Wiverrough 2 - 4 Barle

Key Events:

• 3' Wiverrough Leandro Lezcano scores, assisted by Raul Correa
• 10' Barle Osman Ravn scores
• 27' Barle Osman Ravn scores
• 45' Yellow card to Barle Osman Ravn
• 54' Barle Nedeljko Musić scores
• 64' Yellow card to Barle Amr Abdallah
• 69' Yellow card to Barle Thomas Nielsen
• 71' Barle Musa Sani scores, assisted by Nedeljko Musić
• 73' Yellow card to Wiverrough William Tessier
• 81' Wiverrough Steven Brown scores, assisted by Wilson Semedo
• 82' Yellow card to Barle Henri Fernandes

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Wiverrough 1.3 xG and Barle 4.18. Wiverrough’s two goals therefore exceeded the estimate by 0.7, while Barle’s four came in just below theirs, by 0.18: a close match between the visitors’ finishing and the chances they created. The shot count makes the broad tactical picture plain. Wiverrough managed five attempts, all on target, but Barle produced 19 shots and put 15 on target. The hosts had 54% possession and more accurate passing, yet Barle made far more use of their attacks. Possession, in this instance, was a respectable statistic with limited influence over the scoreboard.

• No Wiverrough players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

Barle’s advantage was built early and then reinforced: after Leandro Lezcano opened the scoring, Osman Ravn struck twice before half-time, and Nedeljko Musić and Musa Sani added goals after the break. Wiverrough found a late response through Steven Brown at 81', but the two-goal margin remained. The hosts’ five shots all testing the target is a useful sign of accuracy; it could not compensate for facing nearly four times as many attempts.

The visitors also spent more of the match collecting fouls and yellow cards, finishing with four bookings to Wiverrough’s one. That rougher edge did not prevent Barle from turning their much greater volume of chances into a clear result. Wiverrough had more possession and completed more passes accurately, but Barle’s attack supplied the decisive arithmetic. The final score was Wiverrough 2 - 4 Barle: a win that belonged to the side which kept asking the goalkeeper questions.