St Cord City 2 - 3 Ley Park

Key Events:

• 9' Yellow card to Ley Park Jorge Alvez
• 24' Ley Park Seungwoo Jeong scores
• 24' Yellow card to St Cord City Stuart Mitchell
• 26' St Cord City Israel Morales scores, assisted by Norbert Fischer
• 39' Ley Park Jorge Alvez scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 84' Yellow card to St Cord City Khadim Diakhate
• 85' Ley Park Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 89' St Cord City Ousmane Sylla scores, assisted by Luis Pinto

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: St Cord City scored twice from 1.73 xG, a modest return above the chance-quality estimate; Ley Park scored three from 2.39, also finishing somewhat ahead of its expected total. The figures point to effective finishing on both sides, but the wider pattern favoured Ley Park: ten shots to eight, nine on target to six, and a 9-1 advantage in corners. The visitors had 52% possession and more sustained access to attacking situations, while St Cord City’s 16 tackles and 13 fouls suggest a side working hard to interrupt that supply. Ley Park committed only three fouls, though the contest still produced three yellow cards. The late goals explain the final score’s closeness better than they alter the underlying picture: Ley Park created more and finished just well enough to make that count.

No players reached a rating of 7.0 or higher for either side.

For St Cord City, Israel Morales’s equaliser arrived only two minutes after Ley Park had taken the lead, and Ousmane Sylla’s goal five minutes from time gave the hosts a final push. But Ley Park answered the first response by restoring its advantage through Jorge Alvez, then added the decisive third through Philippe Robert in the 85th minute. St Cord City were not short of effort or accuracy in their passing; the challenge was that Ley Park kept finding ways to bring the ball back toward goal.

That made for a lively, uneven contest rather than a quiet afternoon of possession for its own sake. Ley Park’s nine corners and nine shots on target were evidence of pressure with some substance behind it, while St Cord City’s late strike ensured the visitors could not simply coast through the closing minutes. The 2-3 result leaves the useful distinction intact: St Cord City made the scoreline tense, but Ley Park had done more to earn the points.