The report
Key Events:
- 4' Yellow card to Yeobury Rangers Ray Smith
- 10' Yellow card to Minfor Albion Martin Müller
- 41' Minfor Albion Graeme Smith scores, assisted by Nikoloz Dzavashvili
- 45' Yellow card to Minfor Albion Martin Prosser
- 58' Minfor Albion Graeme Smith scores, assisted by Filip Matijević
- 63' Minfor Albion Graeme Smith scores, assisted by Nicky Robertson
- 78' Yellow card to Yeobury Rangers Yijun Wong
- 82' Minfor Albion Nicky Robertson scores, assisted by Martin Prosser
- 84' Minfor Albion Filip Matijević scores, assisted by Theo Groen
- 89' Yellow card to Minfor Albion Filip Matijević
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The Gazzetta chance-quality estimate gave Minfor Albion 3.55 xG and Yeobury Rangers 2.11. The five goals mean the hosts finished 1.45 above their estimate, converting their chances at a rate that made a substantial difference; the visitors, by contrast, ended 2.11 below theirs, failing to turn their recorded opportunities into a goal. That gap helps explain why a match with equal possession and nine shots from the visitors finished 5-0. Minfor Albion were notably clinical, while the visitors’ chance total says the scoreline was not a measure of who had the ball more often.
- No Yeobury Rangers players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.
The shared possession and close totals for corners and dribbles suggest neither side monopolised the contest’s basic ingredients. The difference was in what happened when the chances arrived: Minfor Albion scored five from 14 shots, while Yeobury Rangers put eight of their nine efforts on target without finding the net. The visitors’ xG indicates they created enough to expect a goal on another day; here, the day declined to cooperate. The late strikes from Nicky Robertson and Filip Matijević completed a decisive home win, with Graeme Smith’s hat-trick providing its clearest signature.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Graeme Smith
His three goals were the central fact of the afternoon, with strikes at 41', 58' and 63'.
Nicky Robertson
Scored the fourth and assisted one of Graeme Smith’s goals.
Filip Matijević
Scored the fifth, assisted another and also received a yellow card.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
Nikoloz Dzavashvili to Graeme Smith. The event log names a helper; it does not name a body part.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison

