St Bere Albion 7 - 0 Hest Bend

Key Events:

• 13' St Bere Albion scores, assisted by Joachim Schmidt
• 15' Yellow card to Hest Bend Michel Lemoine
• 16' St Bere Albion Radivoje Spahić scores
• 29' Yellow card to Hest Bend Giuseppe Conte
• 45' St Bere Albion David Thomas scores, assisted by Oliver Hoffmann
• 54' St Bere Albion Heinrich Witt scores
• 57' St Bere Albion Oliver Hoffmann scores, assisted by Heinrich Witt
• 60' Yellow card to Hest Bend Pedro Chagas
• 64' St Bere Albion David Thomas scores, assisted by Veljko Alić
• 74' St Bere Albion Oliver Hoffmann scores, assisted by Veljko Alić

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis

St Bere Albion’s 7 goals came from 4.99 xG, an over-performance of just over two goals. That is a substantial return above the chance-quality estimate, supported by 21 shots with 19 on target: the finishing was unusually ruthless, but the volume and accuracy made the result no statistical accident. Hest Bend’s 0.01 xG and zero shots tell the sharper part of the story. Their 48% possession and four corners did not translate into an attempt, leaving the visitors with almost no attacking threat to balance the match. St Bere Albion had only 52% possession, so this was not a contest decided by keeping the ball for its own sake; it was decided by turning possession into repeated, clean looks at goal.

The scoring was spread across the match, with three goals before the interval and four after. The first goal’s scorer is not identified in the event record, but the assist is credited to Joachim Schmidt. St Bere Albion continued to find goals through Radivoje Spahić, David Thomas, Heinrich Witt and Oliver Hoffmann, with Thomas and Hoffmann each scoring twice. Hest Bend’s three yellow cards, alongside 11 fouls, mark a difficult afternoon of defending, though the numbers do not need embellishment: St Bere Albion had 19 shots on target, and Hest Bend had none.

No Hest Bend players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The final 7-0 reflects more than a burst of finishing: St Bere Albion kept producing attempts, found seven goals, and conceded no shot. The gap between 4.99 xG and seven actual goals gives the scoreline an extra edge, but not a misleading one; the chance count was emphatic, and Hest Bend’s 0.01 xG left little room for a different reading. The visitors did win the corner count 4-1, a small statistical island in a match otherwise governed by the hosts. Three Hest Bend bookings and a shared 81% pass accuracy round out the ledger, though neither figure altered the central fact: St Bere Albion’s attack had answers, and Hest Bend’s did not.