Caidder Stanley 2 - 3 Hedcoe City

Key Events:

• 2' Yellow card to Hedcoe City Pedro Chagas
• 16' Hedcoe City Branko Bartolić scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas
• 20' Hedcoe City Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Jorge Alvez
• 33' Caidder Stanley Pedro Chagas scores
• 59' Caidder Stanley Jorge Alvez scores
• 60' Hedcoe City Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 79' Yellow card to Hedcoe City Branko Bartolić
• 82' Yellow card to Caidder Stanley Nilson Pires
• 87' Yellow card to Caidder Stanley Philippe Robert

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Hedcoe City scored three from 3.13 xG, a return close to the chances their attacking work created. Caidder Stanley scored twice from 1.58 xG, finishing above the estimate, but still came up short. The visitors’ 13 shots, 12 on target, tell the clearest part of the story: they repeatedly made the goalkeeper work, while the hosts had eight attempts and five on target. Caidder Stanley made the match competitive by converting its opportunities and found an equaliser in the 59th minute, but Hedcoe City answered immediately. The narrow possession split—51% to 49%—suggests neither side monopolised the ball; the difference was more evident in the visitors’ ability to turn their attacks into sustained danger.

No Caidder Stanley players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

For Caidder Stanley, the route back into the game was real: Pedro Chagas’s 33rd-minute goal cut the deficit, and Jorge Alvez brought the sides level after the break. But the hosts had little time to enjoy the reset. Pedro Chagas struck again on 60 minutes, and Hedcoe City protected that advantage through a closing stretch that included three more yellow cards. The visitors’ higher shot volume and accuracy offered a sturdier platform than possession alone might suggest, while the hosts’ 16 dribbles and seven corners showed a side still searching for ways through. Hedcoe City leave with the points; Caidder Stanley leave with evidence that the comeback was close, if not quite close enough.