The report
Key Events:
- 8' Yellow card to Marton City Samuel Smith
- 11' Yellow card to Colver United Hidetoshi Oba
- 13' Colver United Alfred Koch scores
- 44' Colver United Rosen Ivanov scores, assisted by Francesco Bernardini
- 51' Colver United Giorgi Khuridze scores
- 52' Yellow card to Marton City Rafael Fernandez
- 73' Yellow card to Marton City Manuel Gomez
- 73' Colver United Rosen Ivanov scores, assisted by Giorgi Khuridze
- 77' Yellow card to Marton City Waldemar Meyer
- 83' Yellow card to Colver United Alfred Koch
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis:
Colver United scored four from 4.83 xG, finishing 0.83 below the chance-quality estimate. That is hardly a complaint likely to trouble the dressing room: 24 shots, 16 on target and four goals amount to sustained pressure with a practical return. Marton City recorded 0.86 xG from just four attempts, three of them on target, but did not score. The visitors found a few opportunities, yet the low shot volume and the final score together point to a match in which their attacks never became a serious counterweight to the hosts’ output. Colver United had 57% possession and completed 86% of passes, giving the pressure a measure of control rather than making it merely a matter of repeated hopeful deliveries.
No Marton City players reached a recorded rating of 7.0 or higher.
The four-goal margin was built across both halves: Colver United struck in the 13th minute, added a second just before the interval, then scored again soon after the restart. Rosen Ivanov completed the tally in the 73rd minute, with Giorgi Khuridze supplying the assist. The scoring was spread across three players, while Marton City collected four yellow cards and could not turn its spells of possession into a goal.
The contrast in discipline and attacking volume was plain but not quite the whole story: Marton City committed 15 fouls to Colver United’s eight, yet the hosts also drew on their greater possession, dribbling and passing accuracy to keep the match moving in their direction. The final 4-0 score is consistent with the gap in chances, even if Colver United left a little of its xG unconverted. Marton City had three shots on target and still came away empty; the hosts, by contrast, made enough of their much larger supply to settle the contest well before the final whistle.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Rosen Ivanov
Scored twice, including the fourth goal, and led the scoring on an afternoon when Colver United kept finding ways through.
Giorgi Khuridze
Scored once and assisted Rosen Ivanov for the 73rd-minute goal.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
A booking nearby, then Alfred Koch for Colver United. Tension, then arithmetic.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison

