Crogge Town 4 - 0 Athbrouth Rangers

Key Events:

• 8' Yellow card to Crogge Town Timothy Bell
• 14' Crogge Town Zdravko Jovičić scores, assisted by Timothy Bell
• 16' Crogge Town Paul Smith scores
• 32' Crogge Town Antonio De Fatima scores, assisted by Stefano Donati
• 63' Crogge Town Manuel Fernandes scores, assisted by Timothy Bell
• 64' Yellow card to Athbrouth Rangers John Johns

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Crogge Town finished with 4.73 xG and four goals, a modest underperformance against the chance-quality estimate. That is not a complaint likely to trouble the scoreboard: 16 of the hosts’ 23 shots were on target, and the sustained volume left Athbrouth Rangers facing a difficult defensive afternoon. At the other end, the visitors’ 0.71 xG from four shots points to limited attacking threat, despite their near-even share of possession and slightly higher pass accuracy. The match’s possession figures suggest the ball was not monopolised by Crogge Town; the difference was what each side managed to make of its time with it.

The defining spell came before the break. Zdravko Jovičić opened the scoring in the 14th minute, Paul Smith doubled the lead two minutes later, and Antonio De Fatima made it three by the 32nd. Athbrouth Rangers therefore had a substantial deficit to answer before the second half began, but the visitors’ two shots on target and 0.71 xG offered little sign of a route back. Manuel Fernandes added the fourth in the 63rd minute, with Timothy Bell supplying his second assist after receiving a yellow card earlier in the match. Crogge Town were clinical enough to settle the contest, even if the xG total suggests there were further opportunities to improve on the return.

No players from either side reached a recorded rating of 7.0 or higher.