Launcarkeham 1 - 3 Sidle Rovers

Key Events:

• 19' Yellow card to Launcarkeham Amr Nassar

• 21' Sidle Rovers Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas

• 61' Sidle Rovers Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Nilson Pires

• 79' Launcarkeham Paulo Semedo scores, assisted by Coulibaly Yao

• 80' Sidle Rovers Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Pedro Chagas

• 84' Yellow card to Launcarkeham Oscar Gomez

• No Launcarkeham players recorded a rating of 7.0 or higher.

The 1-3 result leaves Launcarkeham with the more imposing attacking totals but little comfort from them: 11 shots on target and a 3.17 xG produced only one goal. Sidle Rovers were less frequent visitors to the shooting column, yet their four efforts on target yielded three goals, with Nilson Pires and Pedro Chagas directly involved in every one. The hosts’ two yellow cards, compared with none for the visitors, add a small note of frustration to a match in which the chance creation was not the problem. Sidle Rovers leave with the points; Launcarkeham leave with evidence that the goal can be found, and the less useful evidence that finding it repeatedly remains a separate task.