Stown Wanderers 4 - 1 Ston Albion

Key Events:

• 23' Yellow card to Stown Wanderers Michel Lemoine
• 37' Stown Wanderers Jorge Alvez scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 51' Stown Wanderers Michel Lemoine scores
• 66' Stown Wanderers Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Jorge Alvez
• 67' Yellow card to Ston Albion Philippe Robert
• 79' Ston Albion Allan Carroll scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 87' Stown Wanderers Michel Lemoine scores

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Stown Wanderers scored four from 2.35 xG, an over-performance of 1.65 goals; Ston Albion scored once from 1.67 xG, finishing 0.67 below its estimate. The difference suggests the hosts made more of their chances, while the visitors’ share of the shot count and five efforts on target did not translate into a second goal. With possession nearly level at 52%-48%, this was not a case of one side simply keeping the ball away from the other. Stown Wanderers were more efficient in front of goal, and their three-goal run from the 51st to the 66th minute gave the match its decisive shape. Ston Albion did respond through Allan Carroll, but Michel Lemoine’s late second goal restored the four-goal return for the hosts.

The numbers offer a useful qualification to the result: Ston Albion made 12 tackles to Stown Wanderers’ five and won one more corner, but neither advantage changed the scoreline. Both sides were close in passing accuracy, too, which points to a match settled less by control of possession than by what happened when chances arrived. Stown Wanderers had eight shots on target from 11 attempts and converted four; Ston Albion put five of nine on target and found one goal. The hosts’ finish was the difference, and a substantial one.