Benham Town 4 - 2 Cheldell

Key Events:

• 2' Yellow card to Cheldell Angel Barrios
• 8' Benham Town Luis Pinto scores
• 20' Cheldell Taemin Kim scores, assisted by Angel Barrios
• 24' Yellow card to Benham Town Xinping Boon
• 36' Benham Town Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Friedrich Unger
• 43' Benham Town Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Friedrich Unger
• 53' Cheldell Baba Ndour scores
• 78' Benham Town Lindomar Da Silva scores, assisted by Derek Stewart
• 81' Yellow card to Benham Town Bruno Rossi

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Benham Town scored four from an xG of 1.67, a substantial overperformance that reflects unusually sharp finishing rather than a large volume of chances. Cheldell, by contrast, recorded 3.82 xG but scored twice, leaving a wide gap between the opportunities created and the return. The visitors had 17 shots and put 14 on target, so this was not a case of failing to find the goal; it was a case of repeatedly finding the goalkeeper or the wrong part of the net. With possession close at 52%-48%, the contrast was less about control than conversion: Benham Town made its limited attacking output count, while Cheldell found no adequate answer to Pinto’s finishing.

The 4-2 scoreline gives Benham Town a clear victory, though the underlying numbers make it an unusual one: Cheldell produced more shots, more shots on target and a much higher xG, yet still left with a two-goal defeat. Pinto’s three goals, assisted twice by Unger, were the decisive difference; Lindomar Da Silva added the late fourth after Cheldell had pulled back to 3-2. The hosts were efficient where the visitors were prolific, a distinction that rarely needs explaining to the side on the losing end.