Benoakett Rangers 3 - 4 Pendston

Key Events:

• 3' Benoakett Rangers Filipe Fernandes scores, assisted by Richard Powell
• 6' Pendston Sota Yoshihara scores, assisted by Junfeng Loo
• 11' Yellow card to Pendston Jonathan Williams
• 21' Pendston Jonathan Williams scores, assisted by Gustavo Ramos
• 49' Yellow card to Pendston Rony Medhat
• 55' Pendston Melvin Liu scores
• 61' Benoakett Rangers Filipe Fernandes scores, assisted by Hector Da Silva
• 80' Benoakett Rangers Richard Powell scores, assisted by Reinel Quintero
• 86' Yellow card to Benoakett Rangers Dušan Imamović
• 89' Pendston Alberto Torres scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Benoakett Rangers scored three from 1.8 xG, substantially outperforming the quality of the chances they created. Pendston scored four from 2.99 xG, also finishing above expectation, though by a narrower margin. The shot count helps explain the difference in the underlying contest: Pendston produced 13 attempts, 11 on target, while all seven of the hosts’ shots tested the goalkeeper. That is excellent accuracy from Benoakett Rangers, but the visitors generated more opportunities and more than half the possession. Their 52% share and 86% pass accuracy suggest a side able to sustain attacks; the four goals turned that advantage into a result, even as the hosts’ clinical finishing kept the match alive until late.

• Pendston had no standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.

For Benoakett Rangers, the evening’s frustration lies in how much their finishing achieved without being enough. Seven shots, all on target, produced three goals and a late stretch in which the hosts had made a contest of a match that Pendston had repeatedly threatened to control. But the visitors’ advantage in shots, possession and xG points to a victory earned through greater attacking volume, not merely a favourable bounce.

The 89th-minute goal from Alberto Torres settled the final score at Benoakett Rangers 3-4 Pendston, after Richard Powell had brought the hosts within one. Benoakett Rangers showed enough precision to punish the chances they found; Pendston had enough chances to answer, and did. Seven goals left little room for a cautious reading of the game, though the numbers do offer one: the hosts were sharply efficient, while the visitors made their larger share of the attack count when it mattered.