Hort-instot 4 - 0 Barrove Stanley

Key Events:

• 21' Hort-instot Guillermo Ruiz scores, assisted by John Usman
• 40' Hort-instot John Usman scores, assisted by Momath Ngom
• 59' Hort-instot Guillermo Ruiz scores, assisted by Charles Kouakou
• 60' Yellow card to Hort-instot Paul Robertson
• 74' Yellow card to Barrove Stanley Melvyn Jones
• 75' Hort-instot Terence Gordon scores, assisted by Charles Kouakou
• 81' Yellow card to Barrove Stanley Morten Ovesen

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Hort-instot scored four from a Gazzetta chance-quality estimate of 2.15, a clear return above the chances’ expected value. Their nine shots included eight on target, a strikingly high rate of accuracy that helps explain how a modest shot count became a four-goal margin. Barrove Stanley finished without a goal from 0.61 xG and three shots, two of them on target: enough to register some threat, but not enough to change the result. The visitors had 48% possession and won ten corners to Hort-instot’s five, yet the hosts’ sharper finishing and greater volume of shots on target made those territorial details secondary. The numbers describe a match in which Hort-instot converted chances with unusual efficiency while limiting Barrove Stanley to a small share of genuine scoring expectation.

• No Barrove Stanley players reached a rating of 7.0.

The 4-0 result was built across both halves: Ruiz and Usman put Hort-instot two ahead before the break, and Ruiz struck again in the 59th minute. Terence Gordon added the fourth in the 75th, only a minute after the first of Barrove Stanley’s two cautions. The hosts’ lead therefore grew after the interval rather than merely being preserved, while the visitors’ corner advantage never translated into a goal. Hort-instot finished with a decisive margin, backed by eight shots on target and contributions from several players; Barrove Stanley had more corners and tackles, but neither column on its own counts as a consolation.