Crombe United 3 - 2 St Wesombe

Key Events:

• 2' Yellow card to St Wesombe Jeffrey Das
• 9' Crombe United Ahmed Dawood scores, assisted by Juvenal Gomes
• 14' Yellow card to Crombe United Michel Lefebvre
• 16' St Wesombe Jeffrey Das scores, assisted by Kenneth Henderson
• 25' Yellow card to St Wesombe Misho Akui
• 64' Yellow card to Crombe United Juvenal Gomes
• 67' St Wesombe Dohyun Koh scores, assisted by Misho Akui
• 71' Yellow card to St Wesombe Maurizio Coppola
• 75' Crombe United Michel Lefebvre scores, assisted by Ahmed Dawood
• 81' Yellow card to St Wesombe Kenneth Henderson
• 86' Crombe United Michel Lefebvre scores
• 90' Yellow card to St Wesombe Alvaro Cardoso

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Crombe United scored three from 2.58 xG, an over-performance of 0.42 goals; St Wesombe scored twice from 1.49 xG, finishing 0.51 above its estimate. Both sides were more clinical than the chance-quality figures would predict, so this was not a case of one attack making a habit of squandering opportunities. The contrast lies in the volume: Crombe United had 12 shots and nine on target, against seven and five for St Wesombe. St Wesombe had 51% possession and eight corners, but the extra possession and set-piece opportunities did not translate into as many attempts. Crombe United turned a slightly smaller share of the ball into a more persistent threat, and Lefebvre supplied the late difference.

No St Wesombe player reached a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The scoreline changed hands in stages: Crombe United went ahead, St Wesombe levelled seven minutes later, and the visitors took a second lead through Dohyun Koh after the break. The reply from Crombe United came through Lefebvre at 75', before his second goal restored the hosts’ advantage for good. That sequence made the final stretch a test of nerve rather than a comfortable procession, with St Wesombe still within one goal and collecting its sixth yellow card in the 90th minute.

The numbers offer a neat explanation for the result without pretending the match was neat. St Wesombe completed more passes accurately, had more possession and won more corners, while Crombe United registered five more shots and four more on target. The visitors’ five yellow cards to the hosts’ two also marked a more stop-start evening for St Wesombe, though both sides finished with no red cards. Crombe United did not dominate every measure; it did enough with the most direct one. In a 3-2 match, that tends to be a useful distinction.