Marrood 1 - 4 Soley Orient

Key Events:

• 30' Soley Orient Vladimir štimac scores
• 36' Yellow card to Soley Orient Andre Storm
• 37' Soley Orient Lionel Bergeron scores, assisted by Andre Storm
• 46' Yellow card to Marrood Luca Colombo
• 60' Marrood Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Friedrich Unger
• 71' Soley Orient Andre Storm scores
• 79' Soley Orient Patrick Fernandez scores, assisted by Per Jacobsen

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis:

The xG figures were 0.74 for Marrood and 4.53 for Soley Orient, against actual returns of one and four goals respectively. Marrood therefore scored slightly above its chance-quality estimate, while Soley Orient finished a little below its own; neither side’s total was a great departure from the chances recorded. The wider difference came in the volume and pressure of those opportunities: the visitors put 16 of 21 shots on target, while Marrood managed two on target from four attempts. Marrood had more possession, corners and dribbles, but those measures did not translate into sustained shooting threat. Soley Orient made its lower share of possession count by getting repeatedly into positions that demanded a response from the defence.

Marrood: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.

Soley Orient:

• Andre Storm (7.0) - Scored once and assisted Lionel Bergeron after receiving a yellow card earlier in the match.

The scoreline was settled by the difference between control of the ball and control of the dangerous moments. Marrood did enough with possession to lead the corners and dribbles, and Luis Pinto’s 60th-minute goal, assisted by Friedrich Unger, briefly gave the hosts something tangible to take from the match. But Soley Orient answered with two more goals, first through Andre Storm and then Patrick Fernandez, assisted by Per Jacobsen. Four goals from a 4.53 xG return is no statistical miracle; it is, instead, a thorough afternoon’s work in which the visitors’ attacks kept asking the question and Marrood seldom had the opportunity to change the subject.