Salsen Argyle 7 - 0 Penton Rovers

Key Events:

• 11' Salsen Argyle Pedro Diez scores, assisted by Robert de Vries
• 13' Salsen Argyle Brahima Taha scores, assisted by Julio Barragan
• 17' Salsen Argyle Pedro Diez scores, assisted by Carlos Furtado
• 20' Yellow card to Salsen Argyle Julio Barragan
• 24' Salsen Argyle Pedro Diez scores, assisted by Sidy Gaye
• 32' Yellow card to Penton Rovers Saliou Sow
• 38' Yellow card to Salsen Argyle Pedro Diez
• 53' Salsen Argyle Ramiro Andrade scores, assisted by Sidy Gaye
• 69' Yellow card to Salsen Argyle Brahima Taha
• 75' Yellow card to Salsen Argyle Sidy Gaye
• 81' Salsen Argyle Myunghoon Chu scores, assisted by Sidy Gaye
• 87' Salsen Argyle Ramiro Andrade scores
• 90' Yellow card to Salsen Argyle Marinus Smidt
• 90' Yellow card to Salsen Argyle Ricardo Camacho

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Salsen Argyle scored seven from an xG of 4.59, an over-performance of 2.41 goals: excellent finishing on top of a chance supply that was already substantial. Penton Rovers finished with no goals from 0.26 xG and only one shot, a return that left almost no room for a late change of mood. The shot count was 20-1, with 17 Salsen efforts on target. The hosts did not need to dominate possession to control the meaningful business; Penton had 55% of the ball, but Salsen repeatedly turned their attacks into attempts and goals. The visitors’ four corners and 16 dribbles are evidence of activity, though not of enough danger to trouble the scoreline.

The score had been 4-0 by the 24th minute, with Pedro Diez responsible for three of those goals. Salsen’s later strikes from Ramiro Andrade, Myunghoon Chu and Ramiro Andrade again extended the result without changing its basic shape: one side kept finding the target, while the other rarely found a shot. The six yellow cards for Salsen added a less polished detail to an otherwise emphatic display, and the two cautions in the final minute arrived after the contest’s central question had long since been settled. Salsen Argyle leave with a 7-0 win that was supported by the chances created and sharpened by unusually ruthless finishing; Penton Rovers leave with more possession, more dribbles and no goals, a collection of statistics that do not all travel equally well.