Dowes Forest 7 - 0 Ham Villa

Key Events:

• 4' Yellow card to Ham Villa Jorge Alvez
• 11' Yellow card to Dowes Forest Aaron Williams
• 13' Dowes Forest Saliou Sow scores, assisted by Aaron Williams
• 16' Yellow card to Ham Villa Michel Lemoine
• 18' Dowes Forest Nicolas Lucas scores
• 19' Yellow card to Ham Villa Branko Bartolić
• 23' Yellow card to Ham Villa Philippe Robert
• 33' Dowes Forest Francisco Garcia scores
• 49' Dowes Forest Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Stephen Sulaiman
• 73' Dowes Forest Francisco Garcia scores, assisted by Saliou Sow
• 78' Dowes Forest Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Francisco Garcia
• 79' Yellow card to Dowes Forest Nicolas Lucas
• 90' Dowes Forest Stephen Sulaiman scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Dowes Forest 3.21 xG against seven actual goals, a substantial overperformance that points to finishing well beyond what the chances alone would usually predict. That gap should not obscure the volume of their attack: 15 shots, 11 on target, and a goal in each half of the scoring sequence gave the hosts repeated opportunities to turn pressure into a result. Ham Villa finished with 0.26 xG and no goal from its single shot. The possession figures, 51% to 49%, suggest this was not a story of one side simply keeping the ball; the decisive difference was how often Dowes Forest produced attempts and how efficiently they converted them. Ham Villa’s eight corners and higher dribble count did not translate into comparable threat.

Ham Villa had no standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.

The 7-0 result was emphatic, but the match statistics give it a slightly unusual frame: possession was almost level, passing accuracy was close, and both sides recorded nine tackles. The separation came in the shooting, where Dowes Forest put 11 of 15 attempts on target and Ham Villa had only one attempt to show for its work. Ham Villa also won more corners and completed more dribbles, but neither count altered the central arithmetic. Four first-half yellow cards for the visitors arrived before the half-hour, while Dowes Forest kept adding goals after the break. By the time Stephen Sulaiman scored at 90', the final margin had already become difficult to mistake for anything other than a thoroughly one-sided result.