Rottlash Vale 0 - 4 Louck Town

Key Events:

• 3' Louck Town Oumar Ba scores, assisted by Avelino Varela
• 4' Yellow card to Louck Town Avelino Varela
• 8' Louck Town Raul Luna scores, assisted by Avelino Varela
• 27' Louck Town Raul Luna scores, assisted by Oumar Ba
• 29' Yellow card to Rottlash Vale Xinping Boon
• 47' Yellow card to Rottlash Vale Saliou Sow
• 67' Yellow card to Louck Town Daniel Wright
• 70' Yellow card to Louck Town Michael Byrne
• 79' Louck Town Raul Luna scores, assisted by Daniel Wright
• 86' Yellow card to Louck Town Guillermo Vega

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Louck Town’s 3.09 xG was close to its four goals, a modest over-performance that reflects a side converting a substantial supply of chances rather than relying on a single improbable finish. Rottlash Vale, with 0.61 xG and two shots on target from three attempts, finished without a goal, leaving a smaller but real chance total unused. The wider contrast was in volume: Louck Town produced 14 shots, 11 on target, while Rottlash Vale managed three. The hosts held 52% possession, yet that control did not translate into enough attempts to trouble the visitors consistently. Louck Town were more direct in the useful sense of getting shots away, and the early goals let them manage the rest of the match from a position of considerable comfort.

The decisive spell came quickly. Oumar Ba opened the scoring in the third minute, and Raul Luna added another five minutes later, both goals assisted by Avelino Varela. Luna completed his hat-trick in the 27th minute, assisted by Ba, turning a brisk start into a three-goal lead before the match had reached its halfway point. Rottlash Vale did not lack the ball, but the scoreboard made clear that possession and pressure are separate departments. The later fourth goal, Luna finishing from Daniel Wright’s assist in the 79th minute, supplied a final punctuation mark rather than a new plot.

The card count was busy without becoming an expulsion story: Louck Town collected four yellow cards and Rottlash Vale two, with neither side shown a red. Both clubs recorded 82% pass accuracy, while Rottlash Vale attempted more dribbles, 13 to seven. Those figures offer a small portrait of the contest: the hosts tried to make progress individually, but Louck Town generated the more dangerous collective output. A 4-0 scoreline can sometimes flatter a side; here, the visitors’ shot count and xG suggest it was a fair reflection of the gap in attacking threat.