The report
Key Events:
- 20' Yellow card to Letford Town Stephen Richards
- 27' Deaffield Hamza Hamouda scores, assisted by David Saka
- 32' Yellow card to Letford Town Rainer Müller
- 41' Deaffield Goran šikić scores, assisted by Yeonggi Heo
- 50' Deaffield Hamza Hamouda scores, assisted by Michael Lewis
- 54' Yellow card to Deaffield Fred Davies
- 58' Deaffield Hamza Hamouda scores, assisted by Luca Colombo
- 64' Deaffield Luca Colombo scores, assisted by Vladimir štimac
- 72' Yellow card to Deaffield Yeonggi Heo
- 90' Deaffield Luca Colombo scores
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Deaffield scored six from an xG of 4.09, exceeding the chance-quality estimate by 1.91 goals. That points to finishing above expectation, though the volume of attempts and 15 shots on target make the margin less mysterious: Deaffield repeatedly turned possession into credible danger. Letford Town finished with 0.11 xG and no shots on target, a return that left no real prospect of changing the score. The hosts had 55% possession and completed 85% of their passes, giving them the platform to keep the attack moving; the visitors’ four corners offered no comparable answer in the shot count.
For Deaffield, the six goals arrived across both halves, with Hamza Hamouda scoring three times and Luca Colombo adding two. The first goal came in the 27th minute; the second arrived before half-time, and the next three were scored between the 50th and 64th minutes. Colombo then completed the scoring in the 90th. Letford Town did win ten tackles to Deaffield’s seven and matched the hosts’ eight dribbles, but those efforts did not translate into an attack that could trouble the goalkeeper. Their 13 fouls and two yellow cards also made for a busy defensive afternoon, without providing a way back into the match.
- No Letford Town player reached a rating of 7.0 or higher.
The final score was 6-0, and the underlying figures support rather than soften it: Deaffield had the possession, the shots and the finishing to make a wide margin feel earned. Letford Town matched the hosts on corners and dribbles, but with one attempt and none on target, those shared numbers were small islands in a very large statistical sea. Deaffield’s finishing ran ahead of its xG, while Letford Town’s chance total barely registered; together, those details explain a result that was emphatic without requiring any further embellishment.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Hamza Hamouda
Scored three goals, leading the way in a six-goal performance.
Luca Colombo
Scored twice and assisted Hamouda’s 58th-minute goal.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
A booking nearby, then Hamza Hamouda for Deaffield. Tension, then arithmetic.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison

