Hortlen 2 - 4 Wadforton Athletic

Key Events:

• 3' Hortlen Helmut Schilling scores, assisted by Peter van den Broek
• 46' Yellow card to Hortlen Victor James
• 47' Wadforton Athletic Pedro Silva scores, assisted by Joao Pacheco
• 74' Wadforton Athletic Alioune Gueye scores, assisted by James Sutton
• 79' Hortlen Helmut Schilling scores, assisted by Jose Guerra
• 80' Wadforton Athletic Joao Pacheco scores, assisted by James Sutton
• 82' Wadforton Athletic Joao Pacheco scores, assisted by Alioune Gueye

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Hortlen scored twice from 1.83 xG, a modest over-performance of 0.17; Wadforton Athletic scored four from 3.09 xG, finishing 0.91 above the chance-quality estimate. That is a sharper return for the visitors, though their 14 shots and 11 on target against Hortlen’s nine and six also show that the difference was not built on a single fortunate finish. Possession was nearly even, at 49-51, but the visitors generated more attempts and put more of them on target. Hortlen made its chances count often enough to stay in the contest; Wadforton Athletic created the greater volume and, in the second half, converted that advantage into separation.

The match’s sequence gave Hortlen reason to believe early and again at 79', when Schilling made it 2-2. But Wadforton Athletic answered that second equaliser within a minute, then added another two minutes later: a brisk way to settle a game that had briefly reopened. The visitors’ win was founded on greater attacking output and a clinical stretch after the scores were level; Hortlen’s two goals and near-even possession could not offset the difference in shots on target.