Birketon Town 0 - 4 Althead

Key Events:

• 49' Althead Nelson Mendes scores, assisted by Muhammad Ismail
• 51' Yellow card to Althead Muhammad Ismail
• 61' Althead Djiby Fall scores
• 61' Yellow card to Birketon Town Uwe Schwab
• 70' Yellow card to Birketon Town Javier Cruz
• 71' Althead Ruslan Sitchinava scores
• 90' Althead Stuart Ford scores, assisted by Ruslan Sitchinava

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Althead’s 3.68 xG and four goals amount to a close match between chance quality and finishing: the visitors scored slightly more than the estimate, but not by enough to make the result look like a statistical prank. Birketon Town recorded 1.01 xG and no goals, so their four shots produced some promise without a return. The contrast in attempts on target—13 for Althead, four for Birketon Town—helps explain how a contest with nearly even possession became a four-goal away win. Possession measured how often each side had the ball; the visitors were markedly more productive with theirs.

• Birketon Town: No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher.
• Althead: Ruslan Sitchinava (7.3) - Scored once and assisted Stuart Ford’s late goal.

The scoreline took shape in a brisk second-half sequence: Nelson Mendes opened it in the 49th minute, Djiby Fall added another on 61 minutes, and Ruslan Sitchinava made it three ten minutes later. Stuart Ford completed the scoring in the 90th. Birketon Town had a little more possession and matched Althead for corners, but those measures did not translate into comparable threat. The visitors’ edge in shots, shots on target and tackles points to a side that was more forceful in the moments that mattered, even without monopolising the ball. Four goals, then, from a match that did not require a possession landslide to settle the argument.