Puryhipping 3 - 1 Bedburnham

Key Events:

• 9' Yellow card to Bedburnham Saliou Sow
• 42' Puryhipping Kun Susa scores
• 45' Puryhipping Manfred Zimmermann scores
• 47' Puryhipping Sean Willis scores
• 60' Yellow card to Puryhipping Ricardo Guerra
• 63' Bedburnham Rogerio Machado scores, assisted by Antonio Sousa
• 84' Yellow card to Bedburnham Antonio Sousa
• 87' Yellow card to Puryhipping Manfred Zimmermann

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Puryhipping recorded 3.38 xG and scored three, a little below the chance-quality estimate but close enough to suggest their finishing broadly matched the opportunities they created. Bedburnham scored once from 1.28 xG, also slightly below its estimate. The bigger distinction was volume and pressure: Puryhipping managed 14 shots, 13 on target, while Bedburnham put all five of its attempts on target. The visitors’ 52% possession and 12 dribbles showed they could carry the ball and spend time with it; they did not turn that control into a comparable number of chances. Puryhipping, with less of the ball, was considerably more direct in its returns.

No players from either side recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The match’s defining passage came between the 42nd and 47th minutes, when Puryhipping scored three times and transformed the contest in the space of five minutes. Kun Susa opened the scoring, Manfred Zimmermann added a second on the stroke of half-time, and Sean Willis struck shortly after the restart. The sequence gave the hosts a decisive cushion without requiring them to dominate possession; the visitors were left trying to make their greater share of the ball count after the score had already moved sharply against them.

Rogerio Machado pulled one back in the 63rd minute, assisted by Antonio Sousa, but the goal did not erase the gap created by that brief scoring rush. Bedburnham finished with five shots and five on target, a tidy return for a side that had fewer attempts, while Puryhipping paired its 14 shots with 13 efforts on target. Both clubs were shown two yellow cards, and neither received a red. The final score stayed 3 - 1: Puryhipping had not monopolised the ball, but it had done the more consequential work with it.