Maingtonhal 8 - 0 Mable County

Key Events:

• 11' Maingtonhal Raul Rivas scores, assisted by Tim Brown
• 16' Maingtonhal Raul Rivas scores, assisted by Vincenzo Rota
• 25' Maingtonhal Vincenzo Rota scores
• 30' Yellow card to Maingtonhal Raul Rivas
• 41' Maingtonhal Jens Groth scores, assisted by Raul Rivas
• 45' Yellow card to Mable County Lindomar Da Silva
• 55' Maingtonhal Vincenzo Rota scores
• 57' Yellow card to Maingtonhal Ivan Castellanos
• 75' Maingtonhal Tim Brown scores
• 78' Maingtonhal Jens Groth scores, assisted by Vincenzo Rota
• 79' Yellow card to Mable County Xinping Boon
• 81' Maingtonhal Jens Groth scores, assisted by Benito Gonzalez

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Maingtonhal’s eight goals came from a Gazzetta chance-quality estimate of 4.45 xG, an overperformance of 3.55 goals. That is a substantial conversion above the chances’ estimated value, though 16 shots on target from 20 attempts gave the hosts plenty of opportunities to make the numbers move. Mable County finished with 0.01 xG and no shots, so its 53 per cent possession and six corners produced no recorded attempt at goal. Maingtonhal had less of the ball but made far more of its attacking moments; the possession column was evidently keeping a different sort of score.

• No Mable County players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The eight-goal margin was emphatic, and the match’s shape explains why without pretending the possession figures do not exist. Mable County completed passes more accurately and held the ball longer, but did not register a shot; Maingtonhal, meanwhile, tested the goal repeatedly and converted at a rate well beyond its xG. The two sides also recorded the same number of dribbles and yellow cards, small points of symmetry in a match whose main business was anything but symmetrical. For Maingtonhal, the 8 - 0 result was built on ruthless finishing and a steady supply of shots on target; for Mable County, possession never became a route to the goal.