New Leigh 0 - 11 Cold Stanley

Key Events:

• 5' Cold Stanley Manuel Cordova scores
• 7' Cold Stanley Andrew Berry scores, assisted by Robert Miller
• 11' Yellow card to New Leigh Jovo Hadžić
• 13' Cold Stanley Robert Miller scores, assisted by Lasse Laursen
• 17' Yellow card to Cold Stanley Lasse Laursen
• 25' Yellow card to New Leigh Jose Perez
• 35' Cold Stanley John Smith scores
• 41' Cold Stanley Thomas Kane scores
• 44' Cold Stanley Robert Miller scores, assisted by Niels Knudsen
• 45' Yellow card to New Leigh Moustapha Thiare
• 45' Cold Stanley Carl West scores
• 51' Cold Stanley John Smith scores
• 61' Cold Stanley Thomas Kane scores, assisted by Carl West
• 75' Cold Stanley Robert Miller scores, assisted by Richard Macdonald
• 86' Cold Stanley Yordan Aleksandrov scores, assisted by Robert Miller

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis

The xG estimate put Cold Stanley at 4.47 and New Leigh at 0.51. Against those figures, Cold Stanley’s 11 goals represent a remarkable 6.53-goal overperformance, while New Leigh finished 0-0 and fell 0.51 short of its estimate. The visitors’ 20 shots, including 16 on target, supplied the volume; the conversion rate turned an already dominant attacking display into a scoreline well beyond the chances’ estimated quality. New Leigh had only two attempts, both on target, but neither became a goal. The difference in possession was modest at 54%-46%, which makes the contrast between the teams’ attacking output all the more striking: Cold Stanley made far more of the ball whenever it reached a dangerous area.

No New Leigh players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis

There was little respite for New Leigh after the early goals: Cold Stanley scored three times in the opening 13 minutes, and Robert Miller had already assisted one before scoring himself. New Leigh’s four corners and 11 dribbles show that the visitors did not monopolise every measure of activity, but possession alone could not balance a match in which shots finished 2-20. Cold Stanley also passed more accurately, at 85% to New Leigh’s 80%, while both sides recorded seven tackles. The visitors’ edge was not merely territorial; it was the repeated arrival of shots on target and the ruthless finishing that made the contest a rout.

The second half brought no reversal, only further confirmation. Cold Stanley added four goals after the interval, with John Smith and Thomas Kane each completing a brace and Miller completing his hat-trick. New Leigh’s three yellow cards, compared with one for Cold Stanley, were among the few figures to favour the visitors’ opponents; neither side received a red. An 11-0 result is emphatic by any sensible measure, and the xG comparison says Cold Stanley finished far above expectation. New Leigh, meanwhile, had too little attacking output to make the visitors pay for that overperformance. The final score was New Leigh 0 - 11 Cold Stanley, with every one of the 11 goals belonging to the visitors.