Coley Wey 2 - 2 Rotton Palace

Coley Wey and Rotton Palace shared a 2-2 draw after an opening lead changed hands and the hosts found an equaliser after the break. The sides finished level on goals, shots on target and—by the narrowest of margins—expected goals, which is a tidy amount of agreement for a match that spent much of its first half changing its mind.

Key Events:

6' Coley Wey Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
10' Yellow card to Coley Wey Jorge Alvez
36' Rotton Palace Luca Colombo scores, assisted by Saliou Sow
43' Rotton Palace Bruno Rossi scores, assisted by Lindomar Da Silva
48' Yellow card to Coley Wey Michel Lemoine
69' Coley Wey Nilson Pires scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate put Coley Wey at 2.58 xG and Rotton Palace at 2.63, against two goals apiece for both clubs. Each side therefore finished slightly below its estimate, by 0.58 and 0.63 goals respectively: not a dramatic failure to convert, but enough to suggest the scoreline did not quite exhaust the chances on offer. Coley Wey had more of the ball, with 53% possession and 12 shots, while Rotton Palace made its 11 attempts count as 10 on target, one more than the hosts. The away side also had five corners to Coley Wey’s two, and made 12 tackles to the hosts’ nine. Those figures point to different routes into the contest rather than a clear territorial verdict: Coley Wey held a small possession and shot advantage, while Rotton Palace put a greater share of its attempts on target. The xG figures, almost level, fit the final score rather better than any claim that one side had a decisive grip on proceedings.

No players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher for either club.

The early goal gave Coley Wey a useful start, but the advantage did not hold: Rotton Palace scored twice between the 36th and 43rd minutes to turn the score around before the interval. Coley Wey then levelled in the 69th minute, leaving the closing stretch with a point available to each side and no further goals recorded. Two yellow cards went to the hosts, while the visitors committed fewer fouls and collected none; Rotton Palace also made more tackles, though the numbers do not settle who had the more comfortable afternoon.

A 2-2 result is an honest summary here: both clubs scored twice, both produced an xG figure above 2.5, and neither converted quite enough to make the estimate look overly cautious. Coley Wey had the slight edge in possession and total attempts; Rotton Palace had more corners and a higher count of shots on target. Neither distinction became a winning margin. The sides leave Division 8 League 73 with a point apiece, after a match whose balance was not particularly peaceful, but was remarkably persistent.

Coley Wey 2 - 2 Rotton Palace

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