Suthgates 4 - 1 Acton Rovers

Key Events:

• 2' Suthgates Julio Gonzalez scores, assisted by Jorge Leyton
• 6' Suthgates Ibrahima Boka scores, assisted by Peter Nijhuis
• 9' Yellow card to Suthgates Coulibaly Seka
• 37' Suthgates Julio Gonzalez scores, assisted by Hyunwoo Choo
• 55' Yellow card to Suthgates Mamuka Dumbadze
• 76' Acton Rovers Hossam Habib scores, assisted by Enrico Dalla
• 88' Suthgates Mamuka Dumbadze scores, assisted by Yifeng Chee

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate put Suthgates at 3.68 xG and Acton Rovers at 1.32. The hosts’ four goals were a modest 0.32 above their estimate, while Acton Rovers scored once from chances worth 1.32 xG. Across the match, the five goals exactly matched the combined xG of 5.00: an unusually tidy piece of arithmetic for a match that began with two goals in six minutes. The 17-7 shot advantage, including 13-4 on target, supports the 4-1 result and points to Suthgates creating the greater volume of threat. Possession was evenly split at 50% each, so the distinction was not time on the ball but what each side did with it.

• No other Suthgates player reached a recorded rating of 7.0 or higher.
• No Acton Rovers player reached a recorded rating of 7.0 or higher.

The equal possession and pass-accuracy figures make the scoreline less a story of control than of conversion and pressure in the right areas. Acton Rovers completed more dribbles, 9 to 4, but Suthgates paired its attacking volume with more tackles, 14 to 9, and kept producing chances after the visitors’ goal at 76 minutes. Mamuka Dumbadze, booked earlier, then scored the fourth in the 88th minute, restoring the margin and closing the match with a suitably emphatic flourish. Suthgates had the stronger shot count, the stronger target count and the larger share of the decisive moments; Acton Rovers had an even share of the ball, but not an even share of the afternoon.