rotfort Ive Palace Saliou Sow scores, assisted by Myungjun Chin
• 56' Yellow card to Beard Rovers Lindomar Da Silva
• 64' Rotfort Ive Palace Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Thomas Green
• 69' Yellow card to Beard Rovers Luca Colombo
• 77' Beard Rovers Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Weijie Hong
• 82' Yellow card to Rotfort Ive Palace Heinrich Hermann

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The 4-3 scoreline sits well above Beard Rovers’ 2.1 xG, while Rotfort Ive Palace scored three from 3.13 xG, a close match between chance quality and goals. The hosts therefore substantially outperformed their estimate: four goals from 10 shots, with seven on target, points to sharp finishing and a particularly productive attacking spell before the break. The visitors, by contrast, put 12 of 13 shots on target and generated the stronger xG total, yet could not turn that volume into a lead. Their three goals brought them back into the contest, but Beard Rovers found the decisive fourth rather than allowing the balance of chances to settle the matter.

The numbers describe a match in which Rotfort Ive Palace controlled more of the shooting threat, while Beard Rovers kept the ball more often and finished with unusual efficiency. Eleven corners for the visitors and 12 shots on target made their pressure quite real; it was not merely a possession exercise with a decorative scoreboard. But Beard Rovers answered that pressure with four goals from fewer attempts, including the late strike that restored their advantage after the visitors had worked their way back to 3-3. The hosts leave with the 4-3 win, and the visitors with a respectable xG edge that, regrettably, cannot be entered as a second result.