Horks County 5 - 2 Siltowbridge Town

Key Events:

• 3' Horks County Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 6' Siltowbridge Town Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Jorge Alvez
• 13' Yellow card to Horks County Friedrich Unger
• 19' Siltowbridge Town Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 21' Horks County Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 28' Horks County Lindomar Da Silva scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 44' Yellow card to Siltowbridge Town Michael Brown
• 46' Yellow card to Siltowbridge Town Michel Lemoine
• 67' Horks County Friedrich Unger scores
• 82' Horks County Lindomar Da Silva scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate put Horks County at 3.25 xG and Siltowbridge Town at 3.22. The actual score, 5-2, therefore had Horks County finishing well above its estimate while the visitors scored below theirs. That gap was not explained by a shortage of attempts from either side: both recorded 14 shots, with 12 on target. Instead, the hosts converted their opportunities with unusual efficiency, while Siltowbridge Town could not turn a nearly identical estimated chance return into enough goals. The xG figures suggest a much closer contest in chance quality than the final score, but finishing supplied the decisive difference.

For a spell, the match resisted any tidy account of momentum. Siltowbridge Town scored twice, and on both occasions Horks County responded: Luis Pinto levelled at 21 minutes, then Lindomar Da Silva put the hosts ahead seven minutes later. Xinping Boon assisted all three of those first-half goals, an afternoon’s work that made the scoreline’s early disorder unusually productive. After the break, Horks County added two more, turning a one-goal advantage into a three-goal win. The final 5-2 score is authoritative; the underlying chance estimates simply show that the route to it was less one-sided than the margin suggests.