Braingtow 4 - 2 Cole Albion

Key Events:

• 4' Yellow card to Braingtow Haruna Nakao
• 27' Yellow card to Cole Albion Seungwoo Jeong
• 30' Braingtow Ian Russell scores, assisted by Souleymane Thiam
• 35' Braingtow John MacDonald scores, assisted by Souleymane Thiam
• 38' Yellow card to Braingtow Xinping Boon
• 39' Cole Albion Allan Carroll scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 49' Yellow card to Cole Albion Zdravko Ivanišević
• 55' Cole Albion Philippe Robert scores
• 58' Braingtow Xinping Boon scores, assisted by John MacDonald
• 61' Braingtow John MacDonald scores, assisted by Haruna Nakao
• 83' Yellow card to Braingtow Issaga Ndiaye

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Braingtow recorded 3.73 xG and scored four, a modest over-performance of 0.27 goals; Cole Albion scored twice from 1.15 xG, exceeding its estimate by 0.85. The wider picture favoured the hosts emphatically: 19 shots, 12 on target, against five shots and four on target for the visitors. The near-even possession and slightly higher pass accuracy for Cole Albion did not translate into comparable chance volume. Braingtow created enough to make its victory convincing, while Cole Albion made a striking amount of its limited attacking access—an efficient response, though not one that could keep pace with the hosts’ repeated pressure.

• No Cole Albion players reached a recorded rating of 7.0 or higher.

The first half offered Braingtow control without much time to settle into the idea of it: Ian Russell opened the scoring on 30 minutes, and John MacDonald doubled the lead five minutes later, both goals assisted by Souleymane Thiam. Allan Carroll’s reply at 39 minutes kept Cole Albion in contention, and Philippe Robert made it 2-2 in the 55th. For a spell, the match had the distinctly inconvenient shape of a contest all over again.

That spell lasted three minutes. Xinping Boon restored Braingtow’s advantage at 58 minutes, with John MacDonald providing the assist, before MacDonald scored again on 61 minutes from Haruna Nakao’s pass. Those two quick goals turned a precarious 2-2 into a 4-2 lead and settled the main argument of the afternoon. Braingtow finished with four goals from 19 attempts; Cole Albion showed sharpness in front of goal, but five shots left little room for a sustained recovery.