Axmunton 6 - 0 Leatch United

Key Events:

• 33' Axmunton Stephen Ali scores, assisted by Mario Salinas

• 38' Axmunton Ayman Rabie scores

• 50' Axmunton Peter Pedersen scores

• 56' Axmunton Peter Pedersen scores

• 69' Yellow card to Leatch United Nikola Simić

• 70' Axmunton Arlindo Gonçalves scores, assisted by Peter Pedersen

• 86' Axmunton Yasuo Ito scores, assisted by Ayman Rabie

• No Leatch United player reached a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The 6-0 result was built on a sharp difference between possession and threat. Leatch United completed more passes accurately, attempted more dribbles and won more corners, but those measures did not become a stream of shots: the visitors recorded only one, while Axmunton registered eight efforts on target. The hosts also made 16 tackles to the visitors’ nine, a useful counterweight to having less of the ball. The numbers suggest Axmunton were content to let possession belong elsewhere, provided the meaningful attempts did not.

After the first goal arrived in the 33rd minute, Axmunton added another before half-time and then scored twice more within six minutes of the restart. Peter Pedersen scored both of those early second-half goals and later supplied an assist, while Ayman Rabie added a goal and an assist of his own. A fifth goal followed immediately after Nikola Simić was booked; Yasuo Ito completed the scoring in the 86th minute. Leatch United had the ball, the corners and the passing figures. Axmunton had the six goals, which is a notably efficient way to settle an argument.