Clunbridston Park 0 - 5 Penton Rovers

Key Events:

• 16' Yellow card to Penton Rovers Matthew Paton

• 17' Yellow card to Clunbridston Park Michael Brown

• 19' Penton Rovers Bruno Rossi scores

• 20' Yellow card to Penton Rovers Yahaya Ummaru

• 25' Yellow card to Penton Rovers Bruno Rossi

• 32' Yellow card to Clunbridston Park Phillip Lewis

• 35' Penton Rovers Svilen Krastev scores

• 40' Penton Rovers Abdou Thiam scores

• 48' Penton Rovers Abdou Thiam scores

• 74' Yellow card to Penton Rovers Saliou Sow

• 90' Penton Rovers Abdou Thiam scores

• 90' Yellow card to Penton Rovers Xinping Boon

• Michael Brown and Phillip Lewis did not reach 7.0 for Clunbridston Park; no standout performers were recorded.

• Abdou Thiam (8.4) - Scored three times, including the 40th-minute goal and the two strikes that added to Penton Rovers’ lead after the interval.

For Penton Rovers, the match was a useful demonstration that possession is an accounting measure, not a trophy. They had less of it, yet generated more than twice as many shots and repeatedly tested the target; Abdou Thiam supplied the clearest proof, taking his chances for a hat-trick. Clunbridston Park worked the ball and attempted to progress through dribbling, but the visitors’ defensive work and superior threat in the final third left those efforts without a goal. Five bookings for Penton Rovers also made the route to a comfortable win rather more untidy than the score suggests. The 0-5 result stands; the underlying numbers explain how it happened, while the home side’s possession percentage is left to find its own consolation.