The report
Key Events:
- 7' Yellow card to Holne City Xinping Boon
- 10' Holne City Bruno Rossi scores, assisted by Karel Jong
- 17' Yellow card to Holne City Harald Hahn
- 19' Holne City Samson Audu scores, assisted by Abdoulaye Abo
- 52' Yellow card to Maldeburstin Lindomar Da Silva
- 53' Yellow card to Maldeburstin Luis Pinto
- 54' Yellow card to Maldeburstin Friedrich Unger
- 62' Yellow card to Holne City Bruno Rossi
- 65' Holne City Samson Audu scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
- 76' Yellow card to Maldeburstin Vladimir štimac
- 78' Yellow card to Holne City Samson Audu
- 84' Holne City Vladimir štimac scores, assisted by Harald Hahn
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Holne City scored four from 2.99 xG, finishing a little over the Gazzetta chance-quality estimate while producing 11 shots on target from 13 attempts. That is a strong return, backed by enough efforts on target to make the scoreline feel like more than an unlikely burst of finishing. Maldeburstin had 0.96 xG and three shots on target from five attempts, but no goals; the visitors’ 53% possession and six corners did not translate into enough threat to trouble the result. The contrast was clear: Maldeburstin handled more of the ball and went past opponents more often, while Holne City made its fewer dribbles and smaller share of possession count where it mattered.
The early goals gave Holne City a platform, with Bruno Rossi opening the scoring in the 10th minute and Samson Audu doubling the lead nine minutes later. Maldeburstin saw more of the ball after the break, but the three yellow cards between the 52nd and 54th minutes marked an untidy spell rather than a change in the contest’s direction. Audu added his second in the 65th minute, and Vladimir štimac completed the scoring late on.
A four-goal margin is emphatic, and Holne City earned it with sharper finishing and a much larger volume of shots on target. The visitors’ possession, corners and dribbles suggest they had routes forward, but those advantages did not become goals; the hosts’ one corner, by contrast, was not a prerequisite for getting the job done. Holne City finished with four goals from 13 shots, while Maldeburstin left with none from five. Scoreboard arithmetic, unusually, was not the complicated part.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Samson Audu
Scored twice, supplied a major share of Holne City’s finishing and also collected a yellow card.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
A booking nearby, then Bruno Rossi for Holne City. Tension, then arithmetic.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison

