Hareham 1 - 6 Chith Wednesday

Key Events:

• 4' Chith Wednesday Bruno Rossi scores, assisted by Scott Dawson
• 15' Yellow card to Hareham Jorge Alvez
• 31' Yellow card to Hareham Michael Brown
• 45' Chith Wednesday Gary Butler scores
• 57' Chith Wednesday Michael Bennett scores, assisted by Stephen Miller
• 61' Chith Wednesday Michael Bennett scores, assisted by Cesar Dos Santos
• 64' Hareham Allan Carroll scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
• 66' Chith Wednesday Michael Bennett scores, assisted by Russell Burgess
• 77' Yellow card to Chith Wednesday Gary Butler
• 85' Chith Wednesday Michael Bennett scores, assisted by Paul Schreurs

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Hareham scored once from 0.74 xG, a modest over-performance of 0.26 goals. Chith Wednesday scored six from 2.8 xG, finishing 3.2 above the chance-quality estimate. That is an extraordinary return rather than a routine conversion of the chances on paper. The shot count gives the visitors’ win a substantial foundation: 14 attempts and nine on target against four attempts and two on target for Hareham. But the gap between 2.8 xG and six goals says the visitors were exceptionally clinical, especially through Michael Bennett. Equal possession did not mean equal threat; Chith Wednesday made far more of its attacks, while Hareham had little room for error once the match opened up after the interval.

• Hareham: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
• Chith Wednesday:
• Michael Bennett (9.2) - Scored four goals, repeatedly converting the visitors’ advantage into something the hosts could not contain.

The figures describe a match that was even in possession and pass accuracy, but emphatically not in finishing or volume of attempts. Hareham did find a goal through Allan Carroll, assisted by Phillip Lewis, but it arrived between two of Bennett’s second-half strikes and did little to interrupt the visitors’ scoring run. Chith Wednesday had already led through Bruno Rossi and Gary Butler; after the break, four more goals turned a strong lead into a decisive one. Six goals from 14 shots is the headline, and Bennett’s four-goal contribution is the part that will be hardest for the match record to understate.