Leigham County 1 - 3 Benham Town

The chance-quality figures make the result especially striking: Leigham County registered 3.57 xG but scored once, underperforming that estimate by 2.57 goals, while Benham Town scored three from 2.83 xG, a modest overperformance of 0.17. The hosts’ 16 shots, 13 on target and 52% possession suggest they created plenty to work with, but those opportunities yielded little return. Benham Town had fewer attempts and less of the ball, yet found a more productive balance between chance creation and finishing. Six corners to three also gave the visitors more set-piece opportunities, though the figures alone do not say how dangerous those deliveries were.

The first goal arrived in the 22nd minute, when Derek Stewart finished a move assisted by Luis Pinto. Leigham County levelled through Friedrich Unger just before the break, but Benham Town restored its lead in the 74th minute and added a third four minutes later. Pinto assisted all three visitors’ goals, a tidy contribution that made the match’s central contrast difficult to miss: the hosts collected the larger share of the attacking volume, while the visitors made more of their decisive moments. Four yellow cards, evenly split, and eight fouls apiece point to a match with some edge but no red-card interruption.

Key Events:

• 3' Yellow card to Benham Town Bruno Rossi
• 22' Benham Town Derek Stewart scores, assisted by Luis Pinto
• 44' Yellow card to Benham Town Luca Colombo
• 45' Leigham County Friedrich Unger scores
• 50' Yellow card to Leigham County Lindomar Da Silva
• 60' Yellow card to Leigham County Khadim Diakhate
• 74' Benham Town Derek Stewart scores, assisted by Luis Pinto
• 78' Benham Town Friedrich Unger scores, assisted by Luis Pinto

Leigham County: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.

Benham Town:

• Derek Stewart (7.6) - Scored twice, giving the visitors’ chances the finish their advantage required.
• Luis Pinto (7.5) - Assisted all three goals, the clearest creative influence in the match.

For Leigham County, the 1-3 defeat leaves a familiar-looking lesson in an unusually clear form: territorial and shot-count advantages are useful, but they need to be converted into goals. Benham Town did not dominate the possession or attempt totals, and its xG was lower than the hosts’, but it left with the more valuable column settled in its favour. Three assists for Luis Pinto and two goals for Derek Stewart provided the practical difference; the rest was the small matter of finishing better than the numbers expected.