Looddow Albion 0 - 4 Hardswood Stanley

Key Events:

• 8' Yellow card to Hardswood Stanley Jacob Richardson
• 21' Yellow card to Looddow Albion Jan Agari
• 44' Yellow card to Hardswood Stanley Petar Hadzhiev
• 56' Hardswood Stanley John Scott scores, assisted by Petar Hadzhiev
• 66' Hardswood Stanley Ivan Antić scores, assisted by John Scott
• 71' Hardswood Stanley Ibrahim Oko scores, assisted by Jacob Richardson
• 79' Hardswood Stanley Petar Hadzhiev scores, assisted by John Burke

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate put Looddow Albion at 1.11 xG and Hardswood Stanley at 3.14. The final 0 - 4 therefore reflects a substantial difference in both opportunity and outcome: Stanley scored four, about 0.86 above its estimate, while Looddow finished without a goal despite an estimate of 1.11. Stanley’s 16 shots, including 10 on target, supplied a much broader stream of threat than Looddow’s five attempts, four of which tested the target. The figures suggest the visitors did more than make the most of a small number of openings; they repeatedly put Looddow under pressure and converted that pressure into a decisive margin. The goals arrived after the break, but the shot count indicates the imbalance was not merely a matter of one fortunate spell.

No Looddow Albion players reached the 7.0 rating threshold.

For Looddow Albion, the close possession and pass-accuracy figures offer little comfort beside the gulf in shots and the scoreline. The hosts had six corners to Stanley’s seven, but the visitors were more productive in the areas that determine a match: attempts, target accuracy and, ultimately, goals. Hardswood Stanley made its advantage plain after the interval, scoring at 56', 66', 71' and 79'. By the time Hadzhiev added the fourth, the afternoon’s central argument had been settled with unusual thoroughness.