Poyalton Park 2 - 4 Staford County

Key Events:

• 5' Staford County Bruno Rossi scores, assisted by Xinping Boon

• 17' Staford County Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Edward Moore

• 26' Staford County Edward Moore scores, assisted by Bruno Rossi

• 32' Yellow card to Staford County David Garcia

• 34' Poyalton Park Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Jorge Alvez

• 35' Yellow card to Poyalton Park Jorge Alvez

• 39' Yellow card to Staford County Bruno Rossi

• 54' Yellow card to Staford County Xinping Boon

• 61' Poyalton Park Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Philippe Robert

• 78' Yellow card to Poyalton Park Pedro Chagas

• 83' Staford County David Garcia scores

• No Poyalton Park players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

For Poyalton Park, the late goal conceded will sting more than the scoreline alone: their two finishes kept hope alive, but the gap in attempts and xG points to a match in which they spent too much time defending the visitors’ next chance. Staford County were direct, productive and, despite the modest possession share, in control of the most consequential part of the game: where the shots went. The final 2-4 accurately records both the hosts’ flashes of resistance and the visitors’ larger claim on the match.