Shutte Athletic 3 - 1 Newood Villa

The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Shutte Athletic 3.83 xG against three goals, an underperformance of 0.83: productive finishing, then, but with room for the scoreline to have grown. Newood Villa scored once from 0.49 xG, exceeding that estimate by 0.51, and made their single shot on target count. The larger story was the imbalance in opportunity: Shutte Athletic had 17 shots, 14 on target, while Newood Villa managed three shots and one on target. Possession was comparatively even at 52%-48%, but possession did not make the two sides’ attacking evenings look much alike. Shutte Athletic created sustained pressure; Newood Villa made a little go a long way.

The goals arrived at 20', 33' and 70' for the hosts, with Allan Carroll opening the scoring from Felix Vergara’s assist and later setting up Michael Brown. Issouf Kouadio added the second without an assist recorded. Bruno Rossi’s 77' goal gave Newood Villa a reply, though not a route back into the match. The card count also tilted sharply: Newood Villa collected three yellows to Shutte Athletic’s one, with no red cards. By the final whistle, the visitors had kept the score respectable, while the chances had offered a rather less diplomatic verdict.

Key Events:

• 10' Yellow card to Newood Villa Bruno Rossi

• 13' Yellow card to Shutte Athletic Eliseu Freire

• 20' Shutte Athletic Allan Carroll scores, assisted by Felix Vergara

• 33' Shutte Athletic Issouf Kouadio scores

• 66' Yellow card to Newood Villa Xinping Boon

• 70' Shutte Athletic Michael Brown scores, assisted by Allan Carroll

• 77' Newood Villa Bruno Rossi scores

• 86' Yellow card to Newood Villa Luca Colombo

• No Newood Villa players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.