The report
Key Events:
- 3' Yellow card to East Mar Villa Lyudmil Pavlov
- 4' Skend Vale Uche Nwafor scores, assisted by Yasir Balogun
- 27' Skend Vale Albino Peralta scores, assisted by Anders Andersen
- 30' Skend Vale Uche Nwafor scores, assisted by Albino Peralta
- 40' East Mar Villa Paul McKenzie scores, assisted by Manuel Serrano
- 41' Skend Vale Uche Nwafor scores, assisted by Joseph Fabre
- 43' Yellow card to Skend Vale Joseph Fabre
- 74' East Mar Villa Manuel Serrano scores, assisted by Alfredo Perez
- 89' Yellow card to East Mar Villa Badri Makharashvili
The score was 4-2, and the route to it was not especially mysterious: Skend Vale put 12 shots on target and built a three-goal half-time lead, while East Mar Villa had enough possession to keep working but not enough attempts to match the hosts’ output. The visitors’ second goal arrived in the 74th minute, but by then the earlier burst had left them with too much ground to recover. Their 19 dribbles and slightly better pass accuracy tell of a side that could move the ball; the seven total shots tell of a side that did not often finish those movements with a test for the goalkeeper. Skend Vale were not flawless—the visitors scored twice from their limited chances—but the hosts’ stronger volume and Nwafor’s finishing settled the contest. A 4-2 win is a useful afternoon’s work, particularly when the opposition had more of the ball and the hosts had more of the goals.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Uche Nwafor*
Scored a first-half hat-trick, turning Skend Vale’s attacking pressure into the match’s clearest individual contribution.
Albino Peralta*
Scored once and assisted Nwafor, contributing directly to two of the hosts’ goals.
Manuel Serrano*
Scored East Mar Villa’s second and assisted Paul McKenzie, remaining involved in the visitors’ best return.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
A booking nearby, then Uche Nwafor for Skend Vale. Tension, then arithmetic.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison