Shillad Forest 7 - 0 Ashorton United

Key Events:

• 6' Yellow card to Shillad Forest Albertino Tavares
• 16' Yellow card to Shillad Forest Dionicio Luna
• 20' Shillad Forest Harald Zimmermann scores, assisted by Albertino Tavares
• 27' Shillad Forest Ramon Concepcion scores, assisted by Oleg Jiqia
• 47' Shillad Forest Albertino Tavares scores, assisted by Oleg Jiqia
• 48' Shillad Forest Harald Zimmermann scores, assisted by Oleg Jiqia
• 62' Shillad Forest Albertino Tavares scores, assisted by James Austin
• 68' Yellow card to Ashorton United Allan Carroll
• 77' Yellow card to Shillad Forest Noe Putkaradze
• 80' Shillad Forest Harald Zimmermann scores, assisted by Albertino Tavares
• 86' Shillad Forest Oleg Jiqia scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Shillad Forest scored seven from an xG of 5.09, an overperformance of 1.91 goals; Ashorton United scored none from 0.61 xG. The estimate reflects the broad shape of the contest: Shillad Forest registered 25 shots, 17 on target, while the visitors managed three attempts and two on target. The hosts converted their pressure at an exceptional rate, though the margin was built on more than finishing alone. Ashorton United had 51% possession, but that share brought little attacking volume, while Shillad Forest found the net twice within a minute just after half-time and continued to add goals late on. Possession, it turns out, is not obliged to bring its friends.

No Ashorton United players reached a rating of 7.0.

The final score was a comprehensive measure of Shillad Forest’s advantage in the decisive area, even if the possession and corner counts stayed close. The hosts’ seven goals arrived across the match rather than in one brief burst: they led by two at the break, then struck twice in quick succession after half-time before adding further goals in the closing stages. Ashorton United kept the ball slightly more and won one extra corner, but those figures could not compensate for the gulf in shots. Shillad Forest’s attack had both volume and precision; Ashorton United found too few routes to make either statistic matter.