Holne City 4 - 0 Sketfielke Park

Key Events:

• 18' Yellow card to Holne City Karel Jong
• 41' Holne City Victor Vieira scores, assisted by Ndiame Ba
• 52' Holne City Victor Vieira scores, assisted by Ndiame Ba
• 57' Holne City Karel Jong scores
• 65' Holne City Victor Vieira scores, assisted by Ndiame Ba
• 67' Yellow card to Holne City Samson Audu
• 70' Yellow card to Holne City Philip Gilbert

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Holne City scored four from an xG of 2.06, a clear return above the chances’ estimated quality. With all eight shots on target, the hosts were consistently testing the goalkeeper and made their opportunities count at a rate the model would not have predicted. Sketfielke Park, by contrast, recorded 0.01 xG and no shots at all. Its 56% possession and 85% pass accuracy describe control of the ball, but not penetration: the visitors kept it more often without turning that possession into an attempt. Holne City had only 44% possession and lower passing accuracy, yet the gap between the sides was most visible where attacks are meant to end.

The scoring sequence gave the match its shape after a first half in which Holne City had already been booked and then broke through shortly before the interval. Victor Vieira opened the scoring in the 41st minute, with Ndiame Ba supplying the assist, and the pair repeated the combination in the 52nd. Karel Jong added the third five minutes later, then Vieira completed his hat-trick in the 65th, again assisted by Ba. Three yellow cards for Holne City came amid that decisive spell, a small reminder that an otherwise commanding scoreline does not require a perfectly quiet afternoon.

• No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher for Sketfielke Park.

For Holne City, the result was emphatic without being built on territorial dominance: Sketfielke Park held the ball longer, completed more passes accurately, and attempted more dribbles, but finished with no shots to show for those efforts. The hosts were more direct in the decisive sense, putting every recorded attempt on target and finding the net four times. The final 4-0 score was larger than Holne City’s 2.06 xG suggests was expected, but the visitors’ 0.01 xG and lack of attempts leave little doubt about which side created the danger. Holne City made its chances count; Sketfielke Park kept possession, and the scoreboard remained unmoved by the distinction.