St Grad 8 - 0 Honch Hotspur

Key Events:

• 3' St Grad Morten Poulsen scores
• 34' Yellow card to Honch Hotspur Eric Moreau
• 48' St Grad Morten Poulsen scores
• 54' St Grad Max Brand scores, assisted by Morten Poulsen
• 56' St Grad Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Carl Smith
• 62' St Grad Andre Kante scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 77' Yellow card to Honch Hotspur Eckhard Köhler
• 81' Yellow card to Honch Hotspur Ronald Hanson
• 85' St Grad Phillip Lewis scores
• 88' St Grad Carl Smith scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 90' St Grad Max Brand scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: St Grad scored eight from an xG of 4.95, substantially outperforming the chance-quality estimate. That points to a side that finished with unusual efficiency as well as creating enough to keep the pressure on: 18 of its 22 shots were on target. Honch Hotspur recorded 0.01 xG and no attempts, so there was no meaningful attacking return to offset the hosts’ accuracy. Possession was 53-47, but the near-even split disguises the central difference: St Grad converted its time with the ball into repeated shots, while the visitors produced six corners without registering a shot.

The second goal, arriving three minutes after the restart, gave St Grad an early platform for the decisive burst. Three more goals followed between the 54th and 62nd minutes, with Morten Poulsen and Pedro Chagas involved in the assists that helped keep the attack moving. The late goals from Phillip Lewis, Carl Smith and Max Brand stretched the margin further; by then, Honch Hotspur had little answer beyond three yellow cards. The final score was emphatic, and the shot count explains why: this was not simply a case of a few chances falling kindly, but of one side repeatedly putting the ball on target and the other never testing the goalkeeper.

St Grad

• Morten Poulsen (8.1) - Scored twice and assisted Max Brand as the hosts established control.
• Phillip Lewis (8.1) - Added two goals and an assist, contributing at both ends of the late scoring run.
• Max Brand (7.6) - Scored twice, including the final goal in the 90th minute.
• Carl Smith (7.3) - Scored once and assisted Phillip Lewis.
• Pedro Chagas (7.0) - Supplied two assists, including one for the goal that made it 5-0.

Honch Hotspur had no recorded standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.