Wateading City 5 - 3 Fillotte

Key Events:

• 2' Wateading City Vladimir štimac scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 30' Fillotte Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Friedrich Unger
• 31' Yellow card to Fillotte Luca Colombo
• 32' Wateading City Xinping Boon scores
• 40' Wateading City Ibrahim Konan scores, assisted by Timothy Campbell
• 54' Wateading City Bruno Rossi scores
• 54' Yellow card to Fillotte Bruno Rossi
• 62' Wateading City Elie Dufour scores, assisted by Ibrahim Konan
• 71' Fillotte Luis Pinto scores, assisted by Weijie Hong
• 76' Yellow card to Fillotte Lindomar Da Silva
• 82' Fillotte Lindomar Da Silva scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis

The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Wateading City 4.68 xG and Fillotte 3.48. The hosts scored five, slightly above their expected return, while the visitors scored three, a little below theirs. Those figures broadly fit the match: Wateading City produced 21 shots, 17 on target, and turned sustained pressure into five goals; Fillotte managed 15 shots and 13 on target, enough to make the contest lively and the hosts’ lead less comfortable than the final margin suggests. With possession close at 51-49, this was not a story of one side monopolising the ball. The difference was the hosts’ greater volume and sharper conversion, while Fillotte’s repeated attempts kept the scoreboard busy.

The closing stretch showed why Fillotte could not be dismissed even after falling behind by two. Luis Pinto scored again in the 71st minute, and Lindomar Da Silva made it 5-3 in the 82nd, giving the visitors a late reply without changing the outcome. Wateading City had already built the cushion through five different scorers, and its 14 tackles to Fillotte’s five suggest the hosts did more of the work to disrupt the opposition as well as more of the work in front of goal. The final 5-3 was emphatic in its scoring, but not one-sided in the chances: both sides put plenty on target, and Fillotte stayed involved until the end.