Colebden Athletic 0 - 4 Maingtonhal

Key Events:

• 6' Yellow card to Colebden Athletic Paul Evers
• 10' Maingtonhal Alejandro Lopez scores, assisted by Flemming Eriksen
• 15' Maingtonhal Malcolm Jones scores, assisted by Reinhold Kaufmann
• 37' Maingtonhal Jens Groth scores, assisted by Tim Brown
• 51' Maingtonhal Jens Groth scores, assisted by Tim Brown
• 64' Yellow card to Maingtonhal Reinhold Kaufmann
• 75' Yellow card to Colebden Athletic Francisco Quiroga

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis

The scoreline was 0-4, against xG figures of 0.86 for Colebden Athletic and 2.54 for Maingtonhal. The hosts finished without a goal despite putting three of their four shots on target; the visitors converted four from eight on target, exceeding their chance-quality estimate by 1.46 goals. That is sharp finishing on top of a substantial attacking advantage, not a scoreline wholly explained by xG alone. Maingtonhal produced 13 shots to the hosts’ four, while possession was split 50-50. The tactical distinction was therefore less about who held the ball for longer than who turned possession into repeated attempts. Two goals arrived inside the opening 15 minutes, and Groth’s second, six minutes after the break, extended a lead already built on efficient finishing and a steady supply of chances.

• No Colebden Athletic players reached a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The equal possession and equal corner count offer a small reminder that the match was not lopsided in every column. But Colebden Athletic managed four shots to Maingtonhal’s 13, while the visitors also put eight efforts on target. The hosts’ 18 dribbles, compared with eight for Maingtonhal, suggest they did attempt to make progress individually; those attempts did not produce the volume of chances needed to alter the result. Tackles were level at nine apiece, and neither side was reduced to ten, so the four-goal margin came without a numerical advantage.