Rotgrough 5 - 0 Bringh Town

Key Events:

• 16' Yellow card to Bringh Town Philippe Robert
• 18' Rotgrough Magi Hoshino scores, assisted by David Murphy
• 47' Yellow card to Rotgrough Magi Hoshino
• 51' Yellow card to Bringh Town Michel Lemoine
• 52' Yellow card to Bringh Town Phillip Lewis
• 54' Rotgrough Lindomar Da Silva scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 57' Rotgrough Bruno Rossi scores, assisted by Magi Hoshino
• 64' Yellow card to Rotgrough Bruno Rossi
• 71' Rotgrough Xinping Boon scores, assisted by Bruno Rossi
• 75' Yellow card to Rotgrough Lindomar Da Silva
• 85' Rotgrough Lindomar Da Silva scores, assisted by Xinping Boon
• 90' Yellow card to Bringh Town Seungwoo Jeong

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Rotgrough scored five from 3.74 xG, outperforming the chance-quality estimate by 1.26 goals. That is a substantial return, though the underlying attacking numbers make the margin look earned rather than mysterious: Rotgrough put 14 of 16 shots on target and repeatedly turned pressure into dangerous attempts. Bringh Town, by contrast, managed just two shots, neither on target, for 0.21 xG. The visitors’ 52% possession and 83% pass accuracy did not translate into threat; they kept the ball more often, but Rotgrough did the consequential work with it. The five-goal haul included a sharp second-half surge, with three goals arriving between the 54th and 71st minutes, before Lindomar Da Silva added his second late on.

• Bringh Town had no standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.

The possession figures suggest a match Bringh Town might have preferred to describe as a contest for control. The shots and scoreline offer a firmer account: the visitors had the ball, but Rotgrough imposed the terms whenever it mattered. Fourteen shots on target against none is an especially plain distinction, requiring little assistance from the possession column.

There was some friction along the way: seven yellow cards in total, including three for Rotgrough and four for Bringh Town. Yet the bookings did not interrupt the hosts’ momentum for long. Rotgrough led 1-0 at the break, then scored four more times after it, with Xinping Boon involved in the goals at both ends of that second-half burst. Bringh Town finished with more possession, more corners and higher pass accuracy; Rotgrough finished with five goals and a clean sheet. In this match, the less decorative measures proved unusually persuasive.