Higgley Dew United 1 - 3 Rocket Haw

Key Events:

• 33' Rocket Haw Desmond Hughes scores, assisted by Robert Jones
• 36' Rocket Haw Desmond Hughes scores
• 54' Yellow card to Higgley Dew United Jungmyung Koh
• 69' Higgley Dew United Fernando Gomes scores, assisted by Drago Erić
• 73' Rocket Haw Pieter van Loon scores, assisted by Norbert Fischer
• 80' Yellow card to Higgley Dew United Alfredo Quintero

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Rocket Haw’s 4.53 xG substantially exceeded its three goals, while Higgley Dew United scored once from 1.23 xG, a close enough return to the chance-quality estimate. The larger distinction was volume: Rocket Haw recorded 18 shots, all on target, against six shots and four on target for the hosts. That combination points to sustained, accurate pressure rather than a scoreline built on a handful of isolated chances. Rocket Haw did not convert all of its expected threat, but its three goals were enough to make the numerical advantage count; Higgley Dew United found a response through Fernando Gomes and Drago Erić, though the visitors’ next goal arrived only four minutes later and restored the gap.

• No Higgley Dew United players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The scoreline was not a narrow escape for either side: Rocket Haw led by two before the break, absorbed Higgley Dew United’s attempt to make the game competitive, then answered with van Loon’s goal. The hosts had slightly more corners and the same number of dribbles, but those measures did not offset the visitors’ advantage in possession, passing accuracy and, most strikingly, shots on target. Two yellow cards also went to Higgley Dew United, while Rocket Haw finished without one; neither figure changes the central account, but the hosts had more of the afternoon’s disciplinary bookkeeping as well.

For Higgley Dew United, the goal from Gomes, set up by Erić, offered a brief route back into the contest, not a lasting change of direction. Rocket Haw’s finishing fell short of its xG total, yet the visitors created enough pressure to leave little doubt about where the match’s attacking weight lay. The 3-1 result reflects that imbalance without claiming every chance found its way in: Rocket Haw were consistently dangerous, and Higgley Dew United were left chasing the game after those two quick strikes.