Walming United 1 - 3 Rotton Palace

Key Events:

• 18' Rotton Palace Vladimir štimac scores, assisted by Lindomar Da Silva
• 32' Yellow card to Walming United Friedrich Unger
• 41' Yellow card to Walming United Lindomar Da Silva
• 48' Rotton Palace Luca Colombo scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 60' Yellow card to Walming United Xinping Boon
• 71' Walming United Luis Pinto scores
• 80' Rotton Palace Saliou Sow scores
• 86' Yellow card to Walming United Israel Morales

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Walming United scored once from 1.38 xG, finishing 0.38 below its chance-quality estimate. Rotton Palace scored three from 2.24 xG, an overperformance of 0.76. The numbers broadly support the result: the visitors had 10 shots, eight on target, and eight corners, against six shots and four corners for the hosts. Rotton Palace’s 56% possession and 88% pass accuracy suggest a side more able to keep the ball and sustain pressure; Walming United’s 13 tackles, against six for the visitors, point to a more interrupted evening without changing its direction. The xG gap was narrower than the final score, but Rotton Palace made more of its opportunities when it mattered.

No Walming United players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher. No Rotton Palace players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

For Walming United, the sequence offered a brief opening back into the match, not a lasting shift in control. Pinto’s 71st-minute goal cut the deficit to one, but Rotton Palace answered through Sow before the hosts could build on it. Four yellow cards to none also marked a clear difference in how the sides navigated the contest: Walming United’s tackles and fouls speak to defensive work, while the visitors had more of the ball and needed fewer interventions to keep their advantage intact.

The 1-3 scoreline leaves little doubt about the winner, even if the xG figures show that the margin ran ahead of the chance-quality difference. Rotton Palace were more efficient in front of goal and more composed in possession; Walming United found a goal and kept competing, but could not turn its defensive effort into enough control or chances. The visitors leave with three goals, three points, and no bookings—a tidy administrative outcome as well as a tidy one on the pitch.