Priack City 0 - 4 Staignmouth

Key Events:

• 3' Yellow card to Priack City Robert Ndour
• 63' Staignmouth Norbert Schmidt scores, assisted by Benjamin Pearce
• 65' Staignmouth Benjamin Pearce scores, assisted by Norbert Schmidt
• 71' Staignmouth Pedro Silva scores, assisted by Moussa Yao
• 78' Staignmouth Benjamin Pearce scores, assisted by Pedro Silva
• 89' Yellow card to Staignmouth Norbert Schmidt

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Priack City recorded 0.11 xG and no shots on target, so the 0 in their 0-4 defeat is a fair reflection of how little their possession produced in front of goal. Staignmouth posted 2.99 xG from 13 shots, 11 of them on target, and scored four: a little above the chance-quality estimate, but supported by a substantial attacking advantage rather than a stray burst of fortune. The match statistics offer a neat distinction between having the ball and making it count: Priack City held 54% possession, while Staignmouth turned 46% into a steady supply of attempts and then four goals in 15 minutes.

• Priack City: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
• Benjamin Pearce (8.1) - Scored twice and assisted Norbert Schmidt, directly contributing to three of Staignmouth’s four goals.
• Pedro Silva (7.3) - Added a goal and an assist as the scoring run gathered pace.
• Norbert Schmidt (7.0) - Scored and assisted, completing a productive evening despite also receiving a yellow card.

The scoreline was emphatic, but the match was not a tale of Staignmouth dominating possession from the first whistle. Priack City completed passes at a slightly higher rate and carried the ball through 12 dribbles; the difficulty was turning those efforts into anything that troubled the opposing goal. One shot, and none on target, is a thin foundation for a contest, however respectable the possession figure may look when printed on its own.

Instead, Staignmouth made the decisive stretch count. Schmidt opened the scoring at 63', and Pearce struck two minutes later; Silva added a third before Pearce completed the four-goal return. The assists were shared across the sequence, with Schmidt, Yao and Silva all involved in supplying goals. Priack City had no recorded standout rating of 7.0 or above, while three Staignmouth players reached that mark. For Priack City, the 54% possession will offer little consolation against a 0-4 result; for Staignmouth, four goals from a match with 2.99 xG is a tidy return, and the second-half surge did the work of a much longer argument.