Tewton City 2 - 3 Hexhamsey

Key Events:

• 2' Hexhamsey Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Jorge Alvez
• 8' Tewton City Seungwoo Jeong scores
• 13' Yellow card to Hexhamsey Michel Lemoine
• 17' Yellow card to Hexhamsey Pedro Chagas
• 29' Tewton City Philippe Robert scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine
• 40' Hexhamsey Pedro Chagas scores, assisted by Philippe Robert
• 43' Yellow card to Hexhamsey Jorge Alvez
• 90' Hexhamsey Seungwoo Jeong scores, assisted by Michel Lemoine

Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: The scoreline was 2-3; the chance-quality estimates were 2.23 xG for Tewton City and 2.98 for Hexhamsey. Tewton City finished just below its estimate, while Hexhamsey’s three goals were almost exactly in line with its expected total. That makes the decisive difference less a matter of one side turning a handful of unlikely chances into goals and more a reflection of Hexhamsey creating the better overall volume of opportunities: 13 shots and 11 on target, against Tewton City’s 10 and eight. The hosts still made their share count, and the six corners and 10 dribbles suggest they found routes into the contest. But Hexhamsey’s greater shot threat and 11 tackles helped it keep producing danger, even as its 17 fouls and three yellow cards made the evening more untidy than its attacking return required.

For Tewton City, the late setback came after a match in which the hosts had twice found a response: Seungwoo Jeong levelled soon after the opening goal, and Philippe Robert put them ahead before the break. Hexhamsey’s equaliser arrived five minutes before half-time, leaving neither side with a comfortable platform for the second period. The visitors had more shots on target and slightly higher pass accuracy, but the possession split was even; control, in other words, was not settled by simply keeping the ball.

The winning goal from Seungwoo Jeong came at the last listed minute, turning a lively, balanced contest into a narrow Hexhamsey win. The visitors’ three bookings and foul count tell of a physical edge that occasionally tipped into carelessness, while the hosts’ lower foul total did not prevent them from making a serious contest of it. With the final score 2-3, Hexhamsey leave with the points and Tewton City with the particular frustration of having scored twice, led once, and still watched the clock deliver the final answer.