Whith Town 2 - 3 Heaffiel Villa

Key Events:

• 8' Heaffiel Villa Charles Craig scores, assisted by Mario Gleeson
• 14' Heaffiel Villa Charles Craig scores, assisted by Mario Gleeson
• 17' Whith Town Xinping Boon scores
• 31' Heaffiel Villa Andrew Parker scores, assisted by Carlos Ribeiro
• 39' Yellow card to Heaffiel Villa Carlos Ribeiro
• 40' Whith Town Raul Velazquez scores
• 60' Yellow card to Heaffiel Villa Damian Cooper
• 72' Yellow card to Whith Town Xinping Boon

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate puts Whith Town at 1.39 xG against two actual goals, an over-performance of 0.61. Heaffiel Villa recorded 3.68 xG and scored three, finishing 0.68 below that estimate. The difference was not a lack of opportunity: the visitors had 17 shots, including 13 on target, while Whith Town managed six shots and put five on target. Whith Town had slightly more possession and more corners, but those measures did not translate into the same volume of chances. The hosts were notably efficient with what they created; Heaffiel Villa created far more, and still had enough to take the points.

The two early goals from Charles Craig, both assisted by Mario Gleeson, gave Heaffiel Villa a useful cushion before the match had settled into anything resembling a routine. Xinping Boon replied three minutes after the second, and Andrew Parker restored the visitors’ advantage before Raul Velazquez made it 3-2 just before the break. That sequence left Whith Town close enough to make the result uncertain, but the wider shot count suggests Heaffiel Villa had the stronger supply of chances across the match. Whith Town did well to turn five shots on target into two goals; the visitors’ greater volume ultimately proved more decisive than their slightly lower possession.

Whith Town had no standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.