Wivernham Rangers 1 - 5 Sough Wednesday

Key Events:

• 2' Yellow card to Sough Wednesday Gil Lopes
• 5' Sough Wednesday Pedro Rios scores, assisted by Marko Hanžek
• 9' Yellow card to Wivernham Rangers Phillip Lewis
• 18' Yellow card to Sough Wednesday Pedro Rios
• 21' Yellow card to Wivernham Rangers Philippe Robert
• 30' Sough Wednesday Euclides Oliveira scores, assisted by Marko Hanžek
• 35' Sough Wednesday Hector Martinez scores, assisted by Pedro Rios
• 36' Yellow card to Sough Wednesday Xinping Boon
• 53' Wivernham Rangers Philippe Robert scores
• 75' Sough Wednesday Hector Martinez scores, assisted by Gil Lopes
• 84' Yellow card to Sough Wednesday Marko Hanžek
• 86' Sough Wednesday Pedro Rios scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Wivernham Rangers 1.57 xG and Sough Wednesday 3.59. The hosts finished below their expected return with one goal, while the visitors scored five, 1.41 above their estimate. That over-performance gave the scoreline an extra edge, but the underlying shot count supports the result: Sough Wednesday attempted twice as many efforts and put 13 on target, compared with five for Wivernham Rangers. More possession and corners went to the hosts, yet the visitors were markedly more direct in turning their attacks into attempts that tested the goalkeeper.

The match had already supplied three Sough Wednesday goals by the 35th minute, with Pedro Rios opening the scoring and assisting the third after Marko Hanžek had helped set up the first two. Wivernham Rangers found a response through Philippe Robert in the 53rd minute, but the goal did not shift the balance of the contest for long: Hector Martinez scored again at 75 minutes, and Pedro Rios completed the 5-1 result two minutes from time. Five goals for the visitors, one for the hosts; no need for the arithmetic to be coaxed into explaining itself.