Evestes Park 0 - 5 Somerridge

Key Events:

• 4' Somerridge Michael Webb scores
• 8' Somerridge Karlheinz Schneider scores, assisted by Carlos Batista
• 26' Somerridge Karlheinz Schneider scores, assisted by Craig Barr
• 52' Yellow card to Somerridge Michael Webb
• 57' Yellow card to Evestes Park Luca Colombo
• 59' Yellow card to Somerridge Stoil Dobrev
• 76' Somerridge Ian Blair scores, assisted by Allan Johnsen
• 90' Somerridge Karlheinz Schneider scores, assisted by Craig Barr

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The scoreline of 5-0 was close to Somerridge’s 4.14 xG: they finished modestly above the estimate, converting enough of a substantial supply of chances to make the margin emphatic. Their 20 shots, including 14 on target, tell the story of sustained threat rather than a handful of unlikely strikes. Evestes Park’s 0.01 xG and zero attempts leave almost no gap between chance quality and the blank on the scoreboard. The hosts did have more corners, six to Somerridge’s one, but those set-piece opportunities did not become shots. Possession was relatively even at 47%-53%; control of the ball, here, proved a less useful measure than what each side did with it.

The first three goals arrived by the 26th minute, and the later strikes from Ian Blair and Schneider ensured Somerridge’s lead kept growing rather than merely surviving. Evestes Park’s six corners and 85% passing accuracy offer small islands of competence in a match otherwise defined by the absence of a shot. Somerridge were more direct in their threat, made their chances count, and left with the full 5-0 result.