The report
Key Events:
- 3' Stand City Simon Gnepa scores, assisted by Hossam Shams
- 8' Stand City Guglielmo Pace scores, assisted by Salem Šabanović
- 39' Stand City Guglielmo Pace scores, assisted by Esmael Moreno
- 43' Stand City Karim Saleh scores
- 51' Yellow card to Naith Rovers Phillip Lewis
- 53' Stand City Karim Saleh scores
- 61' Stand City Guglielmo Pace scores, assisted by Esmael Moreno
- 64' Stand City Hossam Shams scores, assisted by Ryan Johnson
- 66' Stand City Guglielmo Pace scores, assisted by James Cox
- 78' Stand City Ryan Johnson scores
- 87' Stand City Ryan Johnson scores, assisted by Karim Saleh
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Stand City scored 10 from 5.06 xG, beating the chance-quality estimate by 4.94 goals. That is substantial over-performance, though 18 shots on target from 23 attempts gives the finishing plenty of support: this was not a feast assembled from one fortunate deflection. Naith Rovers recorded 0.01 xG and no shots, so their actual total of zero was almost exactly what the estimate anticipated. The visitors had 58% possession, but their advantage was more pronounced in the decisive measure of reaching shooting positions; Naith Rovers’ 42% possession produced no attempt at all. The xG model saw a wide gulf. The scoreline found an even wider one.
No Naith Rovers player reached a recorded rating of 7.0.
The shot count, the xG and the final 0 - 10 all point in the same direction, which is useful when a scoreline gets large enough to seem as if it might have been misread. Stand City scored four before half-time, then added six more after the break; Naith Rovers’ only listed card came at 51', between the fourth and fifth goals. The visitors were not merely ahead but consistently productive, with four different scorers on the board and Pace leading the way. For Naith Rovers, the numbers offer little shelter: one corner, no shots and 0.01 xG. Stand City leave with a decisive win; the hosts are left with a match in which even the chance estimate could find almost nothing to console them.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Guglielmo Pace*
Scored four times, turning a commanding away performance into an especially personal arithmetic exercise.
Karim Saleh*
Scored twice and assisted Ryan Johnson’s late goal.
Ryan Johnson*
Added two goals and assisted Hossam Shams.
Hossam Shams*
Scored once and supplied the assist for Simon Gnepa’s opener.
Esmael Moreno*
Provided two assists as Stand City kept creating chances.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
Hossam Shams to Simon Gnepa. The event log names a helper; it does not name a body part.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison