Hexhamsey 4 - 0 Boling Stanley

Key Events:

• 10' Red card to Boling Stanley Pedro Chagas
• 13' Yellow card to Hexhamsey Pedro Chagas
• 17' Yellow card to Boling Stanley Jorge Alvez
• 39' Hexhamsey Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
• 54' Hexhamsey Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Seungwoo Jeong
• 59' Hexhamsey Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 90' Hexhamsey Seungwoo Jeong scores, assisted by Philippe Robert

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Hexhamsey scored four from an xG of 3.34, a modest over-performance that fits a strong attacking return rather than an implausible one. Boling Stanley finished without a goal despite an xG of 1.46, leaving a substantial gap between the chances estimated and the outcome. The hosts had 15 shots, 12 on target, while the visitors managed seven shots and five on target; the shot accuracy and total volume both point to Hexhamsey creating the more consistent threat. Possession, at 49% to 51%, offers no tale of domination by itself. The early dismissal changed the conditions of the contest, and Hexhamsey translated its advantage into goals after the break, adding two in five minutes to make the result difficult to disguise as anything but a comfortable win.

• No Boling Stanley players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The final score was emphatic, but the match statistics show a contest that was not simply settled by possession: Boling Stanley had slightly more of the ball and better pass accuracy, yet Hexhamsey recorded more than twice as many shots and put 12 efforts on target. The red card in the 10th minute was a major turn in the match, and the visitors’ later attacking figures did not produce a goal. Hexhamsey did not need to monopolise the ball to control the scoreline; it needed to turn its greater shot volume into a sustained lead, and did so with four different stages to the story: the opener before half-time, the quick double after the restart, and a final goal in the 90th minute. Boling Stanley had enough chances by xG to make the evening less one-sided on the scoreboard, but the scoreboard, as usual, declined to award points for the estimate.