Prudenzan Albion 0 - 11 Wal Strouth

Key Events:

• 9' Yellow card to Prudenzan Albion Israel Morales
• 10' Wal Strouth Manuel Martins scores, assisted by Nicolas Meneses
• 13' Wal Strouth Nicolas Meneses scores
• 22' Wal Strouth Chris Tan scores, assisted by Georges Fofana
• 23' Wal Strouth Hugo Rodrigues scores, assisted by Manuel Martins
• 27' Wal Strouth Chris Tan scores, assisted by Manuel Martins
• 33' Wal Strouth Fernando Bustamante scores, assisted by Elson Gomes
• 47' Wal Strouth Hugo Rodrigues scores, assisted by Fernando Bustamante
• 47' Yellow card to Wal Strouth Chris Tan
• 56' Wal Strouth Manuel Martins scores
• 59' Wal Strouth Hugo Rodrigues scores
• 64' Wal Strouth Vladimer Surmanidze scores, assisted by Abel Mota
• 82' Wal Strouth Elson Gomes scores, assisted by Hugo Rodrigues

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis

The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Wal Strouth 5.85 xG and Prudenzan Albion 0.11. The final 11-0 score means the visitors finished more than five goals above their estimate, an exceptional return even against the evidence of 25 shots, 22 on target and eleven goals. That finishing made a severe result still more severe. For Prudenzan Albion, zero goals from 0.11 xG is scarcely a meaningful underperformance; the more telling figure is one shot, with none on target. The possession split was nearly even, but the shot count was not: keeping the ball and creating danger proved to be separate occupations on this afternoon.

No Prudenzan Albion players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

For Prudenzan Albion, the numbers describe a match in which ordinary measures of control offered little protection. The hosts had more possession, more corners, more dribbles and more tackles, yet managed no shot on target. Those figures are not contradictions so much as a reminder that activity and threat are not the same thing. Wal Strouth, meanwhile, converted pressure into goals with startling efficiency and kept adding to the margin after the match had long since escaped any modest description.

The visitors’ scoring was spread across the match, from Martins’ 10th-minute opener to Elson Gomes’ 82nd-minute finish. Three goals before the first quarter-hour gave the contest its direction; the six-goal first-half tally left Prudenzan Albion facing an immense task, and the second-half strikes carried the total to eleven. Wal Strouth finished with 49 per cent possession, a statistic that will have to share the afternoon with the rather less subtle 22 shots on target. The final score was 0-11, and the gap between the teams was evident in the chances as well as the goals.