Newhiple 1 - 3 Benoakett Rangers

Key Events:

• 30' Benoakett Rangers Mohamed Torres scores
• 30' Yellow card to Newhiple Sebastian Villarroel
• 50' Benoakett Rangers Ricardo Perez scores
• 54' Newhiple Ronald Montezuma scores, assisted by Pascal Robert
• 56' Yellow card to Benoakett Rangers Joris Dekker
• 81' Yellow card to Newhiple Thomas Clark
• 83' Benoakett Rangers Ricardo Perez scores
• 90' Yellow card to Benoakett Rangers Ricardo Perez

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Newhiple recorded 2.12 xG and scored once, underperforming its chance-quality estimate by 1.12 goals. The hosts’ eight shots on target from nine attempts make that shortfall especially striking: they found the target repeatedly, but did not turn their attacking volume into a second goal. Benoakett Rangers scored three from 1.05 xG, outperforming the estimate by 1.95. With only two of seven shots on target, the visitors were notably efficient, making their finishing count while Newhiple had more possession, shots and dribbles. The numbers suggest a match in which Newhiple created the broader body of opportunity, but Benoakett Rangers made the decisive moments count.

The goals shaped the contest in a sharp sequence. Mohamed Torres put Benoakett Rangers ahead on the half-hour, and Ricardo Perez doubled the lead five minutes into the second half. Ronald Montezuma, assisted by Pascal Robert, answered four minutes later to give Newhiple a foothold. The response did not become an equaliser: Perez scored again in the 83rd minute, restoring a two-goal cushion and settling the 3-1 result. The visitors’ two goals in the second half came at useful intervals, each making Newhiple’s task harder without requiring Benoakett Rangers to dominate possession.

The card count was level at two apiece, with no red cards. Newhiple had 52 per cent possession and completed 84 per cent of its passes; Benoakett Rangers had 48 per cent possession and an 83 per cent completion rate. Benoakett Rangers also made more tackles, 10 to seven, while both sides had one corner. Those figures describe a contest without a gulf in control or territory. The larger separation came in conversion: Newhiple’s pressure produced one goal, while the visitors’ more limited shot total produced three. A tidy reminder that football’s ledgers are kept in goals, not in encouraging columns of attempts.