Gritotton Town 4 - 0 Cheater Albion

Key Events:

• 14' Gritotton Town Hiroshi Kawasaki scores, assisted by Ryan Martin
• 21' Yellow card to Cheater Albion Jorge Alvez
• 46' Yellow card to Gritotton Town Jack Hardy
• 57' Yellow card to Cheater Albion Michael Brown
• 58' Gritotton Town Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Bruno Rossi
• 74' Yellow card to Cheater Albion Nilson Pires
• 77' Gritotton Town Kevin Davies scores, assisted by Bruno Rossi
• 80' Yellow card to Cheater Albion Jorge Alvez
• 80' Red card to Cheater Albion Jorge Alvez
• 86' Gritotton Town Kevin Davies scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 90' Yellow card to Cheater Albion Philippe Robert

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Gritotton Town scored four from an xG of 3.43, a modest overperformance of 0.57 that reflects a side finishing slightly better than the chance quality alone predicted. Cheater Albion produced an xG of 1.21 but finished without a goal, leaving a clear gap between the opportunities measured and the result. The hosts’ 16 shots, 12 on target, against six shots and four on target for the visitors helps explain the difference: Gritotton Town repeatedly brought its attempts into the more consequential part of the contest, while possession and pass accuracy favoured Cheater Albion without supplying a goal. One team had more of the ball; the other had rather more to show for its time with it.

• No Cheater Albion players reached a rating of 7.0.

The scoreline was emphatic, and the numbers show why: Gritotton Town had ten more shots and eight more on target, while Cheater Albion’s advantages in possession, corners, dribbles and passing accuracy never became goals. The visitors’ 18 fouls and five yellow cards marked a costly afternoon, capped by Jorge Alvez receiving a yellow card and a red card in the 80th minute. Kevin Davies then added his second six minutes later, with Xinping Boon providing the assist. Gritotton Town finished with four goals, no red cards and a clean sheet; Cheater Albion left with the busier passing record and the less useful column of the scoreboard.