The report
Key Events:
- 3' Hater Athletic Stuart Ross scores, assisted by Marco Cornelissen
- 7' Yellow card to Hater Athletic Joseph Stewart
- 13' Yellow card to Hater Athletic Vasil Gaprindashvili
- 16' Hater Athletic Joseph Stewart scores, assisted by Stephen Pearce
- 24' Hater Athletic Michael Smith scores, assisted by Stuart Ross
- 36' Hater Athletic Joseph Stewart scores, assisted by Vasil Gaprindashvili
- 38' Hater Athletic Michael Smith scores
- 42' Yellow card to Maby Beck an unnamed player
- 51' Hater Athletic Shane Hughes scores, assisted by Stephen Pearce
- 67' Hater Athletic Joseph Stewart scores, assisted by Alfred Hughes
- 75' Yellow card to Maby Beck Vladimir štimac
- 76' Hater Athletic Stuart Ross scores
- 89' Hater Athletic Michael Smith scores, assisted by Stephen Pearce
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Hater Athletic scored nine from an xG of 4.16, an exceptional over-performance of 4.84 goals. The visitors created enough for a commanding win, but their finishing took the afternoon well beyond what the chance-quality estimate alone would suggest. Their 17 shots, with 16 on target, show both the volume and accuracy behind that return. Maby Beck finished with no goal from 0.51 xG and only two shots, both on target; the hosts had a little more possession, but rarely turned it into meaningful attacking threat. Possession, in this case, was not the same thing as control.
- No Maby Beck player recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.
The scoreline was comprehensive, and the underlying figures offer little comfort for Maby Beck: two shots against 17, and six tackles against 13. The hosts did keep the ball slightly more often and matched Hater Athletic’s pass accuracy, but those details belong to the quieter part of the story. At the other end, the visitors converted their pressure with unusual abundance.
For Hater Athletic, three-goal returns from both Michael Smith and Joseph Stewart, two more from Stuart Ross, and three assists from Stephen Pearce made the attack a collective operation rather than a single-player recital. Maby Beck had no standout rated performer to balance that contribution. Nine goals from a match estimated at 4.16 xG is a striking result by any sensible measure; the ledger, for once, does not appear to be exaggerating.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Michael Smith
Scored three times, repeatedly making Hater Athletic’s attacking pressure count.
Stuart Ross
Scored twice and supplied an assist, contributing directly to three goals.
Joseph Stewart
Added a hat-trick to a performance that began with a yellow card.
Stephen Pearce
Set up three goals, providing a steady supply for the scorers.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
Marco Cornelissen to Stuart Ross. 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

