Sturshbury 7 - 0 Graing Rovers

Key Events:

• 2' Sturshbury Harjit Loh scores, assisted by Adam Clark
• 13' Yellow card to Sturshbury Gilbert Austin
• 30' Sturshbury Giovanni Russo scores, assisted by Gilbert Austin
• 32' Sturshbury Paulino Borges scores, assisted by Giovanni Russo
• 34' Yellow card to Graing Rovers Michel Lemoine
• 56' Sturshbury Carlos Andrade scores, assisted by Rasim Okanović
• 58' Yellow card to Sturshbury James Sanchez
• 62' Sturshbury Harjit Loh scores, assisted by Rasim Okanović
• 65' Sturshbury Gilbert Austin scores, assisted by Giovanni Russo
• 83' Sturshbury Harjit Loh scores
• 90' Yellow card to Sturshbury Antoine Richard

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Sturshbury scored seven from 6.34 xG, a modest overperformance of 0.66 that reflects finishing slightly ahead of the chance-quality estimate rather than a result at odds with the underlying play. Graing Rovers scored none from 0.51 xG; with just two shots, both on target, their limited threat was a fair match for the total. The 27-2 shot count and 24-2 shots on target show how consistently Sturshbury kept the attack going, while 60% possession and 85% pass accuracy point to control as well as volume. Seven goals were not simply a generous return from a handful of chances: the hosts kept producing, and the visitors had little room to change the terms of the match.

The sequence made the margin plain early, with Harjit Loh scoring in the second minute before Giovanni Russo and Paulino Borges added goals shortly after the half-hour mark. Graing Rovers did not concede again until the 56th minute, but the next two goals followed at six-minute intervals, and Loh completed his hat-trick late on. The cards were scattered across the match, but they did not alter its direction. Sturshbury finished with three yellow cards and Graing Rovers one; the decisive figures remained the seven goals and the sustained pressure behind them. Sturshbury earned a comprehensive 7-0 win, with Loh the standout finisher and Russo and Rasim Okanović supplying key creative work.

• No Graing Rovers players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.