Stansford Park 3 - 1 Roystey Athletic

Key Events:

• 23' Stansford Park Cristian Moreno scores, assisted by Eduardo Rojas
• 24' Roystey Athletic German Castro scores, assisted by Jonatas Amaral
• 42' Stansford Park Cristian Polanco scores, assisted by Abdoulaye Ndione
• 51' Yellow card to Stansford Park Israel Gonzalez
• 60' Yellow card to Roystey Athletic Gerhard Schwarz
• 72' Yellow card to Stansford Park Simon Bentzen
• 81' Stansford Park Cristian Moreno scores, assisted by Eduardo Rojas

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Stansford Park’s 3.63 xG against three goals points to a small shortfall against the chances created, not a failure to make the match theirs. Roystey Athletic scored once from 0.64 xG, finishing above its expected return, but only managed three shots and two on target. The hosts had 12 shots on target from 18 attempts, while possession was comparatively even at 52%-48%. That combination suggests Stansford Park’s advantage came less from simply keeping the ball and more from turning their share of it into repeated attempts. Roystey Athletic’s six corners, against Stansford Park’s four, offered a different measure of activity, but the visitors did not convert those set-piece opportunities into a volume of shots to match the hosts’ threat. In short, the goal for Roystey Athletic made the contest briefly level; the chance profile made clear that this was not an even exchange.

Stansford Park’s response to conceding so soon after opening the scoring mattered as much as the eventual margin. German Castro’s equaliser arrived in the 24th minute, but the hosts restored their lead before half-time through Cristian Polanco, assisted by Abdoulaye Ndione. Moreno’s second, again supplied by Rojas, then gave the scoreline a firmer shape in the 81st minute. Roystey Athletic stayed close enough on the possession and passing figures to avoid being written off as spectators, and its corner count was higher. But the final total was Stansford Park 3-1 Roystey Athletic, backed by a substantial edge in shots and xG. Three yellow cards, two for the hosts and one for the visitors, added a little friction without changing the arithmetic.