Chord Wanderers 1 - 5 Walth City

Key Events:

• 13' Yellow card to Walth City Pathe Ndao
• 19' Walth City Armindo Gomes scores, assisted by Luca Colombo
• 29' Chord Wanderers Stephen Jones scores, assisted by Luis Velasco
• 31' Yellow card to Chord Wanderers Muhamed Gavrić
• 53' Yellow card to Walth City Bassirou Diouf
• 60' Walth City Luca Colombo scores, assisted by Joao Miguel
• 75' Walth City Luca Colombo scores, assisted by Bassirou Diouf
• 78' Walth City Armindo Gomes scores, assisted by Kazuo Aoki
• 85' Walth City Armindo Gomes scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Chord Wanderers scored once from 1.28 xG, a little below the chance-quality estimate, while Walth City converted five from 3.84 xG, finishing above expectation. The visitors’ advantage was not a quirk of possession: they registered 17 shots, 14 on target, against five shots and five on target from the hosts. The numbers point to a clear difference in volume and pressure, with Walth City repeatedly getting attempts into dangerous areas and making a notably large share count. Chord Wanderers were accurate with their limited efforts, but accuracy alone could not keep pace with the visitors’ greater supply of chances.

• No Chord Wanderers players reached a rating of 7.0.

The scoreline widened after the break: Luca Colombo put Walth City back in front on 60', then added another fifteen minutes later. Armindo Gomes followed with two more, completing his hat-trick and taking the final score to 5-1. Chord Wanderers had levelled through Stephen Jones before half-time, but the second-half sequence left little room for the match to settle into anything resembling a contest. The visitors did not dominate possession; they simply made their share of it considerably more productive.