Burt-on Albion 7 - 0 Horovedge

Key Events:

• 6' Burt-on Albion Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Ivan Guerra
• 11' Yellow card to Horovedge Jorge Alvez
• 16' Burt-on Albion Mouhamadou Ba scores, assisted by Michael Brown
• 37' Burt-on Albion Carlo Rossi scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
• 50' Burt-on Albion Hans van der Graaf scores, assisted by Michael Brown
• 67' Burt-on Albion Joao Mendes scores, assisted by Hans van der Graaf
• 78' Yellow card to Horovedge Philippe Robert
• 83' Burt-on Albion Hans van der Graaf scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
• 89' Burt-on Albion Michael Brown scores, assisted by Hans van der Graaf

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Burt-on Albion scored seven from an xG of 4.35, outperforming the chance-quality estimate by 2.65 goals. That is a substantial finishing surplus, though the volume behind it was real: 19 shots, with 16 on target. The hosts were not merely converting one improbable chance after another; they repeatedly put the ball where the goalkeeper had to deal with it, and the goals arrived across both halves. Horovedge finished with 0.26 xG from a single shot, which was also their only effort on target. With possession relatively close at 54%-46%, the difference was not simply who had the ball, but what each side managed to make of it. Burt-on Albion turned control into a steady stream of dangerous attempts, while the visitors had almost nothing to interrupt that pattern.

The scoreline was already 3-0 at half-time, and Hans van der Graaf made sure the second half did not become a recovery exercise for Horovedge. His two goals and two assists gave him a hand in four of the seven, while Phillip Lewis and Michael Brown each finished with a goal and two assists. The scoring was spread widely enough to deny the visitors one obvious problem to solve; the supply was almost as busy as the finishing. Horovedge did record more dribbles and slightly better passing accuracy, but those small statistical consolations had little influence on the match’s central fact: they produced one shot, while Burt-on Albion produced 19. Two yellow cards added to the visitors’ afternoon without changing its direction.

No Horovedge players reached a rating of 7.0.

For Burt-on Albion, the performance offered both the comfort of a clean sheet and the more practical satisfaction of goals arriving from several sources. The xG gap shows they finished markedly above the quality estimate, but the match was not a narrow escape dressed up by a generous scoreline: the hosts dominated the shooting and made their pressure count. Horovedge were left with one attempt to show for their work and no goal, while Burt-on Albion carried on scoring until the 89th minute. It was a comprehensive 7-0, with the balance of play and the final score in agreement, if not especially interested in subtlety.