Marley County 0 - 7 Cold Stanley

Key Events:

• 21' Cold Stanley Thomas Kane scores, assisted by Magnus Petersen
• 33' Cold Stanley Niall Ross scores, assisted by Magnus Petersen
• 45' Yellow card to Cold Stanley Andrew Berry
• 50' Cold Stanley Thomas Kane scores
• 52' Yellow card to Marley County Robert Bouvier
• 58' Yellow card to Marley County Kiko Tanaka
• 59' Cold Stanley Niels Knudsen scores
• 62' Cold Stanley Thomas Kane scores
• 80' Cold Stanley Niall Ross scores, assisted by Manuel Cordova
• 87' Cold Stanley Yordan Aleksandrov scores, assisted by Niall Ross
• 88' Yellow card to Cold Stanley Niels Knudsen

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Marley County recorded 1.71 xG and scored none, while Cold Stanley turned 5.29 xG into seven goals. That is a substantial overperformance by the visitors, whose 24 shots and 19 on target show that the scoreline was supported by a sustained supply of attempts, even if the finishing ran ahead of the estimated chance quality. Marley County’s six shots on target and 54 per cent possession did not translate into a goal or enough to blunt Cold Stanley’s attack. The visitors had less of the ball but made their possession count with direct pressure and repeated shots; the 8-1 corner count points in the same direction.

The score was built in stages: Cold Stanley went two ahead before half-time, then struck three times between the 50th and 62nd minutes to remove any remaining suspense. The later goals from Niall Ross and Yordan Aleksandrov extended the margin to seven, with Ross turning provider after his own second goal. Marley County had the greater share of possession and the higher pass accuracy, but Cold Stanley’s advantage in shots, shots on target, corners and tackles offered a clearer account of where the match was being decided. A 7-0 result is emphatic; the visitors’ 19 efforts on target made it difficult to call it an accident of arithmetic.